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Australia: Oldest rock art is 17,300-year-old kangaroo
Scientists determined the painting's age by examining ancient wasp nests around the artwork.
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Extinction: Freshwater fish in 'catastrophic' decline
Numbers are plunging due to pollution, unsustainable fishing and the draining of rivers.
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Hayley Arceneaux: Cancer survivor joins first all-civilian space mission
The SpaceX mission will make Hayley Arceneaux the first person with a prosthesis to visit space.
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Nasa promises Perseverance Mars rover landing video
The US space agency has movies its Perseverance robot shot in the approach to last week's touchdown.
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Are streaming algorithms really damaging film?
Director Martin Scorsese says streaming algorithms demean cinema and treat viewers as consumers.
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Mars landing: Photo shows Perseverance rover during landing
Nasa releases an astonishing image of its new Mars robot taken just moments before touchdown.
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Yungblud 'honoured' to have David Bowie cover played on Mars
NASA told the singer they would play his cover of David Bowie's Life On Mars as they landed
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Mars landing: Excitement builds over new images from Nasa Perseverance rover
The rover touched down successfully on Thursday in Mars' Jezero Crater.
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Foot-and-mouth outbreak's parallels with Covid pandemic
Twenty years on from the start of the foot-and-mouth crisis, the Covid parallels appear stark.
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UK to launch 'high risk' science agency
The new agency will help "cement the UK's position as a science superpower", the government says.
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The dentist who helped a koala to walk
Jon Doulman built a unique prosthetic after hearing about Triumph, a koala born without a foot.
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Climate Change: How much did it cost the US economy in 2020?
Last year saw a record numbers of extreme weather events costing billions of dollars in damages.
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Nasa's Perseverance rover lands on Mars
The six-wheeled robot survives a hair-raising, seven-minute descent to the surface of the Red Planet.
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Isle of Man Viking jewellery found by metal detectorist
A retired police officer found the rare silver and gold jewellery, which has been declared treasure.
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Smart materials: From tiny robots to colour-swapping clothes
A report examines the potential of materials that can change shape, adapt and repair themselves.
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Texas weather: Are frozen wind turbines to blame for power cuts?
Frozen wind turbines are being blamed for power failures - but problems with fossils fuels are a bigger issue.
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Nasa Perseverance rover: How this Mars landing will be different
Nasa's Perseverance rover is aiming for Jezero Crater, considered “too dangerous” for previous spacecraft.
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Texas weather: How to stay safe in freezing conditions
From dressing properly, to keeping warm in power cuts, to signalling for help when stranded.
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Climate change: Don't raid home insulation scheme, MPs urge ministers
The government hopes to claw back money from a £1.5bn fund to promote home insulation.
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Mars landings that did (and didn't) go to plan
With two missions to land on Mars in 2021, Laura Foster looks back at the previous 17 attempts.
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