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How killer flies have the fastest vision of any animal

Mon, 2017-09-18 00:22
Some flies see six times faster than us, catching prey in mid-air in less than a second.
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Paris climate deal: US denies it will stay in accord

Sun, 2017-09-17 10:43
Reports say the US will no longer withdraw from the Paris deal or will change its approach.
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Outwitted

Sun, 2017-09-17 09:39
How tiny creatures with small brains outwit us so easily.
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Koala 'hitches' ride under car wheel arch

Sat, 2017-09-16 23:39
She survived a 16km (10-mile) car journey, clinging to the axle of a four-wheel drive near Adelaide.
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Henry the hippo reunites with his baby Fiona

Sat, 2017-09-16 20:01
A happy ending for a family of hippos.
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'Long live Cassini': Nasa scientists say farewell

Sat, 2017-09-16 03:00
The chief scientists who worked on the spacecraft react after it plunged into Saturn's atmosphere.
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Cassini: Saturn probe heads towards destruction

Fri, 2017-09-15 11:24
The end is near for US-led space mission as it flies towards a fiery impact with the ringed planet.
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Cassini: Saturn 'death dive' spacecraft in numbers

Fri, 2017-09-15 09:24
Cassini's about to crash into Saturn, but here's what it's achieved over the last two decades.
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Why scientists are so excited about Saturn's icy moon Enceladus

Fri, 2017-09-15 02:48
Scientists explain how they discovered a water ocean beneath the ice shell of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
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Snow leopard off endangered list

Fri, 2017-09-15 00:50
The conservation status of the elusive snow leopard is downgraded from "endangered" to "vulnerable".
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How Cassini probe reached Saturn

Fri, 2017-09-15 00:21
It took seven years for the US-European mission to get to the ringed planet, launching in 1997.
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Forty years of space photography

Thu, 2017-09-14 23:13
David Malin has spent four decades photographing space. Now retired, he has held a competition to inspire other astrophotographers.
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Cassini conducts last picture show

Thu, 2017-09-14 11:09
The Saturn probe takes some final images ahead of its mission-ending dive into the ringed planet.
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Orchid gives up the secrets of its success

Thu, 2017-09-14 04:38
Science is laying bare the secrets of orchids, one of the biggest families of flowering plant.
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Belfast scientists design flexible organic battery

Wed, 2017-09-13 23:04
Queen's University scientists design a flexible long-life battery that could be used in pacemakers.
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Why are there so many berries this year?

Wed, 2017-09-13 22:57
Berries are appearing early this year - and promise to last much longer than usual, according to experts.
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Oil spill off coast of Greece 'environmental disaster'

Wed, 2017-09-13 07:30
Emergency crews have begun an oil spill clean-up after an oil tanker sank close to the island of Salamis.
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Man-of-war seen along the coast in Cornwall and Wales

Tue, 2017-09-12 23:20
The RNLI closed Perranporth beach due to the large number of jellyfish-like creatures.
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Photographer wins 'monkey selfie' legal fight

Tue, 2017-09-12 08:33
A photographer wins a legal fight against an animal rights group over a "monkey selfie" photograph.
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Row over AI that 'identifies gay faces'

Mon, 2017-09-11 23:17
Researchers and LGBT groups clash over facial recognition tech that supposedly spots gay people.
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