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Researchers in Barcelona are trying to "trick nature" by creating an artificial womb for extremely premature babies after tests on animals kept fetuses alive for 12 days. Ilan Rubens reports.

Moths have developed what scientists describe as a "stealth cloak," making them nearly invisible to bats' senses. Researchers at the University of Bristol are working to mimic this feature to produce more effective sound absorbers, creating what they call "sonic wallpaper."

As Aymen al-Rubaye plants mangrove seedlings in the sprawling tidal flats of southern Iraq, the black smoke rising over the skyline behind him shows the ecological damage that he is toiling to undo.

A dark and damp sewage channel under Berlin is more than it seems, it is not just carrying away the city's human waste, it is also a heat plant.

An autonomous, underwater robot that moves like a fish can film underwater and collect DNA samples to gather biodiversity biodiversity data. Ilan Rubens reports.

Hops farmer Josef Wimmer can hope for a double harvest this year: on his fields near Au in der Hallertau in southern Germany’s Bavaria region, he wants to harvest solar power as well as hops.

Google parent Alphabet is delivering internet service to remote areas by using beams of light, as part of the project known as Taraa.

Japanese puppets have inspired the creation of a robot that could redefine what it means to lend a hand. Joel Flynn reports.

A full-body “MetaSuit” could soon take your virtual reality experience to the next level by using soft artificial muscles meant to feel light and natural, or even help someone suffering from Parkinson's to keep walking, according to its developers at ETH Zurich. Ryan Brooks has more.

Scientists in the United States are experimenting with a drug that could slow down the canine ageing process and potentially be used in the future as an anti-aging drug in humans. Rachel Judah has more.

Billionaire Elon Musk reaffirmed on Friday his view that there should be a 'pause' on the development of artificial intelligence and that the AI sector needed regulation.

Top engineer and former team boss Paddy Lowe spent decades measuring in milliseconds how to make Formula One cars go faster, but his tagline now is "600 million years in three minutes" as he focuses on consigning fossil fuels to history. Flora Bradley-Watson reports.

Sick of costly energy bills and keen to fend off global warming, London-based artists Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn have arranged for solar panels to be installed on dozens of houses on their street. Rachel Graham has more.

Artificial intelligence that allows people to have a conversation with Van Gogh, as well as robotic exoskeletons for healthcare workers were some of the highlights at a Paris tech show on Wednesday (June 14).

Workers of the future faced with a physically demanding task may be able to let their robot avatar carry the load, saving themselves from potential injury. Angela Johnston explains.

A pilot scheme using satellite imagery to help monitor the state of the UK’s dwindling peatlands, is aiming to help protect a huge natural absorber of carbon dioxide. Ilan Rubens reports.

Staff at the Museum of Evolution unveil the skull of a Torosaurus, which they say is the "biggest skull of a dinosaur ever discovered on Earth."

IKEA is training call center workers to become interior design advisers as the Swedish furniture giant aims to offer more home improvement services and hand run-of-the-mill customer queries to an artificial intelligence bot called Billie. Julian Satterthwaite reports.

A pilot project in Peru is using a robot to plant seeds to help reforestation of the Amazon, where pristine rainforest and biodiversity is being blighted by mining and logging, much of it illegal. Flora Bradley-Watson has more.

Miniature flutes crafted 12,000 years ago from bird bones and discovered in northern Israel may have been used for bird calls at a time when humans were refining their interactions with animals, a team of scientists said.

With rising temperatures and intense heatwaves, researchers at Arizona State University are using ANDI, a thermal dummy that sweats, breathes and walks to help uncover the impacts of extreme heat on the human body. This report produced by Olivia Zollino.

Unions hope a $30 million grant to electrify tractors in a Long Beach, California, port terminal's final push to become the world's first zero-emissions facility will serve as a bulwark against lost jobs in an era of energy transition and increasing automation. Ilan Rubens reports.

Conservationists are excited about an emerging technology that allows lobster harvesters to fish for their catch hardly using ropes. They say it will help protect whales, but lobstermen aren't so sure of its merits. Flora Bradley-Watson reports.

Researchers have fitted tiny trackable radio-pants to three species of South American frogs, to test their ability to navigate through the rainforest.

The last surviving 340 or so North Atlantic right whales are facing a new threat from seaweed farms, as the U.S. government tries to boost clean energy production by ramping up research into seaweed as a potential source of biofuel. Alice Rizzo has more.