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Experts cast doubt over Highlands spaceport plan

Tue, 2019-06-18 05:10
Concerns have been raised over the suitability of a site in Sutherland aiming to become the UK's first major spaceport.
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Hedgehog sign warns drivers of small wildlife hazards

Mon, 2019-06-17 20:44
It aims to protect drivers from accident hazards and reverse a decline in small wildlife numbers.
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The family-of-four living off grid

Mon, 2019-06-17 10:11
Two former vets from Essex and their children are showing others how it is possible to live self-sufficiently.
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Saving sharks: One woman's mission to protect the hammerhead

Mon, 2019-06-17 09:38
Marine biologist Ilena Zanella vowed to save the shark after diving with them off Costa Rica.
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Using DNA to tailor medicine

Mon, 2019-06-17 09:34
Technology is making it possible to tailor treatments to ever smaller groups of patients.
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Climate Change: Why are thousands of species facing extinction?

Mon, 2019-06-17 09:32
The Earth's biodiversity is decreasing at a faster rate than ever before. Why is this happening?
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A bridge made of grass

Mon, 2019-06-17 09:25
The annual remaking of the last remaining Inca rope bridge at Q'eswachaka in Peru.
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'Cryoegg' to explore under Greenland Ice Sheet

Mon, 2019-06-17 09:01
UK sensors placed under the Greenland Ice Sheet will monitor how its glaciers slide towards the ocean.
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Plastic pollution: Bangor divers cleaning up the seabed

Sat, 2019-06-15 09:11
A group of divers are taking beach clean ups to the next level by diving for litter under water.
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Largest world stock of animal-killing virus destroyed by UK lab

Sat, 2019-06-15 03:14
Scientists destroy final UK laboratory samples of rinderpest, the disease that wiped out most of the cattle in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Pope warns oil bosses of climate threat

Sat, 2019-06-15 01:10
Oil company bosses have been rapped by the Pope for seeking more of the fossil fuels that are damaging the climate.
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Harry Potter star Bonnie Wright joins kids' plastic toy push

Fri, 2019-06-14 10:00
Actress Bonnie Wright, who played Ginny Weasley, meets children who are upcycling their toys.
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Greenpeace rig protest brought to an end

Fri, 2019-06-14 07:03
Police said nine people in total had been arrested in connection with the demonstration in the Cromarty Firth.
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Scotland's crannogs are older than Stonehenge

Thu, 2019-06-13 23:50
Used for building homes on lochs, the artificial islands were previously thought to date from the Iron Age.
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Chinese tombs yield earliest evidence of cannabis use

Thu, 2019-06-13 22:17
Researchers uncover the earliest known evidence of cannabis use, from tombs in western China.
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Greenland map captures changing Arctic in fine detail

Thu, 2019-06-13 21:17
The British Antarctic Survey produces an exquisite new printed sheet map of Greenland and the European Arctic.
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Bermuda land snail: An animal 'back from the dead'

Thu, 2019-06-13 10:53
A remarkable story of how a snail was rescued from the edge of extinction and returned to the wild.
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Hidden Figures: Nasa renames street after black female mathematicians

Thu, 2019-06-13 10:40
Hidden Figures Way is named after the African-American women featured in the Oscar-nominated film.
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What's killing Yosemite's trees?

Thu, 2019-06-13 06:29
Ten years into a unique scientific project researchers have tracked dramatic changes to the forest.
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Climate change: Should the UK's 2050 target be sooner?

Thu, 2019-06-13 03:33
The UK has promised a stricter emissions target by 2050, but some say it should be sooner.
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