2 November 2021
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi said at the COP26 summit that the country will hit net-zero emissions by 2070. Although this is later than many other nations, the pledge means that the world's major emitters now all have an end in sight for fossil...
1 November 2021
The declaration on deforestation comes alongside £14 billion of new funding to combat forest loss over five years
1 November 2021
The search for life on Mars requires complex chemical analysis, which the Curiosity rover has tested for the first time. It didn't find anything, but the technique could be used on other worlds
1 November 2021
Financially speaking, Tesla is a massive success. The question is what will it do with all that money, wonders Rowan Hooper
29 October 2021
Covid-19 vaccines in use today have to be stored at cold temperatures, but a patch covered in tiny plastic spikes coated in a vaccine could provide an alternative
29 October 2021
Lasers are currently used to shoot down small drones, but a more powerful weapon could take on larger targets
29 October 2021
Facebook has rebranded itself as Meta in an attempt to own the metaverse, a concept for a 3D version of the internet that a number of companies are working on
28 October 2021
We only had a skin-deep look at Jupiter before the Juno spacecraft began orbiting the planet in 2016 and the measurements the NASA mission has taken reveal unexpected information about its deep interior
28 October 2021
Blue Origin is one of a number of firms hoping to build a commercial space station, but it isn't clear any will be ready before the International Space Station reaches the end of its life
28 October 2021
A growing number of cases show that some people with HIV can avoid becoming ill even while pausing their medication, as virus levels in their blood remain low
