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DNA confirms cause of 1665 London's Great Plague

Thu, 2016-09-08 16:01
Ancient DNA testing has for the first time confirmed the identity of the bacteria behind the Great Plague of London.
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Yosemite National Park unveils 400-acre expansion

Thu, 2016-09-08 10:03
Yosemite National Park in California is to gain a 400-acre addition, its largest expansion in nearly 70 years.
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India and Nepal concern over Tibet flood advice gap

Thu, 2016-09-08 09:36
India and Nepal are concerned about flash floods due to a lack of information from China about the state of glacial lakes and rivers in Tibet.
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Smartphone study on weather and pain reveals early data

Thu, 2016-09-08 04:24
An 18-month study looking at how the weather affects chronic pain reveals some surprising preliminary results.
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Solar tuk-tuk journey halted by robbery in France

Wed, 2016-09-07 22:15
A seven-month solo journey from India to the UK in a solar and electric-powered tuk-tuk has been paused after the driver's passport was stolen near Paris.
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Oesophageal cancer tests raise hopes for earlier detection

Wed, 2016-09-07 09:35
UK researchers are developing ways to spot the early signs of oesophageal cancer, which is often not detected until its advanced stages.
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Older drivers are 'not dangerous'

Wed, 2016-09-07 06:22
New research from Swansea University challenges the idea that older people are dangerous drivers.
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Arctic Ocean shipping routes 'to open for months'

Wed, 2016-09-07 05:13
Shipping routes across the Arctic are going to open up significantly this century even with a best-case reduction in CO2 emissions, a new study suggests.
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Swedish Nobel judges fired in Karolinska medical scandal

Wed, 2016-09-07 01:05
Two judges are asked to leave a Swedish panel that picks the Nobel prize for medicine in a scandal over a disgraced Italian transplant surgeon.
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Could air pollution cause brain damage?

Tue, 2016-09-06 08:26
New research suggests air pollution could be contributing to diseases such as Alzheimer's.
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Planet smash-up 'brought carbon to Earth'

Tue, 2016-09-06 03:37
Much of Earth's life-giving carbon could have been delivered in an asteroid collision about 4.4 billion years ago, a theory suggests.
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Airlifting ice from the alps

Tue, 2016-09-06 02:01
Ice taken from a retreating Alpine glacier is moved into a freezer at the start of a mission to store it permanently in Antarctica.
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Endangered glaciers: Alpine ice begins Antarctic voyage

Tue, 2016-09-06 02:00
Ice taken from a retreating Alpine glacier is moved into a freezer at the start of a mission to store it permanently in Antarctica.
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Philae: Lost comet lander is found

Mon, 2016-09-05 23:50
Europe's comet lander Philae, last seen in November 2014, has been identified in new pictures from the Rosetta probe.
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Freddie Mercury: Asteroid named after late Queen star to mark 70th birthday

Mon, 2016-09-05 23:24
Freddie Mercury is honoured with an asteroid named after him to mark what would have been his 70th birthday.
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Mary Rose: How the dead were digitised

Mon, 2016-09-05 20:38
Human skulls and other artefacts found aboard the Tudor shipwreck, the Mary Rose, are being exhibited online for the first time.
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Drone films white southern right whale calf off Australia

Mon, 2016-09-05 19:21
Researchers have captured images of an extremely rare white southern right whale calf off swimming with its mother off the coast of Western Australia.
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Skye's Storr Lochs Monster fossil unveiled in Edinburgh

Mon, 2016-09-05 19:18
The fossilised skeleton of a 170 million-year-old Jurassic predator discovered on the Isle of Skye is being unveiled in Edinburgh.
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Pressure grows on UK to sign Paris climate change deal

Mon, 2016-09-05 12:51
Pressure is growing on the UK government to ratify the Paris climate change deal immediately.
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Mary Rose shipwreck skulls go online in 3D

Mon, 2016-09-05 11:28
For the first time, skulls and other artefacts from the 1545 wreck of the Mary Rose warship are being exhibited online, as part of a project testing the limits of digital archaeology.
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