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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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The horrific consequences of rubber's toxic past

Wed, 2019-07-24 09:10
The appalling treatment of Congo's rubber workers led to the world's first photographic human rights campaign.
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Greta Thunberg speech: French MPs boycott teen ‘apocalypse guru’

Wed, 2019-07-24 07:48
The teen activist is ridiculed by some French MPs ahead of her speech to parliament.
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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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