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Genetic testing: What secrets could it reveal about you?

Tue, 2019-07-30 09:01
Genome sequencing projects around the world are revealing promising new health insights.
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Greta Thunberg to sail Atlantic for climate conferences

Tue, 2019-07-30 06:53
Malizia II, a high-speed yacht built to race around the world, will take the teen activist to the US.
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UK heatwave: Met Office confirms record temperature in Cambridge

Tue, 2019-07-30 03:28
Thursday's 38.7C in Cambridge is the hottest day ever recorded in the UK, the Met Office says.
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Ethiopia 'breaks' tree-planting record to tackle climate change

Tue, 2019-07-30 02:31
More than 350 million trees have been planted in a single day to tackle deforestation, officials say.
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Drug-resistant superbug spreading in Europe's hospitals

Tue, 2019-07-30 01:11
Scientists are "extremely concerned" by a bacterium resistant to antibiotics of last resort.
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Plastic pollution: Cycle-challenge woman 'speechless' at beach waste

Tue, 2019-07-30 00:42
Kiko Matthews, who cycled around the UK coast, says she collected 3.45 tonnes of rubbish from beaches.
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What's a 'Science Princess' doing in Alaska?

Mon, 2019-07-29 20:55
Celeste Labedz's picture of herself dressed up as a princess while on a field trip researching glaciers has become a viral hit.
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India tiger census shows rapid population growth

Mon, 2019-07-29 16:19
PM Narendra Modi says India is "now one of the biggest and most secure habitats of the tiger".
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Nasa’s Valkyrie robot could help build Mars base

Mon, 2019-07-29 09:13
The semi-autonomous robot is able to use human tools and guide itself across difficult terrain.
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No-deal Brexit 'threatens' UK science industry, says Wellcome Trust

Sat, 2019-07-27 11:15
Wellcome Trust chair warns Boris Johnson that Britain will lose out if it "amputates" the EU.
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Dinosaur bone: Scientists uncover giant femur in France

Sat, 2019-07-27 00:19
The two-metre long femur is thought to have belonged to a sauropod from the late Jurassic era.
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Arctic wildfires: What's caused huge swathes of flames to spread?

Fri, 2019-07-26 23:51
The fires are releasing significant amounts of carbon gases, contributing further to global warming.
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Proms pay space-aged tribute to Nasa engineer Christopher Kraft

Fri, 2019-07-26 23:37
Chris Kraft, who founded Nasa's mission control, is honoured at the Proms after his death this week.
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Tim Flannery: Climate change - very big and fast moving

Fri, 2019-07-26 22:23
Tim Flannery, chief councillor of Climate Council Australia, warns about the pace of climate change.
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Trump straws: How the US president is using straws to beat liberals with

Fri, 2019-07-26 07:43
Why Trump is selling plastic straws at $15 a pack - and using them as a stick to beat liberals with.
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Hawaii TMT: Desecrating sacred land or finding new frontiers?

Thu, 2019-07-25 17:43
Plans for a powerful new telescope on a sacred site in Hawaii have created rifts among islanders.
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Why is India sending humanoid robots into space?

Thu, 2019-07-25 11:37
India will fly robots to understand what weightlessness and radiation do to the human body in space.
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Climate change: Current heating 'unparalleled' in 2,000 years

Thu, 2019-07-25 03:22
The speed and extent of global heating exceeds any similar event in the past two millennia, researchers say.
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What's causing the heatwave?

Wed, 2019-07-24 22:21
As temperatures soar you might be wondering what exactly is causing this heatwave... and it boils down to three words - the jet stream.
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Stopping child marriage with solar lanterns

Wed, 2019-07-24 09:19
Girls in Ethiopia are being given solar lamps to help stop child marriage and keep them in school.
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