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Is Bali volcano about to erupt?

Mon, 2017-09-25 18:21
Mount Agung on Bali is an active volcano that may be about to erupt for the first time in 54 years.
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Scottish Power says UK will need to boost capacity

Mon, 2017-09-25 09:28
Scottish Power says electric cars and a shift to electric heating could mean a big rise in demand for electricity.
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The winners of 2017's Insight Astronomy Photographer award

Sun, 2017-09-24 22:59
Judges has to choose between 3,800 entries from all over the world.
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'I fell from the top of the jungle to save an eagle'

Sun, 2017-09-24 09:21
Alexander Blanco's conservation work is helping to save the world's most powerful eagle.
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Big Antarctic iceberg edges out to sea

Sat, 2017-09-23 02:04
The near-6,000 sq km block of ice known as A-68 looks finally to be on the move.
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New antibody attacks 99% of HIV strains

Fri, 2017-09-22 09:45
It will enter clinical trials to prevent and treat the infection next year.
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Neanderthal brains 'grew more slowly'

Fri, 2017-09-22 09:44
A new study shows that Neanderthal brains developed more slowly than ours.
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Birds 'churring' is a sign isles' shipwreck rats dying out

Fri, 2017-09-22 09:17
The call of storm petrels are recorded for the first time on islands where rats came ashore from shipwrecks.
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How business is driving the new space race

Fri, 2017-09-22 09:04
Why firms are spending millions to beat each other into orbit
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Bright sparks

Fri, 2017-09-22 06:52
The fast-growing US solar industry is at odds with itself - and the decision may be left to Trump.
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Sir David Attenborough on his hunt for the Kimodo Dragon

Fri, 2017-09-22 06:12
Sir David Attenborough spoke to the BBC about Zoo Quest, the environment and the planet's future.
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Ancient DNA sheds light on African history

Fri, 2017-09-22 02:08
DNA from ancient remains is used to reconstruct thousands of years of population history in Africa.
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Plant-eating dinosaurs 'strayed from veggie diet'

Fri, 2017-09-22 01:12
The idea of plant-eating dinosaurs having a strict vegetarian diet is called into question.
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The lecture that changed biology

Thu, 2017-09-21 19:59
Evolutionary biologist Matthew Cobb unpicks a lecture that, sixty years ago, set the course for the genetic revolution.
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Moving on up

Thu, 2017-09-21 09:27
The people of the Guna Yala archipelago, off the Panama coast, may be among the first island communities to leave their homes and move onshore.
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'What I saw'

Thu, 2017-09-21 09:19
In this photo essay, photographer Clayton Conn shares his experience of the Mexico City earthquake.
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UK strikes research deal with US in run-up to Brexit

Thu, 2017-09-21 05:58
The UK and US reach an agreement that aims to allow freer movement of research equipment and scientists
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'We are planning weekly rocket launches'

Thu, 2017-09-21 04:05
The small satellite industry is the fastest growing part of the space sector "and they all require launch" says Rocket Lab boss Peter Beck.
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UK scientists edit DNA of human embryos

Thu, 2017-09-21 03:01
Understanding the first moments of life could lead to better IVF and explain why women miscarry.
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Owls hold secret to ageless ears

Wed, 2017-09-20 17:18
Barn owls keep their acute sense of hearing into old age, scientists have discovered.
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