BBC Tech

Syndicate content BBC News - Science and Environment
The latest stories from the Science and Environment section of the BBC News web site.
Updated: 33 min 34 sec ago

VIDEO: Up close with Curiosity Mars rover

Wed, 2014-10-08 01:02
BBC Click gets rare access to the twin of Nasa's Curiosity Mars rover which is helping scientists solve problems on the Red Planet.
Categories: Tech

VIDEO: Ash dieback: How to inject a tree

Tue, 2014-10-07 09:00
The BBC's Claire Marshall takes a closer look at how you go about injecting a tree with a prototype fungicide, derived from garlic, as part of the fight against ash dieback.
Categories: Tech

VIDEO: How do astronauts return to Earth?

Tue, 2014-10-07 02:06
Professor Brian Cox joins a search-and-rescue mission in the depths of winter as they collect two cosmonauts and an astronaut as they arrive back on Earth after months living aboard the International Space Station.
Categories: Tech

VIDEO: Worldwide protests against ivory trade

Sat, 2014-10-04 21:29
Neha Bhatnagar reports from a demonstration in Nairobi, as protests are held in over a hundred cities across the world calling for an end to the trade of ivory and rhino horns.
Categories: Tech

AUDIO: Why do butterflies shimmer?

Sat, 2014-10-04 01:52
New research published by the Natural History Museum has shown that it is possible to culture cells from butterfly wings to produce iridescent colours in the laboratory.
Categories: Tech

VIDEO: The car that's powered by air

Fri, 2014-10-03 07:54
At the Paris Motor Show, Theo Leggett looks at the Peugeot 208 Hybrid Air - a concept car that brings a new meaning to the term "gas guzzler".
Categories: Tech

VIDEO: Hairy pigs restore Dorset heath land

Fri, 2014-10-03 01:39
Conservationists have revealed the latest weapon in their fight to preserve and restore threatened heath land in Dorset.
Categories: Tech

VIDEO: Largest robot fleet maps UK waters

Thu, 2014-10-02 11:07
British scientists are hoping robots will be able to give the most detailed picture yet of life deep below the waterline. The BBC's Science Editor David Shukman reports
Categories: Tech

VIDEO: Zookeeper rears leopard in bathroom

Wed, 2014-10-01 11:20
A rare clouded leopard has been hand-reared in the bathroom of a zookeeper after she was rejected by her mother.
Categories: Tech

VIDEO: Japan volcano: Death toll reaches 48

Wed, 2014-10-01 06:08
12 more bodies have been recovered by rescue workers from from Mount Ontake, bringing to 48 the number of those killed by Saturday's volcanic eruption.
Categories: Tech

VIDEO: Chimp culture captured on camera

Tue, 2014-09-30 10:06
Researchers have captured the social spread of a new type of tool use in a wild population of chimps for the first time.
Categories: Tech

VIDEO: Bomb-makers tracked via sewers

Tue, 2014-09-30 00:18
New technology allows security services to analyse the contents of the sewers to discover where people are making home-made bombs.
Categories: Tech

VIDEO: Cern at 60 in 60 seconds

Mon, 2014-09-29 02:16
The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) is celebrating its 60th birthday. Here is a quick look at its life so far - in 60 seconds.
Categories: Tech

VIDEO: Work to lift flood-prone road begins

Mon, 2014-09-29 01:24
Work is beginning to raise part of one of the main roads in the Somerset levels to protect it from future flooding.
Categories: Tech

VIDEO: Japan volcano rescue effort resumes

Sun, 2014-09-28 23:21
Rescue teams in Japan have resumed their search for survivors of a volcanic eruption on Saturday.
Categories: Tech

VIDEO: Pony meat plan proves controversial

Sun, 2014-09-28 22:33
A charity has developed a range of meat products made from the iconic Dartmoor Pony, in what it says is a bid to save the species.
Categories: Tech

VIDEO: Volcano erupts in central Japan

Sat, 2014-09-27 01:45
Mount Ontake in Japan erupted on Saturday, sending a large plume of ash into the sky.
Categories: Tech

VIDEO: Inside the 'UK's greenest homes'

Fri, 2014-09-26 04:13
How builders and architects in Chichester are embracing new technology to make houses greener and more attractive to buyers.
Categories: Tech

VIDEO: Flea beetles surge as bees protected

Thu, 2014-09-25 10:39
Farmers warn oil seed rape crops are being destroyed because of a ban on a pesticide brought in to protect bees.
Categories: Tech

AUDIO: Reward offered for missing 'rare birds'

Thu, 2014-09-25 04:40
A search is underway for two hen harriers which have gone missing, prompting the RSPB to offer a £1,000 reward for help in their safe recovery
Categories: Tech