The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) – the Botanics – is a place which is very special to everyone in the capital. This autumn the world-leading institution is marking a distinct moment in the Garden’s history with the opening of the newly redeveloped A-listed Palm Houses on 2 October.  This is part of the Edinburgh Biomes programme, and is hailed as the most ambitious restoration scheme in the history of the Botanics. As well as plants to see, there is a new visitor experience with films and other multimedia and multisensory digital tours.

The October sky features several meteor showers and a parade of planets in the wee, small, hours all month long. British Summer Time ends on 25 October at 2 am. The Sun passes from Virgo (The Maiden) on 31 October 11:43 am and enters Libra (The Scales) and comes closer by 1,292,784 km (0.009 AU) over the whole month. Daylight shortens from 11:33 (11.543 hours) on 1 October to 09:17 (9.287 hours) on 31 October so we gain 2 hours and 15 minutes of night time, by the end of the month.

New polling and evidence from The Wildlife Trusts demonstrates that the public grasp the importance of nature far more than politicians

One of the most valuable ways to support pollinators and other invertebrates is to provide them with the shelter they need to survive the winter. Thankfully, all you need to do is do less yard work.

Extreme weather is no longer a future threat in Scotland — it’s here. From severe wildfires burning through much-loved landscapes, to streets under water and rivers running dry, our communities are paying the price for political gridlock. On Wednesday, MSPs are gathering at Holyrood for a debate on Scotland's climate defences — and we need your local representatives to show up. Government policy has spent years avoiding difficult choices. We are calling on the Scottish Government to back a national Landscape Resilience Summit and a dedicated UK Climate Shock Fund to scale up nature-based solutions that protect our homes from fire, flood and drought before disasters strike. Your MSPs need to hear directly from the people they represent before they walk into the Scottish Parliament. Join us outside the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday 3 - 5pm to show support for the debate.

El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers

Many people interacting with the social media post appear to believe the picture is real, but visual clues and an AI watermark tell us it’s fake.

A 50-min film centred around the National Emergency Briefing. The frank facts, but also the huge opportunity if Government steps up and leads a WW2-scale response. Designed to be watched by communitie...

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Reform UK party chair Lee Anderson claimed there are “thousands of square miles” of solar panels on farmland in the UK. This is a huge overstatement.

Fully-funded and jointly supervised studentships across four developing research areas.

When I was asked to lead the new Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, there was one question I needed an answer to straight away: ‘Will I get to meet Brian Cox?’ Well, this week, ...

This is a guide to researching your Edinburgh home, intended to meet interest generated by David Olusoga's BBC series, A House Through Time.

The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) welcomes an upcoming debate at the Houses of Parliament about cuts impacting astronomy and encourages all Fellows to contact the...