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What happens when you're sleep deprived?

Tue, 2017-06-27 05:27
A new study is looking at the impact of sleep on your brain power.
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SpaceX completes launch and landing double bill

Mon, 2017-06-26 19:30
The US rocket company makes two launches twice in just over 24 hours.
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Pandas in Berlin: Meng Meng and Jiao Qing arrive in new home

Sun, 2017-06-25 01:25
Meng Meng and Jiao Qing arrive in Germany from China ahead of a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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Yellowstone grizzly: Endangered or not?

Sat, 2017-06-24 07:11
The Yellowstone grizzlies are about to be taken off the endangered species list - after they were first added more than 40 years ago.
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Splish splashing spinning gorilla

Fri, 2017-06-23 19:13
Zola has been cooling off in his favourite blue swimming pool at Dallas Zoo.
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Watched chimps change their hunting habits

Fri, 2017-06-23 11:42
Wild chimpanzees have changed their hunting strategies in response to being watched and followed by scientists, observations suggest.
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How the presence of humans can affect chimp hunting habits

Fri, 2017-06-23 11:12
Two chimp 'tribes' have developed different hunting habits in response to human presence.
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Future of energy on show in Kazakhstan

Fri, 2017-06-23 09:55
Kazakhstan's Expo 2017 provides a taste of what could be the future of greener and renewable energy.
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Indian teen celebrates as Nasa sends satellite to space

Fri, 2017-06-23 06:59
The tiny satellite was designed by Rifath Sharrook, 18, and manufactured using a 3-D printer.
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Whale body size warning for species collapses

Fri, 2017-06-23 02:29
The shrinking size of whales over the 20th Century could help scientists detect when wildlife populations are in trouble, a study suggests.
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German-UK team maintains Galileo success

Fri, 2017-06-23 00:21
OHB and SSTL will make the next eight, possibly even the next 14, satellites for Europe's GPS.
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Koalas 'facing extinction' in some Australian states

Thu, 2017-06-22 20:20
The conservation group WWF is warning that koalas could be wiped out in some Australian states amid deforestation and increasing attacks by livestock.
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The power of a billion: India's genomics revolution

Thu, 2017-06-22 09:53
Could an effort to gather genetic data from its population of one billion people help India take the lead in advanced healthcare?
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Race to the bottom

Thu, 2017-06-22 08:00
The obscure and difficult to reach tracts of the seabed being claimed in the hope they contain mineral riches.
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Queen's Speech: Bill to secure UK space sector

Wed, 2017-06-21 20:46
A government plan to protect the UK's £13.7bn space industry has been laid out in the Queen's Speech.
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Why suitcases rock and fall over - puzzle solved

Wed, 2017-06-21 10:34
Scientists crack the problem of why two-wheeled suitcases can rock from side-to-side and turn over.
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Hawking urges Moon landing to 'elevate humanity'

Wed, 2017-06-21 01:04
Prof Stephen Hawking has called for leading nations to send astronauts to the Moon by the end of this decade.
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Europe selects grand gravity mission

Wed, 2017-06-21 00:55
After decades in the planning, a space mission to detect gravitational waves finally gets the go-ahead.
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Volcanoes 'triggered dawn of dinosaurs'

Tue, 2017-06-20 06:59
A million-year-long period of volcanic activity led to the rise of the dinosaurs, a study suggests.
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How cats conquered the ancient world

Tue, 2017-06-20 01:03
The domestic cat is descended from wild cats that were tamed twice - in the Near East and then Egypt.
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