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Alan Turing: Stolen items to be returned to UK from US after decades
A collection of items belonging to the Bletchley Park code-breaker were stolen from Dorset in 1984.
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Climate change: Why the UK's carbon-free future will need rules
Tackling climate change will need action right across society and the economy - with a host of new incentives.
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Back from the dead: Race to save Romania's 65 million-year-old fish
The nocturnal, prehistoric Asprete has teetered on the brink of extinction for decades.
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Mossmorran: Carbon emissions from flaring revealed
CO2 equivalent to 9,140 people flying return to New York may have been emitted from Mossmorran during October flaring.
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Student ‘blown away’ after capturing Mars in back garden
Joel Miller filmed the red planet using a telescope and a DSLR camera in his back garden.
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UK energy plant to use liquid air
The 50MW facility near Manchester hopes to store enough power for roughly 50,000 homes.
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Coronavirus and mink: What are the implications?
A mutation in coronavirus triggers alarm but scientists urge caution as more information is needed.
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Poor diet: Children 20cm shorter as a result, analysis says
A global analysis suggests that on average the world's tallest teenagers live in the Netherlands.
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Bentley reveals plan to go fully electric by 2030
The luxury carmaker will scrap petrol engines within a decade and become carbon neutral.
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The foul-smelling fuel that could power big ships
Engineers think ammonia, if made sustainably, could be a greener fuel for shipping, but challenges remain.
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Coronavirus: Denmark imposes lockdowns amid mink covid fears
Cases of a mutated strain of Covid-19 have been detected that may undermine future vaccines.
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Gentoo penguins are four species, not one
Counting the birds as four species will help conservation efforts, and threats from climate change.
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Extend scheme for cosy homes, green groups say
A coalition of environmentalists want a scheme offering home insulation grants extended to 2030.
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Denmark to cull up to 17 million mink amid coronavirus fears
Cases of a mutated strain of Covid-19 have been detected that may undermine future vaccines.
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Enigmatic fast radio burst pinned on magnetised dead star
For the first time, astronomers have managed to trace a so-called fast radio burst to a specific source.
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Climate change: US formally withdraws from Paris agreement
After a three year wait, the US becomes the first nation to leave the Paris climate pact.
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A68 iceberg on collision path with South Georgia
If the world's biggest iceberg grounds at South Georgia island, it could devastate local wildlife.
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The Somali man who has a scorpion named after him
Somali environmentalist Ahmed Ibrahim Awale hopes it will inspire African researchers.
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Oxford: The soggy view from UK's oldest rain record
Like the country as a whole, Oxford's Radcliffe weather station recorded an extremely wet October.
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Durham University Prof Carlos Frenk's prize a 'huge honour'
Prof Carlos Frenk is one of the originators of a theory on dark matter and galaxies.
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