Sciences

'How growing a sunflower helped me fight anorexia'

'How growing a sunflower helped me fight anorexia'

For Emily Hough, nature was too often simply something 'out there', a world apart from her, a view from a hospital window. Years spent in and out of specialist mental health units in Birmingham and Lo …

America's blame game over Canada's wildfire smoke misses the point, experts say

America's blame game over Canada's wildfire smoke misses the point, experts say

As deadly wildfires raged in the Canadian province of Manitoba this summer, Republican lawmakers in nearby US states penned letters asking that Canada be held accountable for the smoke drifting south. …

Artificial reef created at offshore wind farm

Artificial reef created at offshore wind farm

One of the largest artificial reefs in the world has been installed at a wind farm off the Sussex coast. The project at the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm is the first of its kind, with 75,000 specially d …

Asteroid contains building blocks of life, say scientists

Asteroid contains building blocks of life, say scientists

The chemical building blocks of life have been found in the grainy dust of an asteroid called Bennu, an analysis reveals. Samples of the space rock, which were scooped up by a Nasa spacecraft and brou …

Astronauts Butch and Suni finally back on Earth

Astronauts Butch and Suni finally back on Earth

After nine months in space, Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have finally arrived back on Earth. Their SpaceX capsule made a fast and fiery re-entry through the Earth's atmosphere, befo …

Attenborough and Prince William lead tributes to Dr Jane Goodall

Attenborough and Prince William lead tributes to Dr Jane Goodall

Sir David Attenborough and Prince William have paid tribute to Dame Jane Goodall, a world-leading expert on chimpanzees, who has died aged 91. Sir David, 99, a friend of Dr Goodall's, praised her as a …