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Dead Philippines whale had 40kg of plastic in stomach

Mon, 2019-03-18 17:56
The whale that washed up in the Philippines had ingested 16 rice sacks and "multiple" shopping bags.
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UK space internet firm OneWeb ready for lift-off

Mon, 2019-03-18 17:13
OneWeb secures new funding enabling it to speed up plans for a global high-speed broadband network.
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US detects huge meteor explosion

Mon, 2019-03-18 15:07
The fireball is the second most powerful in 30 years and the biggest since one over Chelyabinsk in 2013.
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Sinking island in the Sundarbans Delta

Sun, 2019-03-17 10:17
Thousands of people still live on the Indian island, which has shrunk in size to just 4.5 sq km.
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UK's air-breathing rocket engine set for key tests

Fri, 2019-03-15 22:54
Important tests lie ahead for the engine concept that could take a plane from London to Sydney in about four hours.
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Global warming: Children's climate strike spreads worldwide

Fri, 2019-03-15 20:24
Thousands of children protest in cities across Asia and Europe against climate change.
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Climate strike: What is a climate emergency?

Fri, 2019-03-15 20:04
Bath is the latest council to declare one, as students protest about the planet.
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Climate change: What are your questions?

Fri, 2019-03-15 11:06
We want to hear which questions you want answered on climate change.
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Wandering males transformed Spain's DNA

Fri, 2019-03-15 10:45
An ancient mass migration transformed the genetic make-up of people in Iberia, a new DNA study reveals.
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Climate change: How people around the world are directly affected

Fri, 2019-03-15 10:25
Young people around the world spoke to the BBC about how they are directly affected by climate change.
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Astronauts who survived Soyuz breakdown blast off to ISS

Fri, 2019-03-15 06:42
It is Nick Hague and Alexey Ovchinin's first flight since their rocket malfunctioned last year.
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Grande America: France braces for oil spill damage after ship blaze

Fri, 2019-03-15 03:21
Tonnes of "hazardous materials" have spilled into the Atlantic after a container ship sank.
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Phones crushed to reveal precious metals

Fri, 2019-03-15 02:47
Researchers are blending mobile phones to find out what rare and precious metals are in them.
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European satellite captures Nasa Mars lander from orbit

Fri, 2019-03-15 02:35
Europe's newest satellite at Mars has spied the landing site of the American-led InSight probe.
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Spring Statement: Cambridge data team gets £45m boost

Fri, 2019-03-15 01:43
The European Bioinformatics Institute will use the money to enhance "storage and building capacity".
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Study reveals the wolf within your pet dog

Fri, 2019-03-15 01:26
Wolves lead and dogs follow - but both can cooperate with us, say experts studying wolves tamed from birth.
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Greta Thunberg nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for climate activism

Thu, 2019-03-14 23:45
The 16-year-old climate campaigner who has inspired school strikes is in the running to receive the Nobel.
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Comic Relief: School shuns red nose plastic because of pollution fears

Thu, 2019-03-14 22:56
Sir David Attenborough has written to the children saying he supports what they're doing.
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Professor Stephen Hawking memorial plans 'no further forward'

Thu, 2019-03-14 21:00
Cambridge City Council has not decided how to mark the renowned physicist's life a year after his death.
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Emma Haruka Iwao smashes pi world record with Google help

Thu, 2019-03-14 18:37
Emma Haruka Iwao calculates the value of pi to 31 trillion digits, after a lifelong fascination.
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