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Google DeepMind co-founder shares Nobel Chemistry Prize

Wed, 2024-10-09 19:50
The announcement was made by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Sweden.
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Tadpoles steal show in wildlife photography contest

Wed, 2024-10-09 09:32
Tiny creatures triumph at the 60th Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards.
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'Godfather of AI' shares Nobel Physics Prize

Tue, 2024-10-08 19:52
Two scientists share the Nobel Prize for Physics for their work on machine learning.
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Water companies must return £158m over poor performance

Tue, 2024-10-08 16:02
Ofwat reviews water companies against metrics including pollution, customer service and leakage.
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My pilgrimage to the vanishing Sphinx snow patch

Tue, 2024-10-08 15:16
The Sphinx, a patch of snow thought to be the longest-lasting in the UK, has melted for the fourth consecutive year.
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My pilgrimage to the vanishing Sphinx snow patch

Tue, 2024-10-08 08:00
The Sphinx, a patch of snow thought to be the longest-lasting in the UK, has melted for the fourth consecutive year.
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Spacecraft launches towards knocked off course asteroid

Tue, 2024-10-08 00:19
The mission aims to re-visit the asteroid Nasa diverted when it crashed a probe into it.
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Nobel Prize goes to microRNA researchers

Mon, 2024-10-07 20:21
US scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun helped explain how genes work inside the human body.
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Northern Lights possible as solar storms gather

Fri, 2024-10-04 21:59
The largest solar flare since 2017 has been spotted erupting from the Sun’s surface.
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Rare brightening comet seen passing Earth from Hawaii

Fri, 2024-10-04 08:02
Scientists estimate the last time Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS visited our solar system was 80,000 years ago.
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The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was not alone

Thu, 2024-10-03 19:15
A second asteroid hit Earth around the same time causing a "catastrophic" event.
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Fly brain breakthrough 'huge leap' to unlock human mind

Thu, 2024-10-03 01:00
A new map showing 50 million neural connections is a 'huge leap' to understanding our own brains.
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Joyful welcome by stranded astronauts for SpaceX capsule crew

Tue, 2024-10-01 04:00
A capsule sent to bring back two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station has docked.
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UK to finish with coal power after 142 years

Mon, 2024-09-30 20:02
The UK's last coal power station, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, is due to end operations on Monday.
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SpaceX docks at ISS to collect stranded astronauts

Mon, 2024-09-30 11:43
The craft will return Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams - stranded since June - to Earth.
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SpaceX on mission to return two stranded astronauts

Sun, 2024-09-29 08:42
A capsule heads to the International Space Station, where two crew are spending months longer than planned.
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An 'abomination' of a sub – and the boss convinced Titan was safe

Sun, 2024-09-29 02:39
A damning picture emerges from a public hearing into the failure of Oceangate’s Titan submersible.
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Penguin chicks survive tearaway iceberg

Sat, 2024-09-28 09:56
For months a huge iceberg blocked the path of hundreds of penguin chicks but somehow they survived.
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Queen's Brian May quits RSPCA over its food welfare label

Fri, 2024-09-27 20:39
The association has had to run spot checks on farms using its label amid welfare concerns.
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Sycamore Gap saplings to become symbols of hope

Fri, 2024-09-27 10:46
The National Trust is encouraging people to apply for 'Tree of Hope' descendants of the famous sycamore.
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