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Work starts to upgrade Large Hadron Collider

Fri, 2018-06-15 22:26
Improvements to the world's biggest particle smasher are designed to uncover new physics.
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Stephen Hawking's memorial service under way at Westminster Abbey

Fri, 2018-06-15 21:40
British actor Benedict Cumberbatch is among those giving readings at the ceremony.
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Ten ways to cut down on plastics at home

Fri, 2018-06-15 19:55
Author and activist Will McCallum gives us his top tips for eliminating plastics from our everyday lives.
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Kilauea volcano: Molten lava meets the sea

Fri, 2018-06-15 19:00
The Kilauea volcano has been pouring lava into the ocean off Hawaii, causing a hydrochloric acid mist.
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Gene therapy reverses rat's paralysis

Fri, 2018-06-15 03:08
Experts say the findings could be life-changing for millions of patients.
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Prehistoric frogs surface after 99 million years

Fri, 2018-06-15 00:58
Frogs trapped in amber for 99 million years give clues to lost world. The four fossils were found in Myanmar.
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Stephen Hawking's words will be beamed into space

Thu, 2018-06-14 20:38
The words of the renowned physicist have been set to music by composer Vangelis.
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Einstein's travel diaries reveal racist stereotypes

Thu, 2018-06-14 11:09
Xenophobic comments are found in private journals from the physicist's 1920s tour of Asia.
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Mars rover Opportunity goes dormant amid huge dust storm

Thu, 2018-06-14 10:48
Nasa says it is concerned after the ageing solar-powered Opportunity rover lost all power.
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Antarctic ice sheets: Four things you need to know

Thu, 2018-06-14 09:12
With Antarctica shedding ice at an accelerating rate, here's what you need to know about continent's ice sheet.
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Saiga antelopes: the Ice Age survivors now in peril

Thu, 2018-06-14 09:12
Scientists hope to save the saiga, a Central Asian antelope which survived the Ice Age, but is now in peril.
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Antarctica loses three trillion tonnes of ice in 25 years

Thu, 2018-06-14 03:01
Satellites observing the White Continent detect a jump in the rate of ice being lost to the ocean.
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UK rebuffed over Galileo sat-nav procurement

Thu, 2018-06-14 02:36
Delegations to the European Space Agency vote to procure another batch of spacecraft, despite British calls to delay.
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Raccoon hailed a hero after Minnesota skyscraper climb

Wed, 2018-06-13 21:01
The internet has been transfixed as it scaled a 23-floor Minnesota building for nearly a day.
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One in five UK mammals at risk of extinction

Wed, 2018-06-13 09:09
The red squirrel, the wildcat, and the grey long-eared bat face severe threats, a study says.
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Top hat

Wed, 2018-06-13 01:18
With the first 500mph runs now pushed back to mid-2019, there is more time to prepare the world's first supersonic car.
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Big cat spat

Tue, 2018-06-12 07:58
The US has more captive tigers than the rest of the world has wild ones. Why?
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Scientists shocked by mysterious deaths of ancient trees

Tue, 2018-06-12 03:10
Many of the oldest and largest specimens of Africa's baobab tree have died over the past 12 years.
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How many animals are born in the world every day?

Mon, 2018-06-11 10:27
Calculating the number of daily births takes in the very largest and smallest creatures.
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Climate change: Pope urges action on clean energy

Sat, 2018-06-09 21:18
Francis tells oil executives the world must convert to clean fuel in an unprecedented conference.
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