Getty ImagesIn February 1953, two men walked into a pub in Cambridge and announced they had found "the secret of life". It was not an idle boast.One was James Watson, an American biologist from the Cavendish laboratory; the other was his British research partner, Francis Crick. Their discovery - of the structure and function of deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA - ranks alongside those of Mendel and Darwin in its significance to modern science.The full Promethean power of their achievement would slowly emerge over decades of research by fellow...
Chris Packham has reached a settlement with the government over two legal challenges against its decision to remove or delay some environmental policies.The TV...
Three Chinese astronauts, including the country's only woman spaceflight engineer, entered the Tiangong space station Wednesday morning following an early morning launch into orbit....
When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centuries.Observers see...
Getty Images"Until we have world leaders with the wisdom and courage to put nature as a top political priority then nature-related risks will continue...