Science

Nigerian wins global prize for trying to save bats in a...

Many Nigerians associate bats with witchcraft but that did not deter ecologist I...

A vaccine for Lyme disease could be on the horizon

The vaccine candidate is the furthest any shot has gotten since the last one was...

What's the best time to see Lyrid meteors in 2026?

The Lyrid meteor shower peak is almost here, and we may be in store for spectacu...

Only 12 people on Earth saw this 'ring-of-fire' eclipse...

A remote Antarctic research team became the only people on Earth to witness a ra...

'Dark subhaloes' may explain why galaxies seem to form ...

Our universe is full of mysteries, but few are as perplexing as the dark, tiny g...

'Devastating' fire hits protected nesting site

Conservationists say the fire on Sunday evening has destroyed three acres used b...

Starwatch: Lyrid meteor shower returns to the spring skies

First recorded in 687BC, the meteoroids were once part of the tail of a comet di...

How did a scientist fleeing the Red Army end up in Armagh?

A university student has helped chronicle the life and exile of renowned astrono...

‘The Moon and The Zoo’: Simon Armitage poem celebrates ...

Zoological Society of London commissions poet laureate for animation to mark its...

Fears for more than 1,000 toads after reservoir drained...

Volunteers who helped more than 1,500 toads cross a busy road to a breeding grou...

From sleeping lions to spitting snakes: a year in the l...

As the zoo celebrates its 200th birthday, photographer David Levene captures the...

How to train your brain to see possibility instead of doom

Our minds evolved to minimise unpredictability. But if we learn to live with dou...

Blue Origin just launched the giant Bluebird 7 mobile p...

Blue Origin, the space launch company founded by Jeff Bezos, achieved a successf...

Watch SpaceX launch advanced GPS satellite for US Space...

SpaceX will launch a new GPS satellite for the U.S. Space Force early Monday mor...

Police use gas and rubber bullets on activists at beagl...

Law enforcement rebuffs protesters at breeding and biomedical research farm amid...

'We want to give a voice to Lough Neagh', singers say

Campaigners gathered at several locations around Lough Neagh to come together to...