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World's first floating offshore wind farm in Scotland.

Tue, 2017-07-25 19:28
Each wind turbine is taller than Big Ben and the farm can power 20,000 homes.
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Time, not material goods, 'raises happiness'

Tue, 2017-07-25 10:42
Contentment comes from paying others to take on chores such as cleaning and cooking, a study says.
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China set to launch an 'unhackable' internet communication

Tue, 2017-07-25 09:13
China might not have the lead in research but its application of secure networks is leading the way.
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Greenland ice sheet: How do you go the toilet?

Tue, 2017-07-25 08:00
There's one question the BBC's science editor keeps being asked about life on the ice.
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Scientist describes life on the ice in Greenland

Tue, 2017-07-25 07:43
Glacial microbiologist Dr Joe Cook on life on the ice.
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High risk of 'unprecedented' winter downpours - Met Office

Mon, 2017-07-24 19:05
A new analysis suggests there's a greater chance of the heavy rain that led to extensive flooding in 2014.
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South African child 'virtually cured' of HIV

Mon, 2017-07-24 18:32
The nine-year-old has no active HIV in the body after catching the infection at birth.
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Electricity shake-up could save consumers 'up to £40bn'

Mon, 2017-07-24 09:19
New rules will encourage UK consumers to generate and store their own power, ministers say.
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How the body responds to stress

Mon, 2017-07-24 09:16
We analysed how the body responds to stress - by making presenter Jordan Dunbar do a comedy performance.
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World's first floating wind farm emerges off coast of Scotland

Mon, 2017-07-24 05:31
The revolutionary technology allows wind power to be harvested in waters too deep for current turbines.
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Fukushima disaster: Robot finds possible melted nuclear fuel

Sun, 2017-07-23 18:07
An underwater robot spotted the lava-like rocks inside a reactor of Japan's destroyed nuclear plant.
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The rather rude sounds of an elephant seal

Sun, 2017-07-23 16:40
Male elephant seals recognise the rhythm of one another's voices, researchers say.
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Norfolk Broads python discovery mystery

Sat, 2017-07-22 18:49
A 12ft-long python found on the Norfolk Broads has still not been found.
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Farm subsidies 'must be earned' - Gove

Fri, 2017-07-21 15:01
Environment Secretary Michael Gove plans to pay farmers for protecting the environment and creating rural jobs.
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Moon dust bag sold for $1.8m at New York auction

Fri, 2017-07-21 08:28
The bag was used by astronaut Neil Armstrong to collect the first ever samples of the Moon in 1969.
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New Mexico boy trips over 1.2 million year old fossil

Fri, 2017-07-21 05:07
A 10-year-old boy's stumble unearthed a prehistoric skull, which he then got the chance to help excavate.
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Black-winged stilts: Record year for UK breeding

Fri, 2017-07-21 02:22
The number fledging from the UK in 2017 is more than the total number for the previous 30 years.
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Elephant seals 'recognise vocal rhythm'

Fri, 2017-07-21 02:05
Male elephant seals recognise the rhythm of one another's voices, researchers say.
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US Republican asks Nasa if civilisation on Mars existed

Fri, 2017-07-21 01:49
A US congressman asked scientists if the Red Planet could have been occupied "thousands of years ago".
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Poaching pushes pangolin closer to extinction

Thu, 2017-07-20 22:13
Pangolins in the forests of Africa are at risk of being pushed to extinction like their Asian relatives.
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