- BBC Science/Nature
- 20/10/31 07:10
A full moon at Halloween is a rare event but this year it is a blue moon which is even more unusual.
A full moon at Halloween is a rare event but this year it is a blue moon which is even more unusual.
The Great Fox-Spider had not been seen since the early 1990s and was feared extinct in the UK.
The iPhone transformed mobile phones in just 10 years. Could green energy see a similar revolution?
THURSDAY 29. OCTOBER 2020
A pioneering nuclear fusion experiment based in Oxfordshire has been switched on for the first time.
The Osiris-Rex probe is now safely carrying rock from an asteroid several million kilometres from Earth.
A study of dog DNA patterns shows that our "best friend" among animals is also our oldest one.
Preventing pandemics could be more than 100 times cheaper than tackling their deadly effects.
The phenomenon results in the large scale cooling of ocean surface temperature.
Entire city dims its streetlights, enabling scientists to measure light pollution from space.
WEDNESDAY 28. OCTOBER 2020
Scientists put new numbers of Chinese trees' ability to pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Standing 500m (1,640ft) tall, the "blade-like" reef was found off Australia's far north.
TUESDAY 27. OCTOBER 2020
Campaigners fear that a body designed to protect the environment is being undermined.
Rescuers made a "sterling effort" to save the 21ft-long animal found in a tributary of the River Clyde near Glasgow Airport.
The viral image has raised questions about the conservation impact on the animal native to Indonesia.
Hundreds of dolphins beach each year, but this US team has dramatically improved survival rates
MONDAY 26. OCTOBER 2020
The "unambiguous detection of water" will boost Nasa's hopes of establishing a lunar base.
Millions of polluting and unsafe used cars from rich nations are exported to Africa and Asia.
London's Natural History Museum is set to stage one of the most ambitious exhibitions in its history.
Batteries that power mobile phones and other devices are causing fires because they are not disposed of properly.
SUNDAY 25. OCTOBER 2020
The Asian giant hornets can wipe out a colony of honeybees in hours.
Boris Johnson's techno-optimism ignores the need for big societal changes, experts warn.
SATURDAY 24. OCTOBER 2020
The Osiris-Rex spacecraft collected so much rock from asteroid Bennu that bits are leaking out.
FRIDAY 23. OCTOBER 2020
Soil is being "translocated" to new sites but ecologists question whether the process is effective.
THURSDAY 22. OCTOBER 2020
Norway pays for a monthly satellite dataset to track the state of the world's tropical forests.
The first images are released of the Osiris-Rex spacecraft trying to grab rock from asteroid Bennu.