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Crossbows and eerie silences – following Antarctic whales for climate change clues

Sat, 2024-06-08 10:06
How scientists are discovering secrets of Antarctic climate change in the bodies of giant humpback whales.
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Crossbows and eerie silences – following Antarctic whales for climate change clues

Sat, 2024-06-08 10:06
How scientists are discovering secrets of Antarctic climate change in the bodies of giant humpback whales.
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Nature groups launch legal bid over wildlife loss

Fri, 2024-06-07 20:46
Countryside and wildlife conservation groups want a judicial review of government action on nature loss.
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Nature groups launch legal bid over wildlife loss

Fri, 2024-06-07 15:44
Countryside and wildlife conservation groups want a judicial review of government action on nature loss.
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Why scientists are studying whales with a crossbow

Fri, 2024-06-07 10:01
Researchers use the device to take remote biopsies from wild humpback whales to monitor their health.
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Musk's Starship rocket makes breakthrough ocean landing

Fri, 2024-06-07 01:14
The SpaceX rocket descended broadly intact all the way to the sea surface for the first time.
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Boeing launches long-delayed astronaut capsule

Thu, 2024-06-06 01:15
US astronauts ride a new crew capsule to orbit after a long and tortuous development programme.
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Call for UK agency to regulate harmful chemicals

Wed, 2024-06-05 19:12
The Royal Society of Chemistry says the current regulation of chemicals is 'not fit for purpose'.
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Call for UK agency to regulate harmful chemicals

Wed, 2024-06-05 19:12
The Royal Society of Chemistry says the current regulation of chemicals is 'not fit for purpose'.
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Australia wants to become a renewable energy superpower. Can it?

Wed, 2024-06-05 09:10
The country has come up with an ambitious plan to become the engine room of the new green economy.
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China's far-side Moon mission begins journey back

Tue, 2024-06-04 17:13
Chang'e-6 will bring home rock samples that could help scientists study how planets are formed.
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China's far-side Moon mission begins journey back

Tue, 2024-06-04 14:29
The collecting module is coming back with the first samples ever taken from that side of the moon.
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China's Chang'e-6 robot lands on Moon's far side

Sun, 2024-06-02 14:35
The mission hopes to bring rocks back to Earth from the far side of the Moon for the first time.
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World record broken for living thing with most DNA

Sat, 2024-06-01 01:35
A rare plant has the largest genome of any organism on earth - holding 50 times more DNA than humans.
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Dinosaur hunter stumbles across million-dollar find

Fri, 2024-05-31 10:06
This extraordinary discovery was made by chance, during one man’s birthday stroll on the mountains of Colorado.
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Earliest and most distant galaxy ever observed

Fri, 2024-05-31 09:07
The James Webb Space Telescope smashes its own record for detecting the most distant known galaxy.
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Earliest and most distant galaxy ever observed

Fri, 2024-05-31 09:07
The James Webb Space Telescope smashes its own record for detecting the most distant known galaxy.
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Concern for Iceland town following new eruption

Thu, 2024-05-30 03:37
Grindavik's mayor says larger lava flows than usual are heading towards the largely abandoned area.
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Satellite to probe mystery of clouds and climate

Wed, 2024-05-29 08:31
Europe's Earthcare satellite will tell us if the planet could lose the cooling effect of clouds.
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Satellite to probe mystery of clouds and climate

Wed, 2024-05-29 08:31
Europe's Earthcare satellite will tell us if the planet could lose the cooling effect of clouds.
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