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Polecats sightings reported in Essex
A wildlife trust has asked people to get in touch if they spot the creatures.
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Trophy hunting removes 'good genes' and raises extinction risk
Hunting animals with the biggest horns, tusks or manes could lead to extinction, according to a study.
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Jocelyn Bell Burnell doesn't mind Nobel overlook
The astrophysicist says at the time students weren't awarded Nobel Prizes.
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Julius Caesar's Britain invasion site 'found by archaeologists'
Archaeologists say evidence indicates Caesar's invasion in 54BC began in Kent.
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Food waste: Clearer label plan in bid to cut
Confusion over food labels is prompting people to throw away usable produce, waste agency claims.
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Breakthrough in coral restoration, say researchers
Coral is growing on the Great Barrier Reef after first being grown in tanks, say researchers.
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Footage of Earth from the International Space Station
Astronaut Randy Bresnik shares footage of a maintenance mission outside the International Space Station.
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Three beavers released into the wild
The latest trio has been introduced to Knapdale Forest in Argyll, Scotland.
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River departed 'before Indus civilisation emergence'
One of the world's earliest urban civilisations thrived in the absence of a big Himalayan river, a new study finds.
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How to solve the problem of space junk
A British spacecraft is trying to clean up what we send up but never bring down.
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RemoveDebris: Space junk mission prepares for launch
A spacecraft that will test the best methods to clean up space debris is nearing completion.
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Teenage brains 'not wired for high stakes'
Developing brain circuits shape how adolescents approach their goals, say US psychologists.
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Russia loses contact with new weather satellite
The Meteor satellite was found not to be on its planned orbit, hours after launch from a new base.
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Bird pulled from brink of extinction facing poisoning threat
The red kite is still at risk from poisoning despite the success of conservation schemes, say scientists.
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How bats keep an ear on their prey
A structure that allows sound information to be processed extremely fast has been identified in bats' brains.
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EU settles dispute over major weedkiller glyphosate
The EU will renew glyphosate's licence for five years, despite some health concerns.
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Clean air target 'could be met more quickly'
Targets for reducing illegal levels of NO2 pollution from vehicles will be achieved more quickly than the government expects, a study says.
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Off and running
World land-speed record-holder Andy Green describes the performance of his new new car - Bloodhound SSC.
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Scientists warn Lake Victoria is dying
Biodiversity in Lake Victoria has fallen by 50% since the 1980s.
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Catching fly-tippers in the act
When fly-tipping occurs on private property, it can be very costly for landowners.
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