By Jack Hunter BBC News IMAGE SOURCE, UMSOMImage caption, The first pig to human heart transplant was carried out in Baltimore A US man has become the world’s first person to get a heart transplant from a genetically modified pig. 57-year-old David Bennett, who doctors say was too ill to qualify for a human heart, is […]
Jonathan Amos Science correspondent @BBCAmoson Twitter The biggest space telescope ever conceived is scheduled to go into orbit in the coming hours. The $10bn James Webb Space Telescope will be launched on a European Ariane rocket from French Guiana. It’s a project that has taken 30 years to design and build and is regarded […]
By Paul Rincon & Jonathan Amos BBC News Russia has carried out a missile test, destroying one of its own satellites. The action has caused international outrage because the debris could threaten the International Space Station (ISS) and satellites in low-Earth orbit. Russia’s test of an anti-satellite (A-Sat) missile system is not the first of […]
The US has condemned Russia for conducting a “dangerous and irresponsible” missile test that it says endangered the crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The test blew up one of Russia’s own satellites, creating debris that forced the ISS crew to shelter in capsules. The station currently has seven crew members on board – […]
COP26 China and the US have agreed to boost climate co-operation over the next decade, in a surprise announcement at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. The world’s two biggest CO2 emitters pledged to act in a joint declaration. It says both sides will “recall their firm commitment to work together” to achieve the […]
By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent COP26 There are more delegates at COP26 associated with the fossil fuel industry than from any single country, analysis shared with the BBC shows. Campaigners led by Global Witness assessed the participant list published by the UN at the start of this meeting. They found that 503 people with links to […]
By Emma Harrison BBC News COP26 Ministers and negotiators at COP26 should “pull together and drive for the line” to secure ambitious action on climate change, Boris Johnson has said. The prime minister said countries must be ready to “make the bold compromises and ambitious commitments needed” at the final week of the climate summit. […]
By Georgina Rannard BBC News COP26 More than 100 world leaders will promise to end and reverse deforestation by 2030, in the COP26 climate summit’s first major deal. Brazil – where stretches of the Amazon rainforest have been cut down – will be among the signatories on Tuesday. The pledge includes almost £14bn ($19.2bn) […]
By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent Nobel Prize Scientists who discovered how our bodies feel the warmth of the sun or the hug of a loved one have won the Nobel Prize. David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian, from the US, share the 2021 prize in Medicine or Physiology for their work on sensing […]
By David Shukman Science editor COP26 Despite all the promises to take action, the world is still on course to heat up to dangerous levels. That’s the latest blunt assessment of the United Nations. Its experts have studied the climate plans of more than 100 countries and concluded that we’re heading in the wrong […]