Science

Image copyright Norrie Russell, The Roslin Institute Image caption These chickens have a human gene that enables them to lay eggs containing useful drugs Researchers have genetically modified chickens that can lay eggs that contain […]

Image copyright wakr10 Thousands of lakes across the Northern Hemisphere are set to lose their winter ice as global temperatures rise, say scientists. Their new study suggests that, within a generation, over 35,000 lakes will […]

Image copyright Getty Images A coalition of investors is calling on McDonald’s, KFC, and other fast food suppliers to take swift action on climate change. The group, with around $6.5 trillion under management, want the […]

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionDr Kelly Hogan: “Thwaites is the plug holding back much of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet” The US icebreaker Nathaniel B Palmer leaves Punta Arenas in Chile […]

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Cool times: A depiction of a 17th Century Frost Fair at Temple Stairs on London’s Thames River Scientists are seeking to define a new baseline from which to measure […]

Image copyright IUGS Image caption The famous timeline will be updated to reflect the new “stages”, or “ages”, as they are called The official history of Earth has a new chapter – and we are […]

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionMark Maslin and Chris Brierley: “A genocide-generated drop in carbon dioxide” Colonisation of the Americas at the end of the 15th Century killed so many people, it […]

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Spiny dogfish shark landed in Indonesia Meat from endangered sharks is finding its way on to the British menu, according to a study. DNA tests show that shark products […]