Science & Environment

Getty Images Tuvalu is the world’s second lowest-lying country More than a third of Tuvalu citizens have entered the ballot for a world-first climate visa which would allow them to permanently migrate to Australia. Opening for the first intake on 16 June, the influx of registrations could indicate that programme will be hugely oversubscribed, with only 280 visas awarded to …

Helen Briggs Environment correspondent, BBC News•@hbriggs Getty Images Ash dieback is a disease of ash trees, caused by a fungus Ash trees are fighting back against a disease that has ravaged the British countryside, new scientific evidence shows. When ash dieback arrived in 2012, predictions suggested up to 85% of ash trees could be lost. But now scientists have discovered …

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Gwyndaf Hughes Science Videographer How the researchers hope to create human DNA Work has begun on a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life from scratch, in what is believed to be a world first. The research has been taboo until now because of concerns it could lead to designer babies or unforeseen changes for future generations. …

Helen Briggs BBC environment correspondent•@hbriggs Maciej Biernacki The boomerang was found near stones, animal and human bones The world’s oldest boomerang is older than previously thought, casting new light on the ingenuity of humans living at the time. The tool, which was found in a cave in Poland in 1985, is now thought to be 40,000 years old. Archaeologists say …

Steffan Messenger Environment correspondent, BBC Wales News BBC Campaigner Ric Cooper says he hopes new assessments of the condition of protected areas of the coast and sea would be a catalyst for action Pollution from rivers in Wales is affecting the marine environment and “suffocating our sea”, campaigners have warned. WWF Cymru said excess nutrients from farming and sewage were …

Axiom Space Axiom-4 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Jubilant Indians have been celebrating the successful launch of the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission which has taken off with a multi-country crew, including an Indian astronaut. Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who’s piloting the mission, has become only the second Indian to travel to space. In just over 26 hours …

Mark Poynting Climate reporter, BBC News Getty Images More people are buying electric cars and installing heat pumps than ever before, but those numbers need to increase even further, according to the government’s climate advisers. The independent Climate Change Committee said that the government needed to make sure that households benefit from the switch to cleaner technologies through lower bills. …

Georgina Rannard Science correspondent Reporting fromNatural History Museum, London Gwyndaf Hughes/BBC News The full name of the new species is Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae dinosaur Gwyndaf Hughes Science videographer A labrador-sized dinosaur was wrongly categorised when it was found and is actually a new species, scientists have discovered. Its new name is Enigmacursor – meaning puzzling runner – and it lived about …

BBC Inside an anonymous building in Oxford, Riley Jackson is frying a steak. The perfectly red fillet cut sizzles in the pan, its juices releasing a meaty aroma. But this is no ordinary steak. It was grown in the lab next door. What’s strangest of all is just how real it looks. The texture, when cut, is indistinguishable from the …