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Planet Mercury passes across the face of the Sun

Tue, 2019-11-12 00:33
Astronomers are observing a rare event, a transit of the planet Mercury.
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Bloodhound diary: Racing at over 500mph

Mon, 2019-11-11 23:39
Land speed record holder Andy Green finally gets to drive the Bloodhound car across the Kalahari.
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Bird of the Year: Rare anti-social penguin wins New Zealand poll

Mon, 2019-11-11 22:12
The rare hoiho becomes the first penguin to take the title, after two weeks of "memes and trash-talk".
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Climate change: Speed limits for ships can have 'massive' benefits

Mon, 2019-11-11 10:51
Cutting the speed of ships by 20% can benefit health, protect whales and limit warming, say campaigners.
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Climate change: Airlines accused of 'putting profit before planet'

Mon, 2019-11-11 10:47
A British Airways insider says the industry deliberately fills planes with extra fuel to save costs.
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Durwood Zaelke: How your air conditioning could help to save the planet

Mon, 2019-11-11 10:08
The man behind a key amendment to a major climate treaty thinks that he has a way to cool the Earth.
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Bloodhound land speed car will be back racing next week

Sun, 2019-11-10 01:28
Engineers think they understand why a heat sensor has been playing up on the superfast desert vehicle.
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Heat sensor frustrates Bloodhound land speed car

Sat, 2019-11-09 01:57
The British supercar cuts short its latest run because of temperature concerns but still clocks 481mph.
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Climate change: Sea ice loss linked to spread of deadly virus

Fri, 2019-11-08 19:56
Scientists say the decline of Arctic sea ice is connected to the spread of disease among marine mammals.
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Boston Dynamics boss learned by unbalancing toddler

Thu, 2019-11-07 21:08
Marc Raibert tells BBC News he nudged his daughter over just to work out how people balance.
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The 'Bloodhound' supercar aiming to break the land speed record

Thu, 2019-11-07 16:09
The BBC met the driver of Bloodhound - part racing car and part spaceship - during testing in South Africa.
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Confidence high in Bloodhound land speed record team

Thu, 2019-11-07 05:23
The UK-led challenge to the land speed record clocks 501mph in the Kalahari Desert of South Africa.
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General election 2019: Greens call for £100bn a year for climate action

Thu, 2019-11-07 04:34
Co-leader Sian Berry urges £100bn a year to be spent on climate action at the party's campaign launch.
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'Astonishing' fossil ape discovery revealed

Thu, 2019-11-07 04:11
Fossils of a newly-discovered ancient ape could give clues to how walking on two feet evolved.
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Boeing aims for Moon landing in 'fewer steps'

Thu, 2019-11-07 02:34
The aerospace giant unveils its proposal for a lander that could take humans to the lunar surface.
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'I do my engineering in high heels not a hard hat'

Thu, 2019-11-07 01:08
The Royal Academy of Engineering wants to demolish stereotypes and attract more women to the industry.
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Extinction Rebellion: High Court rules London protest ban unlawful

Wed, 2019-11-06 23:12
Lawyers say police now face claims for false imprisonment from "potentially hundreds" of protesters.
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Nuclear fusion is 'a question of when, not if'

Wed, 2019-11-06 15:45
Scientists say we are close to making fusion power a reality - but will it arrive in time to combat climate change?
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Teabags: Is there plastic in yours?

Wed, 2019-11-06 13:33
Here's a look at how some of the UK's biggest tea brands are trying to tackle the plastic problem.
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General election 2019: Could climate change become a top priority?

Wed, 2019-11-06 12:30
Polling suggests the environment is one of three key issues for voters - but by the end of the campaign will politicians be answering their questions?
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