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Greta Thunberg arrives in New York City for UN Climate Summits
The teen climate change activist arrives in New York City after a 15-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean on a solar-powered boat.
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James Webb Space Telescope comes together
The successor to the famous Hubble Space Telescope reaches a key milestone in its construction.
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'All bets now off' on which ape was humanity's ancestor
The discovery of an ancient skull in Ethiopia underlines the complexity in the evolution of humans.
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Greta Thunberg: Climate change activist sails into New York City
The 16-year-old campaigner arrives in the US after sailing for two weeks across the Atlantic.
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Greta Thunberg: Why are young climate activists facing so much hate?
In the fractious climate debate, criticism of young activists has sometimes spiralled into abuse.
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Amazon fires: Forest loss challenges Paris climate ambition
Fossil fuel burning is the big issue but continued forest cover loss will make climate targets harder to achieve, say scientists.
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Amazon fires: Brazil governors push Bolsonaro to accept aid
The plea from the governors comes after a spat between President Bolsonaro and the French president.
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'Starhopper': SpaceX engine testbed makes minute-long jump
The Californian rocket company demonstrates its new methane-burning engine in Texas.
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Has Kenya's plastic bag ban worked?
Plastic carrier bags were made illegal, so how has the government enforced the ban?
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How fire shaped humans, and forged the modern economy
If you rule out everything made by fire, we would not be left with much of an economy at all.
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Amazon fires: Brazil to reject G7 offer of $22m aid
President Bolsonaro demands an apology from his French counterpart for calling him a liar.
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Zoo trade in baby elephants banned internationally
The international wildlife regulator bans the capture and export of baby African elephants.
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Could farmed insects be the perfect pet-food ingredient?
Insect-based foods may be better for pets than prime steak, according to the British Veterinary Association.
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Insect-based food 'better for pets than top steak'
The body representing UK vets says pet food diets based on insects are a 'fantastic opportunity'.
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'Rosalind Franklin' Mars rover assembly completed
Engineers in Stevenage, UK, finish building a robot that will search for life on the Red Planet.
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Vast 'pumice raft' found drifting through Pacific Ocean
The mass of pumice, the size of Manhattan, is believed to come from an underwater volcano near Tonga.
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Pacific 'pumice raft' left 'no water visible'
Two sailors recall their encounter with a vast sea of floating volcanic rocks in the Pacific Ocean.
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Could serenading mosquitoes help stop the spread of malaria?
That annoying buzz we all recognise from summer evenings is actually a love song for a mosquito.
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Why nuking hurricanes is a bad idea
President Donald Trump reportedly suggested bombing hurricanes before they made landfall.
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Water scarcity: Five ways to avert a water crisis
In the coming decade, billions could face a critical shortage of water. Here's what we can do about it.
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