1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (377+ words) The Manx chapter of the Mars Society wants the island to become a signatory to the Artemis Accords, the framework for peaceful, transparent space exploration now backed by more than 70 nations, including the UK as a founding member. The accords,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (290+ words) Researchers in Liverpool say a new robotic laboratory could help speed up vaccine development and reduce the need for animal testing. The £20m facility at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine will use lab-grown miniature human organs to test treatments for…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (389+ words) An Oxfordshire science laboratory has said it will continue its research despite a shortfall in funding. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) operates from its base at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, and is funded by the Science and Technology Facilities…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (429+ words) The area of sea around Jersey protected against damaging fishing practices is to be expanded by more than 15%. The government said the marine protected area network, which is territorial waters off limits to trawling and dredging, would be increasing from…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (726+ words) Thousands of science jobs and the closure of world-leading research programmes could be at risk, according to an MP. Didcot and Wantage MP, Olly Glover, whose constituency includes Milton Park, Culham and Harwell science parks, has called for a review…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (252+ words) Multi-billionaire Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX has announced that it will build its largest launch site yet in the southern US state of Louisiana. Construction of the $100bn (£73bn) project - named Starbase - is due to start next year, with the 125,000-acre (50,585-hectare)…...

3+ week, 19+ hour ago   (69+ words) Volcano BBC Helen Czerski and Tom Heap investigate the environmental impact of volcanoes from prehistory to the present day, and find out about their cultural significance in art and literature. On today's panel: Dr Will Hutchison, volcanologist at the University…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (329+ words) Five colourful dinosaur sculptures have been installed in the gardens of a palace. The Megalosaurus is displayed in different expressive poses in the Dinosaurs Are Forever exhibition at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire. It was the first ever scientifically named…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (814+ words) A diver who helped discover the sprawling size of the world's longest chalk reef has warned more needs to be done to protect it, 10 years after it was designated a Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ). The Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds, dubbed…...