From: BBC News on Thu, Feb 24 2011 1:53 PM

The European Space Agency’s space freighter Johannes Kepler has successfully docked with the International Space Station.

From: BBC News on Sun, Feb 20 2011 11:35 AM

After centuries of mistrust between religion and science, a new website has been up by the Vatican and Italy’s scientific community.

From: BBC News on Thu, Feb 17 2011 4:16 AM

Ancient Britons apparently used human skulls as drinking cups, according to evidence from skeletal remains unearthed in southwest England.

From: BBC News on Wed, Feb 16 2011 7:41 PM

The Natural History Museum’s Dr Silvia Bello explains why scientists think the skulls of three Ice Age people discovered in a Somerset cave were used as cups.

From: BBC News on Mon, Feb 14 2011 9:34 AM

Russia’s space program has simulated what it would be like to travel to and land on Mars with astronauts spending eight months in isolation.

From: BBC News on Thu, Feb 10 2011 12:21 PM

The Prince of Wales has warned that ignoring environmental concerns will damage the ability of countries to maintain economic growth.

From: BBC News on Mon, Feb 07 2011 5:16 PM

Construction work formally begins this week on what is expected to be the world’s fastest car.

From: BBC News on Sat, Feb 05 2011 6:18 PM

Photographer Eirik Evjen has managed to capture the Northern Lights phenomenon in Northern Norway, after he decided to place his camera on top of a mountain to shoot a time lapse of the sky on Friday.

From: BBC News on Wed, Feb 02 2011 8:23 AM

Professor Brian Cox responds to a new survey claiming many parents think a career in science is only an option for the brightest students.

From: BBC News on Tue, Feb 01 2011 12:23 PM

Scientists carry out one of the largest ever eradications of an invasive species - the American mink.

From: BBC News on Tue, Feb 01 2011 12:23 PM

A volcano on Kyushu in Japan has erupted again with its biggest explosion yet, shattering windows 5 miles (8 kilometres) away.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jan 27 2011 2:36 AM

A complete house built inside a laboratory could help improve the energy efficiency of thousands of homes across the UK.

From: BBC News on Mon, Jan 17 2011 11:31 AM

The deepest parts of the ocean could play a greater role in regulating the planet’s climate than previously thought, scientists say.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jan 13 2011 3:01 PM

Chickens which cannot spread bird flu have been created by scientists at the Universities of Edinburgh and Cambridge.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jan 13 2011 9:03 AM

The BBC’s Laura Tobin explains the weather systems causing floods in many parts of the world including Australia and Brazil.

From: BBC News on Wed, Jan 12 2011 9:41 AM

The Royal Greenwich Observatory’s Marek Kukula explains the significance of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey's largest ever image of the night sky.

From: BBC News on Tue, Jan 11 2011 4:59 PM

A crossed-eyed opossum at a German zoo has managed to attract tens of thousands of fans on Facebook.

From: BBC News on Wed, Dec 22 2010 8:26 AM

The US has almost ended its reliance on imported gas after opening up its reserves of shale gas using the process of "hydraulic fracking".

From: BBC News on Tue, Dec 21 2010 9:01 PM

The BBC’s Roger Harrabin reports from Shreveport in Louisiana on how the US is extracting gas from shale rock and reducing the country's reliance on foreign energy suppliers.

From: BBC News on Tue, Dec 14 2010 2:53 AM

Professor Stephen Hawking explains his theory about black holes and whether equations can be beautiful.