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How critical is the weather for the SpaceX launch?

Sat, 2020-11-14 10:14
Nasa and SpaceX were due to send astronauts to the ISS on Saturday but the weather's changed their plans.
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New Sentinel satellites to check the pulse of Earth

Sat, 2020-11-14 00:02
More satellites are ordered for the EU project that monitors the state of the planet.
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Mutated strain of coronavirus 'can jump back and forth'

Fri, 2020-11-13 23:59
A new coronavirus strain could potentially leap to other animals, such as mice and voles, says expert.
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Nasa's giant SLS rocket: a guide

Fri, 2020-11-13 22:34
Nasa's huge next-generation rocket is undergoing tests ahead of its maiden flight in 2021.
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Nasa's new 'megarocket' set for critical tests

Fri, 2020-11-13 20:27
The agency's Moon rocket is entering the final stages of testing ahead of its maiden flight in 2021.
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Fact-checking the US and China on climate and environment

Fri, 2020-11-13 10:20
We fact-check US and Chinese claims about CO2 emissions, plastic waste and illegal timber.
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Black Friday emissions boom predicted

Fri, 2020-11-13 10:09
Climate change: why Black Friday needs patience
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Europe moves ahead with Ariel exoplanet mission

Thu, 2020-11-12 23:35
The green light is given to the near-billion-euro space observatory that will study far-off worlds.
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Covid: Car use down as second lockdown takes effect

Thu, 2020-11-12 22:26
But the roads are much busier than during the first lockdown, new government figures show.
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The burning scar: Inside the destruction of Asia’s last rainforests

Thu, 2020-11-12 10:17
Exclusive: A forensic investigation finds evidence of deliberate burning in Papua's palm oil plantations.
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Birds' genetic secrets revealed in global DNA study

Thu, 2020-11-12 04:00
Scientists have sequenced the "code of life" of species from almost every branch of the bird family tree.
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Climate change: Hurricanes get stronger on land as world warms

Thu, 2020-11-12 02:04
North Atlantic tropical storms are stronger for longer when they hit land because of global warming.
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Rolls Royce plans 16 mini-nuclear plants for UK

Wed, 2020-11-11 22:08
The firm says the project will create 6,000 new jobs in the Midlands and the North of England
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Climate change: Protecting the rainforest through your shopping basket

Wed, 2020-11-11 13:02
Green groups welcome the UK's plan to outlaw the import of food and other goods from protected areas.
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Coronavirus: Denmark shaken by cull of millions of mink

Wed, 2020-11-11 10:29
Why the "Cluster 5" coronavirus mutation in fur farms has led to a nationwide cull and a political outcry.
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Newly discovered primate 'already facing extinction'

Wed, 2020-11-11 10:16
Historical museum specimens have helped to solve a long standing scientific monkey puzzle.
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Student finds mystery pterosaur in Cambridgeshire fossils

Wed, 2020-11-11 02:52
Roy Smith made his "exciting" discovery while trawling through wrongly-identified shark fossils.
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Rock mining with microbes may aid space explorers

Wed, 2020-11-11 02:45
UK scientists show how astronauts on the Moon or Mars could one day mine for metals using bacteria.
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Hurricane season: Record number of named Atlantic storms

Tue, 2020-11-10 22:26
Theta is the 29th Atlantic storm this hurricane season and another system is forming in the Caribbean.
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Two-million-year-old skull of human 'cousin' unearthed

Tue, 2020-11-10 12:43
The fossil from a large-toothed species helps shed more light on how humans evolved, researchers say.
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