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Heatwaves 'cook' Great Barrier Reef corals

Thu, 2018-04-19 03:12
Recurring spells of ocean warming impact the diversity of coral reef communities.
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Keeping livers 'alive' boosts transplant success, trial finds

Thu, 2018-04-19 02:59
The alternative to ice involves pumping livers with blood, nutrients and medicines while in a machine.
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Chemical attack

Wed, 2018-04-18 23:22
Experts describe the challenges facing those investigating an alleged chemical attack in Syria.
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Will China beat the world to nuclear fusion and clean energy?

Wed, 2018-04-18 10:53
China's nuclear fusion research might put the country at the fore of future clean energy solutions.
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Plankton named after Attenborough series

Wed, 2018-04-18 10:26
Scientists at University College London (UCL) bestowed the honour on Sir David Attenborough and the documentary team.
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Costa Coffee vows to boost cup recycling

Wed, 2018-04-18 09:00
The UK's biggest coffee chain says it will recycle as many disposable cups as it sells by 2020.
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Space diamonds 'came from lost planet'

Wed, 2018-04-18 06:43
The space rock that exploded in 2008 seems to have come from the early Solar System.
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Porpoise plucked from shallow waters

Wed, 2018-04-18 02:03
The young female porpoise had become stranded at Grange burn near to Grangemouth.
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Bialowieza forest: Poland broke EU law by logging

Tue, 2018-04-17 19:52
Poland violated EU law by ordering large-scale logging in Bialowieza forest, Europe's top court says.
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Kids ask Nasa astronaut about going to space

Tue, 2018-04-17 19:46
Karen Nyberg, who's been to space twice, answers questions from primary school children.
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The first person on Mars 'should be a woman'

Tue, 2018-04-17 11:02
A senior Nasa engineer has said the first person to set foot on Mars should be a woman.
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Reality Check

Tue, 2018-04-17 10:01
It's not as easy to recycle your takeaway coffee cup as people may have thought.
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Delay for Nasa's Tess planet-hunter

Tue, 2018-04-17 06:11
The launch of the Tess mission to find new worlds beyond our Solar System is delayed by 48 hours.
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Recycling hope for plastic-hungry enzyme

Tue, 2018-04-17 05:46
Science created a 'wonder material' in plastic; now nature is helping to unmake it.
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US National Zoo captures birth of baby gorilla 'Moke'

Tue, 2018-04-17 04:49
Calaya the gorilla gave birth for the first time in nine years at the National Zoo in Washington, DC.
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Nasa's Tess planet-hunter: What stars sound like

Tue, 2018-04-17 02:58
UK astronomer Bill Chaplin demonstrates the noises that stars make and why this is useful to know.
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Nasa planet-hunter set for launch

Mon, 2018-04-16 22:53
The Tess mission will survey nearly the entire sky and is expected to find thousands of new worlds.
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Animals' popularity 'a disadvantage'

Sat, 2018-04-14 02:42
A new study shows that some species may become victims of their own prestige.
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Why some cancers are 'born to be bad'

Fri, 2018-04-13 02:00
Breakthrough explains why some cancers are far more deadly than others.
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Russian spy poisoning: Nerve agent inspectors back UK

Fri, 2018-04-13 00:48
The international chemical weapons watchdog confirms the UK's analysis of the nerve agent in Salisbury.
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