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The scientists watching stars being born

Thu, 2017-08-31 20:53
This is the largest radio telescope on Earth, 5,000m up in the Atacama Desert. It can see stars and planets being born millions of light-years away.
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Amazon study discovers 381 new species in two-year period

Thu, 2017-08-31 20:02
Conservation charity WWF warns that the species were found in areas at risk from human activity.
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Science funding: Will 'picking winners' work?

Thu, 2017-08-31 19:09
Why has the government returned to an industrial strategy abandoned in the 1980s?
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The animals rescued from war zones

Thu, 2017-08-31 11:40
Vet Amir Khalil goes into conflict areas to save the zoo animals left behind.
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First cancer 'living drug' gets go-ahead

Thu, 2017-08-31 04:47
US authorities approve a treatment which re-designs a patient's own immune system to attack cancer.
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Brazil court blocks Amazon mining decree

Thu, 2017-08-31 01:51
The order prevents the government from exploiting a protected area bigger than Denmark.
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Cassini hints at young age for Saturn's rings

Wed, 2017-08-30 15:27
New data gathered by the Cassini probe suggests Saturn's icy bands formed relatively recently.
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Smelly clue to bird navigation skills

Wed, 2017-08-30 00:33
Birds rely on smell to find their bearings when land is out of sight, according to a study.
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'Sea dragon' fossil is 'largest on record'

Mon, 2017-08-28 20:06
A 200-million-year-old fossil 're-discovered' in a museum is something special, say scientists.
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Poisonous progress

Mon, 2017-08-28 09:16
The arguments nearly a century ago over the use of leaded petrol.
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Rare double waterspout caught on camera

Fri, 2017-08-25 22:48
The sight, off the coast of Florida's Anna Maria Island, was filmed on Thursday afternoon.
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What's really the point of wasps?

Fri, 2017-08-25 22:18
A new citizen science survey aims to shed light on that fixture of summertime in the outdoors: the wasp.
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Alps melting?

Fri, 2017-08-25 21:53
A huge rockfall in Val Bondasca raises questions about how climate change is affecting the Alps.
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Alan Titchmarsh hits out at road-widening scheme

Fri, 2017-08-25 16:49
Proposals to expand the A3 at a junction with the M25 could mean the loss of 500 trees at the Royal Horticultural Society Garden Wisley.
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Secret life of the dodo revealed

Fri, 2017-08-25 01:53
Hundreds of years after the dodo died out, new facts are emerging about the life history of the bird.
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First tanker crosses northern sea route without ice breaker

Thu, 2017-08-24 23:04
A commercial LNG tanker sails across the colder, northern route to Asia without an ice breaking ship.
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Scientists split over snow leopard status

Thu, 2017-08-24 19:26
Scientists are divided on whether snow leopards are still endangered species, a BBC investigation finds.
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Brazil opens vast Amazon reserve to mining

Thu, 2017-08-24 14:07
The previously-protected area is bigger than Denmark and is thought to be rich in gold.
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Will fairy tale Białowieża forest survive Poland’s fight with the EU?

Thu, 2017-08-24 10:31
Campaigners in Poland are worried about the future of one of Europe's last primeval forests, as the Polish government defies an EU order to stop logging there.
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'Alarmingly high' levels of arsenic in Pakistan's ground water

Thu, 2017-08-24 04:02
Up to 60 million Pakistanis are at risk from the deadly chemical, according to a new water analysis.
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