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Loch Ness Monster: DNA tests may offer new clue

Wed, 2018-05-23 21:24
DNA research team say sampling of Loch Ness could uncover evidence of new creatures.
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Environment Agency warns of serious water deficits for England

Wed, 2018-05-23 09:40
"Unsustainable" levels of extraction plus climate change could see water supply deficits across England by 2050.
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How to speak volcano like a pro

Wed, 2018-05-23 09:34
Making sense of terms like vog, laze and pahoehoe with the help of volcanologist Evgenia Ilyinskaya.
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What are the shrieking lynx actually doing?

Wed, 2018-05-23 07:36
A pair of Canada lynx have been caught on camera "screaming" at each other.
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Grace mission launches to weigh Earth's water

Wed, 2018-05-23 06:17
The joint US-German Grace satellites go into orbit to monitor Earth's most important resource.
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Grace mission launches to weigh Earth's water

Wed, 2018-05-23 06:17
The joint US-German Grace satellites go into orbit to monitor Earth's most important resource.
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'Rare' birth of live reindeer twins in Cairngorms

Tue, 2018-05-22 23:12
Previously twins born in the herd in the Cairngorms have been stillborn or died shortly after birth.
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'Rare' birth of live reindeer twins in Cairngorms

Tue, 2018-05-22 23:12
Previously twins born in the herd in the Cairngorms have been stillborn or died shortly after birth.
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Air pollution plans to tackle wood burners

Tue, 2018-05-22 18:44
Critics of the government proposals say they put too much responsibility on local councils.
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Clean air plan 'ambitious but vague'

Tue, 2018-05-22 10:21
Plan promises much cleaner air for many, but it's accused of ducking difficult issues
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'Living fossil' giant salamander heading for extinction

Tue, 2018-05-22 10:21
The world's largest amphibian is in "catastrophic" decline, with probably only a handful left in the wild.
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'Living fossil' heading for extinction

Tue, 2018-05-22 10:21
The world's largest amphibian is in "catastrophic" decline, with probably only a handful left in the wild.
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Malaria genetics: study shows how disease became deadly

Tue, 2018-05-22 10:20
A genetic study reveals the secrets of how malaria evolved to be a killer of humans.
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Malaria genetics: study shows how disease became deadly

Tue, 2018-05-22 10:20
A genetic study reveals the secrets of how malaria evolved to be deadly killer of humans.
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Fatal confusion

Tue, 2018-05-22 09:05
Drivers may be confusing autonomous cars with driver assistance technology, with sometimes fatal consequences.
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Fatal confusion

Tue, 2018-05-22 09:05
Drivers may be confusing autonomous cars with driver assistance technology, with sometimes fatal consequences.
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PM will pay to have 'full association' with EU research

Tue, 2018-05-22 01:55
The Prime Minister makes the strongest commitment yet to "fully associate" the UK with the EU's £68bn research programme post-Brexit.
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PM will pay to have 'full association' with EU research

Tue, 2018-05-22 01:55
The Prime Minister makes the strongest commitment yet to "fully associate" the UK with the EU's £24bn research programme post-Brexit.
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Ebola outbreak: Experimental vaccinations begin in DR Congo

Tue, 2018-05-22 00:05
Some 4,000 vaccines are being used to try to stop an outbreak that has killed at least 26 people.
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Ebola outbreak: Experimental vaccinations begin in DR Congo

Tue, 2018-05-22 00:05
Some 4,000 vaccines are being used to try to stop an outbreak that has killed at least 26 people.
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