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Probe set for science pass of Jupiter
The US space agency’s Juno probe at Jupiter is about to make its first close approach to the planet since going into orbit in July.
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World's largest marine reserve created off Hawaii
US President Barack Obama expands a national monument off Hawaii, creating the world's largest marine reserve.
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North Atlantic 'weather bomb' tremor measured in Japan
Researchers track a particular type of tiny vibration for the first time, as it wobbled through the Earth from the Atlantic to Japan.
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Italy earthquake: 98 aftershocks in 36 hours
How 98 aftershocks rocked devastated areas of central Italy in the first 36 hours after the earthquake.
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Tiny tribute
A tiny marsupial lion, extinct for at least 18 million years, is named after Sir David Attenborough after fossilised remains are found in remote Australia.
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Surface water shifting around the Earth
Scientists have used satellite images to study how the water on the Earth's surface has changed over the last 30 years.
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Rare dodo skeleton to be auctioned in West Sussex
The first almost complete skeleton of a dodo to come up for sale in nearly 100 years is expected to fetch a six-figure sum at auction.
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Aiming high
Amateur rocket enthusiasts have gathered in Scotland to mark 30 years of aiming for the skies.
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Lawnmower prompts Northern Lights alert
A lawnmower has been blamed for wrongly triggering sensors that predict when the Northern Lights will be visible in the UK.
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Microsoft Excel blamed for gene study errors
Microsoft's Excel has been blamed for some errors in academic papers on genomics.
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Pneumatic octopus is a first for soft robotics
Engineers in the US have built a self-contained, entirely soft robot - in the shape of a 7cm octopus.
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Meet the octobot: A first for soft robotics
For the first time, a soft robot has been built that moves on its own with no batteries or cables.
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Seeking ET
How do astronomers decide whether a planet is potentially habitable?
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Hottest day of 2016 recorded at Gravesend in Kent
The UK records its hottest temperature of the year so far - 33.9C (93F) at Gravesend in Kent - as experts warn of possible health risks.
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Five ways Proxima b find is important
Scientists have discovered a planet similar to Earth that is orbiting our Sun's nearest neighbour, Proxima Centauri.
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Earth-sized world 'around nearest star'
Scientists say their investigations of the closest star, Proxima Centauri, show it to have an Earth-sized planet in orbit around it.
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Is depression a state of body not mind?
Prof Ed Bullmore from the University of Cambridge discusses a potential revolution: immunopsychiatry
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Bane of the oceans
MPs have recommended banning the tiny particles of plastic called "microbeads" which are used in a number of cosmetics and cleaning products. But why have they taken the move?
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Yuval Noah Harari: "We are probably one of the last generations of Homo sapiens."
Historian and author of the international bestseller Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Yuval Noah Harari speaks about the future of humanity.
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China unveils 2020 Mars mission probe and rover
China gives the world a first glimpse of the space probe and rover it plans to use in its first mission to Mars in 2020.
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