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InSight Diary: The silence of space

Sun, 2018-11-25 10:11
Nasa's latest probe is carrying super-sensitive UK seismometers to the Red Planet.
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Nasa Mars InSight lander mission to teach us more about Earth

Sun, 2018-11-25 10:06
Nasa's Mars InSight lander is due to arrive on the Red Planet's surface on Monday night. It will study the planet's interior so we can learn more about how it formed.
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Amazon rainforest deforestation 'worst in 10 years', says Brazil

Sat, 2018-11-24 20:19
The rate of deforestation has risen 13.7% in a year, amid concern about the new president's policies.
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Climate change: Report warns of growing impact on US life

Sat, 2018-11-24 06:29
Climate change could cost the US hundreds of billions of dollars and damage health, a major report warns.
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Astronaut on ISS captures spacecraft launch footage

Fri, 2018-11-23 22:12
ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst captures the launch of the Russian Progress MS-10 cargo spacecraft.
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NovaSAR: UK radar satellite returns first images

Fri, 2018-11-23 17:05
Sydney Harbour and the Egyptian pyramids feature in debut images from the first all-UK radar spacecraft.
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'Sci-fi' plane with no moving parts flies successfully

Fri, 2018-11-23 10:39
MIT scientists create the first plane to fly without moving parts.
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Staffordshire hoard: Replicas of 'king's helmet' on show

Fri, 2018-11-23 10:28
Two replicas, based on gold and silver fragments found in the Staffordshire hoard, go on show.
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China-backed coal projects prompt climate change fears

Fri, 2018-11-23 09:48
A new unit at a Serbian coal-fired power station focuses concerns on China's role in global warming.
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Humans 'off the hook' for African mammal extinction

Fri, 2018-11-23 05:00
New research disputes a theory that early humans helped wipe out many large mammals that once roamed Africa.
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Meet the woman combing abandoned office buildings for unwanted treasures.

Fri, 2018-11-23 00:13
Self-styled 'Resource Goddess' Cat Fletcher is paid to comb abandoned office buildings for items that can be re-used rather than discarded.
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Pembrokeshire treasure hunter unearths Celtic chariot

Thu, 2018-11-22 23:38
The ritual burial could be linked to a huge previously undiscovered Iron Age settlement.
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Climate change: Warming gas concentrations at new record high

Thu, 2018-11-22 19:43
The gases that are driving up temperatures reached a new high in 2017 with no sign of a reversal in the trend.
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High risk

Thu, 2018-11-22 11:55
Solar activity is now believed to have caused explosions during the Vietnam War. Our reliance on technology means the next event could have far more serious effects.
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Climate change: Prince launches 'waste to wealth' summit

Thu, 2018-11-22 11:33
The Prince of Wales is set to address a summit on dealing with waste.
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InSight: Nasa's Mars mission on target for landing

Thu, 2018-11-22 08:27
The American space agency says its InSight Mars lander is on a near-perfect Thanksgiving trajectory.
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David Attenborough: Climate 'biggest threat in thousands of years'

Thu, 2018-11-22 03:22
The television presenter is to urge greater action in a major speech at UN climate talks next month.
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David Attenborough takes 'people's seat' at climate change talks

Thu, 2018-11-22 02:03
Sir David Attenborough will join the UN in taking a message from people around the world to the December climate change talks in Poland.
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Millipede so rare 'it doesn't even have a name' discovered

Wed, 2018-11-21 23:20
The millipede is "new to science" and has only ever been found in three places - all in south Wales.
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Out of the shadows

Wed, 2018-11-21 17:31
Caroline Herschel discovered eight comets - one was named after her - but her work is less known about than her brother William's.
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