Science

• Plaque honours Mars mission scientist
• Creosote found in beach pollution investigation
• Plaque unveiled to honour Beagle 2 mission leader
• Why are data centres such a big deal in Scotland?
• How to see the Orionid meteor shower
• Environmental groups critical of housing levy idea
• Students blast off to US for Nasa robotics competition
• Rare tree on Somerset clifftops being protected
• Purchase of field aims to expand 'green lung'
• Trust warns of 'tangible' climate threat to heritage sites
• Queen's University students blast off to US for Nasa robotics competition
• Astronomers get permission for mini-observatory
• I'm a wildlife cameraman but 'special' rare sightings can still take me by surprise
• Woodlands project records more trees than expected
• Island hosts inter-island environment summit
• Could El Niño mean there are no Atlantic hurricanes this year?
• Hawaii's iconic 550-year-old Hōlei Sea Arch collapses
• How to see the Orionid meteor shower this weekend