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Inventor Sir James Dyson sets up college to tackle skills shortage

Fri, 2016-11-04 19:34
Inventor Sir James Dyson is setting up his own technology institute to tackle the shortage of engineers.
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Health scare

Fri, 2016-11-04 11:02
Given the complexity of antibiotics resistance, what should we do to tackle the problem?
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'Flasher' frog found hidden in Australian swamp

Fri, 2016-11-04 09:33
A rare species of frog is discovered which startles predators by revealing its bright orange groin.
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Ebola adapted to easily infect people

Fri, 2016-11-04 02:15
Ebola dramatically adapted to infect human tissues with ease in the first few months of the Ebola outbreak.
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Sterile flies released in Florida to combat flesh-eating worm

Fri, 2016-11-04 01:19
Authorities in Florida are releasing sterile flies in a bid to stamp out a flesh-eating livestock disease that has returned to the US for the first time in 30 years.
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Big Chinese rocket makes maiden flight

Fri, 2016-11-04 00:26
China has launched its biggest rocket to date - the Long March 5.
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UN review says carbon plans fall well short of climate goals

Thu, 2016-11-03 22:00
An analysis of national plans to cut carbon says they are still way above the levels needed to keep the rise in global temperatures under 2C.
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James Webb: Two years to Hubble successor's launch

Thu, 2016-11-03 21:31
Engineers finish assembling the telescope that will succeed Hubble. James Webb, as it is known, is now on track to be launched two years from now.
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Pupils find out results of ISS space seeds experiment

Thu, 2016-11-03 08:44
Thousands of school children have been helping to carry out experiments to see whether seeds that have been in space grow as well as those that have stayed on Earth.
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Rock shelter used by speedy early Australians

Thu, 2016-11-03 04:06
The swiftness with which the first Aboriginal settlers spread across Australia is underlined by the discovery of an ancient rock shelter north of Adelaide.
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DNA clues to how chipmunk earned its stripes

Thu, 2016-11-03 04:01
New research suggests chipmunks and a type of mouse evolved stripes early in their evolution, which may have given them an advantage in outwitting predators.
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Tim Peake schools seed experiment results released

Thu, 2016-11-03 04:01
The results of a mass schools experiment led by Tim Peake have been released.
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Green group wins in air pollution court battle

Wed, 2016-11-02 21:58
Campaigners have won the latest battle in legal action against the UK Government over levels of air pollution.
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Baby rhino takes first bath

Wed, 2016-11-02 20:00
A newborn rhino, born at Blank Park Zoo in the US city of Des Moines, has been taking her first bath.
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MPs call for major reform of flood risk management

Wed, 2016-11-02 11:17
Radical plans to overhaul the system of managing flood risk are called for by the Commons environment and rural affairs committee.
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Project aims to end 'ambiguity' of plant-based medicine

Wed, 2016-11-02 11:01
A team of scientists at Royal Botanical Gardens Kew embarks on the mammoth task of creating a single database of the world's medicinal plant species.
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Biggest telescope may swap continents

Wed, 2016-11-02 07:06
One of the world's biggest telescope projects might be forced to move its location to a different continent.
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Seismic risks remain after Italian quakes

Wed, 2016-11-02 05:40
There remains the potential for future quakes in Italy’s Apennines region, say scientists who have reviewed the latest satellite maps of the region.
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Thousands of baby turtles released into Peruvian Amazon

Wed, 2016-11-02 02:11
Thousands of baby Taricaya turtles have been released into the Peruvian Amazon as part of an effort to save them from extinction.
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How the BBC is preparing to broadcast Arctic Live

Tue, 2016-11-01 20:11
The BBC is preparing to broadcast live from Churchill in Canada, which has become known as the polar bear capital of the world.
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