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Kent mussels tested for plastic contamination

Mon, 2017-10-09 10:00
Almost two thirds of mussels in the sea around Kent are contaminated with plastic particles, research has shown.
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Blue sky thinking

Mon, 2017-10-09 09:08
British scientists played a key role in developing radar, which has helped deliver safer skies.
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Australia's solar challenge begins

Sun, 2017-10-08 14:14
Teams from around the world are competing on solar cars in an epic transcontinental race.
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Swallowtail butterfly could benefit from Papua New Guinea project

Sat, 2017-10-07 22:23
A conservation project in Papua New Guinea could help secure the future for Britain's biggest butterfly.
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Red deer rut 'spectacle' draws visitors to RSPB Minsmere

Sat, 2017-10-07 21:34
RSPB Minsmere has about 200 red deer, one of the largest wild herds outside Scotland.
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Clumsy tumblers: Giant panda cubs play at the Toronto Zoo

Sat, 2017-10-07 04:58
The Toronto Zoo releases a compilation video of their giant panda cubs falling and tumbling.
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Butterfly swarm shows up on Denver radar system

Sat, 2017-10-07 00:02
Weather scientists first mistook the radar pattern to be birds, and turned to social media for help.
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Ivory trade to be banned in UK 'to protect elephants'

Fri, 2017-10-06 14:38
Conservation groups welcome government proposals for a full-scale ban on sales and exports.
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SS Thistlegorm images released by Nottingham University

Fri, 2017-10-06 10:18
The SS Thistlegorm, a British merchant steam ship, was hit by a German bomber in 1941.
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Mike Pence wants to see astronauts return to the Moon

Fri, 2017-10-06 05:24
The US vice-president expresses the intention for America to send humans back to the lunar surface.
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Pesticides linked to bee deaths found in most honey samples

Fri, 2017-10-06 05:16
A new study finds traces of neonicotinoid chemicals in 75% of honey samples from across the world.
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What do peace and dynamite have in common?

Fri, 2017-10-06 01:53
The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday but where do the prizes come from?
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100 Women: Where are the female Nobel Prize winners?

Thu, 2017-10-05 21:22
The 2017 Nobel prizes for the sciences have all been announced, but many in the scientific community are pointing out the lack of female laureates.
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Government 'failed to clean up air'

Thu, 2017-10-05 20:37
New figures show the UK government failed to reduce illegal levels of air pollution in the 18 months after a court ordered it to clean up the air.
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Food and farming 'needs total rethink'

Thu, 2017-10-05 16:26
A major conference examines how to limit the more damaging impacts of intensive farming systems.
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Athenia: Is this the wreck of the first ship to be sunk in WW2?

Thu, 2017-10-05 09:13
The remains of a passenger liner torpedoed by a U-boat just hours into the war may have been found.
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Sputnik's influence

Thu, 2017-10-05 00:12
For the Soviet Union, the launch of the satellite was a triumph not just for science. but socialism.
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The dog with the world's longest tongue

Wed, 2017-10-04 20:41
Meet Mochi from South Dakota, who has just bagged herself a Guinness World Record.
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Nobel prize awarded for imaging molecules

Wed, 2017-10-04 19:57
The Nobel prize in chemistry is awarded to three scientists for advances in the imaging of biological molecules
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The team that tracked Sputnik - and the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile

Wed, 2017-10-04 10:44
How a British observatory played a crucial part in the Cold War.
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