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Black experts say UK science is blighted by racism
Senior black scientists tell the BBC they believe UK science to be "institutionally racist".

Building strategy to look at embodied carbon
Carbon emissions from making building materials - or embodied carbon - had led to calls to end demolitions.

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Charles: I understand climate activists' anger
The Prince of Wales tells the BBC he sympathises with protesters - but any action must be constructive.

The exceptional life of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
Celebrating the trailblazing chemist Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin - the only British woman scientist to win a Nobel prize.

Nobel Prizes won't have gender quotas - scientist
Journalist Maria Ressa was the only woman to win a Nobel Prize this year, and just the 58th in history.

Biodiversity loss risks 'ecological meltdown'
The UK has an average of only 53% of its biodiversity left, well below the global average, study shows.

Tracking China's steel addiction in one city
The BBC travels to Wuzhou to see how cities are grappling with climate targets and a "build" mantra.
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Black experts say UK science is blighted by racism
Senior black scientists tell the BBC they believe UK science to be "institutionally racist".

Building strategy to look at embodied carbon
Carbon emissions from making building materials - or embodied carbon - had led to calls to end demolitions.

Video 2 minutes 58 seconds
Charles: I understand climate activists' anger
The Prince of Wales tells the BBC he sympathises with protesters - but any action must be constructive.

The exceptional life of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
Celebrating the trailblazing chemist Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin - the only British woman scientist to win a Nobel prize.

Nobel Prizes won't have gender quotas - scientist
Journalist Maria Ressa was the only woman to win a Nobel Prize this year, and just the 58th in history.

Biodiversity loss risks 'ecological meltdown'
The UK has an average of only 53% of its biodiversity left, well below the global average, study shows.

Tracking China's steel addiction in one city
The BBC travels to Wuzhou to see how cities are grappling with climate targets and a "build" mantra.

Building strategy to look at embodied carbon
Carbon emissions from making building materials - or embodied carbon - had led to calls to end demolitions.

Video 2 minutes 58 seconds
Charles: I understand climate activists' anger
The Prince of Wales tells the BBC he sympathises with protesters - but any action must be constructive.

The exceptional life of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
Celebrating the trailblazing chemist Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin - the only British woman scientist to win a Nobel prize.
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