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Why social media is obsessed with this 'rock star' duck
A mandarin duck has become an online and New York celebrity after mysteriously appearing in Manhattan.
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Fish fingers surprisingly sustainable, say conservationists
Research by conservationists find that some of the most sustainable fingers are also the cheapest.
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New £50 note will feature a British scientist
The Bank of England asks the public to nominate worthy candidates to feature on the new banknote.
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Norfolk cattle farmer warns of mass balloon release hazard
A cattle farmer warns people about releasing balloons of remembrance after a calf tried eating one.
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Rise in UK weather extremes over the last decade - Met Office
The UK has experienced hotter days and warmer nights over the last 10 years compared to previous decades
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Campaign set up to oppose spaceport in Sutherland
Some crofters have concerns about the impact the site would have on the environment and their rights.
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Project to decode 'all complex life' on Earth
Scientists set out to read the DNA of 1.5 million species, starting a "new chapter in biology".
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Soyuz rocket: 'Faulty sensor' led to launch failure
Russian officials have been looking into why the rocket’s booster malfunctioned during a launch last month.
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Coral: Palau to ban sunscreen products to protect reefs
The Pacific island nation becomes the first country to impose a widespread ban on sunscreen products.
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Scientists count whales from space
UK scientists demonstrate the practicality of identifying and counting whales from orbit.
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Climate change: Oceans 'soaking up more heat than estimated'
The Earth is far more sensitive to fossil fuel emissions than previously thought, a study says.
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Big thaw
Melting Arctic sea ice may be about to open up the Northwest Passage to cargo shipping.
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Kepler: Nasa's telescope that found new worlds has been retired
Nasa's Kepler telescope, which has been looking for inhabitable worlds, has run out of fuel and will look no more.
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Hawaii top court approves controversial Thirty Meter Telescope
Construction had halted in 2015 amid protests from native Hawaiians who consider the land sacred.
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World's longest DNA sequence decoded
A team of UK scientists have claimed the record for decoding the world's longest DNA sequence.
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RemoveDebris: UK satellite tracks 'space junk'
The British-led mission to test techniques to clear up space junk initiates its second experiment.
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Parker Solar Probe: Nasa's Sun mission smashes records
America's audacious mission to "touch the Sun" has now got nearer to our star than any previous human-made object.
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Global hunger for soybeans 'destroying Brazil's Cerrado savanna'
Brazil's highly biodiverse Cerrado is being destroyed for soybean production, conservationists say.
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Mass loss of wildlife caused by human consumption, WWF says
A WWF report blames "exploding consumption" for average losses of 60% among vertebrates since 1970.
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Rhino horn: Alarm as China eases 25-year ban on rhino and tiger parts
Experts worry this will increase demand for the animals and jeopardise efforts to protect them.
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