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Dogs and wolves share sense of fair play

Fri, 2017-06-09 18:08
Animals take umbrage when they feel that others are getting greater rewards than they are.
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Therapy could stop superbugs on farms

Fri, 2017-06-09 00:57
Researchers show that it might be possible to develop an alternative to antibiotics for treating diseases in pigs and humans
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Quack science

Fri, 2017-06-09 00:51
The biological trick that allows a female mandarin duck to become a male.
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Objective truth ‘only hope' of democracy

Thu, 2017-06-08 18:57
Neil deGrasse Tyson challenges the treatment of science in the Trump administration
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Renewables provide more than half UK electricity for first time

Thu, 2017-06-08 18:55
The National Grid says alternative fuel generated more electricity than coal and gas in the UK on Wednesday.
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'Monster' rocket 'selfie' delights India

Thu, 2017-06-08 14:43
Onboard footage from the Indian space agency's 640-tonne rocket has been widely shared on Twitter.
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'Oldest Homo sapiens' found

Thu, 2017-06-08 09:38
Fossils of five early humans have been found in North Africa that show Homo sapiens emerged at least 100,000 years earlier than previously recognised.
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Wingsuit pilot Fraser Corsan 'breaks speed record'

Thu, 2017-06-08 09:33
A British man is thought to have broken the World Record for greatest peak speed flown in a wingsuit.
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Asian nations make plastic oceans promise

Thu, 2017-06-08 09:05
China, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines say they will act to stop plastic polluting the oceans.
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'First of our kind' found in Morocco

Thu, 2017-06-08 03:03
Fossils of modern humans uncovered in north Africa are at least 300,000 years old.
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Paris pollution victim sues France for bad air

Wed, 2017-06-07 19:17
Parisian Clotilde Nonnez has lived in the capital for 30 years and has seen her health deteriorate.
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Antarctic Halley base waits on ice behaviour

Wed, 2017-06-07 17:28
The permanent reoccupation of the UK's Halley station depends on how an ice crack develops.
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British ice station on the move

Wed, 2017-06-07 17:28
The Halley VI Research Station was moved more than 20km across the ice sheet.
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Study casts doubt on the idea of 'big fluffy T. rex'

Wed, 2017-06-07 09:16
Evidence suggests the dinosaur had scales rather than feathers or fluff, as some have speculated.
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Planet is 'hotter than most stars'

Tue, 2017-06-06 18:44
Scientists spend decades hunting Earth's twin only to turn up the most inhospitable world imaginable.
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Racial 'disparity' in police respect

Tue, 2017-06-06 07:42
Officers speak less respectfully to members of the public who are black than to those who are white, researchers say.
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India launches 'monster' rocket

Mon, 2017-06-05 22:26
The rocket will give India an edge in the satellite market and it's prompted some big comparisons.
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South Africa heartbreak as rescued circus lions poisoned

Mon, 2017-06-05 22:02
The two lions had been removed from circuses in South America and relocated to South Africa.
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Cold revolution

Mon, 2017-06-05 09:01
Initially invented for the printing industry, the technology has transformed the way we live and work.
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Trump 'does believe in climate change', as US ambassador to UN

Sun, 2017-06-04 12:18
The US president accepts human activity is partly to blame for global warming., says a top official.
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