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A major United Nations biodiversity summit to negotiate plans to stop the loss of species around the world could be moved from China because of the coronavirus outbreak

Two analyses suggest earlier studies overestimated CO2 emissions due to the massive growth in internet traffic and video streaming, but they are still substantial

Financial markets around the world have suffered their worst week since the 2008 financial crash, as the economic impact of the coronavirus edging towards a pandemic becomes clearer

A huge black hole in a distant galaxy caused the largest explosion we have ever seen, with the energy of 10 billion suns – and it isn't clear why it was so big

Stranger Things, Black Mirror and Russian Doll are among the best science fiction shows to watch on Netflix at the moment

A space flight start-up called Astra is about to attempt to launch two small rockets into orbit over a few weeks to win $12 million from the US military

A new analysis suggests that 100,000 overdose deaths in the US due to unspecified drugs were actually caused by opioids – bringing the total death count to more than 450,000 people

A private satellite that is low on fuel could survive five more years because another satellite has come to its rescue – a technique that could be used by future service spacecraft

Listening to songs is a complex task for the brain, so it uses the left hemisphere to process the lyrics while the right hemisphere processes the melody

We knew that some fish glowed when placed under certain lights, but researchers have now shown that many amphibians can also shine bright

A worm-like creature from 518 million years ago evolved to lose its back legs, the earliest known example of an animal losing body parts it no longer needed

One kind of bacteria can cause colon tumours, while lacking another kind of microbe may lead to ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel condition

With the covid-19 virus spreading in a growing number of countries, many of us are wondering if and how we should prepare. Here's what to do

Tech firms are making record profits but paying little tax. Now global leaders are discussing ways to make them pay their fair share

The UK government’s approval for a third runway to be built at Heathrow is unlawful because it doesn't consider the Paris climate deal, the Court of Appeal has ruled

The UK government’s approval for a third runway to be built at Heathrow is illegal because it doesn't consider the Paris climate deal, the Court of Appeal has ruled

Genetic analysis suggests that the Himalayan and Chinese red pandas are two different species that diverged about 200,000 years ago

China’s Yutu-2 rover has used radar to peer 40 metres under the surface of the far side of the moon and revealed how past impacts have shaped its geology

Stress or infection may prompt viruses hidden in our genome to stagger back to life, contributing to some cases of multiple sclerosis, diabetes and schizophrenia

Earth’s atmosphere thankfully provides air for us to breathe, but when trying to study interesting objects in space it causes all sorts of problems, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein