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'Send in the drones' to protect soil
Drones should be used to locate and penalise farmers who let soil run off their fields, a report will say.
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Dinosaur tracks on Skye 'globally important'
Researchers find that the footprints belonged to sauropods and therapods from the Middle Jurassic period.
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Tiangong-1: Defunct China space lab comes down over South Pacific
China's defunct Tiangong-1 space lab mostly burnt up on re-entering the Earth's atmosphere.
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Mission to demonstrate space junk tech
A European, UK-led project aims to showcase how space debris could be removed from orbit.
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Dumping pesticides, using ducks instead
Bernard Poujol believes ducks are the future for rice farms, but he hasn't quite perfected his technique.
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RAF looks to space for the future
The Royal Air Force pushing boundaries, 100 years since it began. Three women serving with the RAF explain.
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Rhino census in India's Kaziranga park counts 12 more
A census suggests that one-horn rhino numbers have increased by 12 to 2,413 in the national park.
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Tesla in fatal California crash was on Autopilot
The company says a Model X vehicle involved in a fatal crash in the US was in Autopilot mode.
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Vanishing lake
It's been shrinking fast, but could a plan to divert water to one of Africa's largest lakes stop it disappearing?
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Shipping faces demands to cut CO2
The industry could contribute almost a fifth of the global total of CO2 by 2050 but some nations resist targets.
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Prof Stephen Hawking Cambridge funeral to take place
The private service for the visionary scientist will be held at the university church in Cambridge.
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Higgs factory a 'must for big physics'
The head of America's leading particle physics lab says a "factory" to make the Higgs boson will speed up discoveries.
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China's space lab set for fiery re-entry
Experts say the defunct orbiting Tiangong-1 module should fall out of the sky this weekend.
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Scientists explain the sound of knuckle cracking
What's behind the snapping sound when we crack our knuckles? Scientists have the answer.
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Up close: The moment a cheetah joined a safari
Britton Hayes was on safari with his step uncle in Tanzania when a cheetah entered the vehicle.
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Ghostly galaxy may be missing dark matter
Scientists have imaged a "transparent" galaxy that may have no dark matter.
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Tech trials to find Antarctica's 'missing' iron meteorites
A Manchester-led team tests the detector system it will use in Antarctica to find hidden iron meteorites.
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Australia's indigenous languages have one source, study says
All indigenous languages can be traced to a mother tongue dubbed Proto-Australian, researchers say.
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Shoppers to pay deposit for bottles and cans in bid to cut waste
Consumers in England will get money back for returning plastic and glass containers in a bid to cut waste.
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JWST: Hubble 'successor' faces new delay
The James Webb Space Telescope will not now be launched until May 2020 at the earliest.
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