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Tokyo 2020: Meet the Olympic and Paralympic robots

Wed, 2019-07-24 02:55
With a year to go until the Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo, meet the robots that will be used on site at the events.
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Nasa Moon lander vision takes shape

Tue, 2019-07-23 21:17
Nasa has outlined more details of its plans for a landing craft that will take humans to the Moon's surface in the 2020s.
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Chris Kraft: Key Apollo 11 director dies days after anniversary

Tue, 2019-07-23 20:39
Nasa's first flight director played a critical role in the first Moon landing 50 years ago.
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'Important' Iron Age settlement found at Warboys dig

Tue, 2019-07-23 09:40
Roman and early Saxon finds were also discovered at the settlement, which was previously unknown.
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'Restore UK bogs' to tackle climate change

Tue, 2019-07-23 02:23
Restoring peat moors degraded by farming may prove a relatively inexpensive way of tackling climate change.
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Chandrayaan-2: India launches second Moon mission

Mon, 2019-07-22 21:17
The $145m Chandrayaan-2 is aiming to become the first space mission to land on the Moon's south pole.
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The Silicon Valley space race

Mon, 2019-07-22 11:29
The battle between two billionaires vying to take us to the Moon and beyond.
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Why 3D printing could be key to a Moon base

Mon, 2019-07-22 09:21
Construction materials, ceramics and food could all one day be printed on the lunar surface.
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Teen kayaker clocks up 100 miles in Norfolk Broads clean-up

Sun, 2019-07-21 12:39
Will Darling has paddled more than 100 miles in his search for rubbish.
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Would this burger tempt you to eat meat?

Sun, 2019-07-21 09:43
Two BBC presenters put Impossible Foods' meat-free burger to the taste test. How does it shape up?
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Women in science: Smashing glass ceilings and glass walls

Sun, 2019-07-21 09:20
From pushing boundaries to defying stereotypes - five women who are breaking barriers in science.
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Moon landing: How Jodrell Bank tracked Apollo 11 and a Russian probe

Sat, 2019-07-20 09:54
An engineer at Jodrell Bank says he could hear every word from Apollo 11's famous mission.
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Where were you when man first landed on the Moon?

Sat, 2019-07-20 09:48
Fifty years on, the 03:56 AM TV moment that was out of this world.
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The final 13 minutes before the Moon landing

Sat, 2019-07-20 09:43
The minutes before landing were tense, as fuel ran low and connections were lost between the lunar module and mission control
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How Apollo 11 brought humanity together

Sat, 2019-07-20 09:40
An endeavour which was born out of conflict ended by bringing the entire world together, at least for a moment.
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Algae bio-curtains: Architects' radical solution to capture carbon

Sat, 2019-07-20 08:01
Scientists and architects in London have developed 'bio-curtains' to act as an alternative to urban trees.
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River Stour runs dry in drought in Constable Country

Sat, 2019-07-20 02:03
The Environment Agency takes steps to refill a river featured in some of the UK's best-loved paintings.
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Russia alarmed by large fall in bee populations

Sat, 2019-07-20 00:13
Pesticides are blamed for Russia's mass bee deaths, while French honey production is also down.
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Iceland pilot whales: Dozens of dead mammals found beached

Sat, 2019-07-20 00:09
The pilot whales were spotted during a helicopter sightseeing tour over Longufjorur.
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Cigarette butts in soil hamper plant growth, study suggests

Fri, 2019-07-19 21:17
A study suggests the butts make up the most pervasive form of plastic pollution on the planet.
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