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Network Rail tree felling faces review over wildlife concerns

Fri, 2018-05-11 03:24
Removing too much trackside vegetation harms the environment, wildlife charities say.
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UN puts brave face as climate talks get stuck

Fri, 2018-05-11 02:07
Climate talks in Bonn officially suspended as countries fail to resolve differences about the Paris agreement.
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Device could make underwater objects appear invisible to sonar

Fri, 2018-05-11 01:18
Researchers have developed a device that could make objects appear invisible to sonar detection.
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Hun migrations 'linked to deadly Justinian Plague'

Thu, 2018-05-10 22:17
Scientists find a deadly plague may have been spread to Europe and western Asia by the Huns.
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Volcano erupts at end of man's garden

Thu, 2018-05-10 13:34
This Hawaii resident had a surprise when he returned home after fleeing the Kilauea eruption.
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UN climate stalemate sees extra week of talks added

Thu, 2018-05-10 09:15
Negotiations deadlocked as delegates get bogged down in technical arguments about the Paris climate pact.
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California becomes first US state to mandate solar on homes

Thu, 2018-05-10 07:06
Officials say homeowners could see significantly lower utilities costs per month.
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Cocaine breathalyser 'one step closer'

Thu, 2018-05-10 02:10
Researchers plan to integrate their cocaine-detecting chip in a portable scanner.
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Lonely asteroid tells solar system story

Wed, 2018-05-09 23:40
An unusual object has been found lurking in the Kuiper Belt, and it may have a tale to tell.
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Brexit to 'force Airbus sat-nav work on Galileo out of UK'

Wed, 2018-05-09 23:31
An Airbus executive says future UK work on the Galileo sat-nav system would have to be moved to the continent because of Brexit.
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Waterwheel: Ten times faster than a Venus flytrap

Wed, 2018-05-09 12:01
The hunting mechanism of the carnivorous waterwheel plant has been studied in detail for the first time.
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Indonesian ecobricks: A new approach in its plastics 'war'

Wed, 2018-05-09 09:40
The boss of an Indonesian food factory is encouraging his community to creatively reuse plastic waste.
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Spider trained to jump on demand

Tue, 2018-05-08 22:42
This is a regal jumping spider, and there are no prizes for guessing what it's good at.
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Wet wipes could face wipe-out in plastic clean-up

Tue, 2018-05-08 20:07
The government says it plans to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste, including wet wipes.
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Lava swallows car in Hawaii

Tue, 2018-05-08 19:20
The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii started erupting on May 3 and has so far destroyed 26 homes.
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How a spider jumps on its prey - science has the answer

Tue, 2018-05-08 19:00
Scientists hope to learn how to build tiny jumping robots - by studying an extraordinary spider.
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Sea giants do battle

Tue, 2018-05-08 09:23
As demand for natural gas continues to surge, huge extraction vessels are about to go into action.
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Sea giants do battle

Tue, 2018-05-08 09:23
As demand for natural gas continues to surge, huge extraction vessels are about to go into action.
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Tourism's carbon impact three times larger than estimated

Tue, 2018-05-08 01:01
A new study says global tourism accounts for 8% of carbon emissions, far larger than previously thought.
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InSight Diary: Mars mission emerges from the mists

Mon, 2018-05-07 19:58
London scientist Tom Pike watches his experiment leave Earth on a six-month journey to Mars.
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