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Drone captures stunning view of Uluru

Tue, 2016-08-30 21:39
One of Australia's best-known landmarks, Uluru, has been filmed from a new perspective.
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Badger cull extended to more English counties

Tue, 2016-08-30 20:32
Badger culling is rolled out to more parts of England, in a bid to tackle bovine TB.
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Geologists search for Anthropocene 'golden spike'

Tue, 2016-08-30 18:49
Scientists investigating whether we have entered a new geological age are seeking a suitable "spike" in the environmental record that betrays significant human influence.
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India Ganges floods 'break previous records'

Tue, 2016-08-30 17:07
Monsoon floods in the Ganges river have broken previous records in four locations in northern India, officials tell the BBC
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Forgotten pioneer

Tue, 2016-08-30 10:27
Thirty years ago, India discovered the dreaded HIV virus had reached its shores when blood samples from six sex workers tested positive.
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Sock maths

Tue, 2016-08-30 10:25
Can an algorithm turn you into an efficient sock-sorting machine?
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Air pollution 'neglected for road safety', researchers claim

Tue, 2016-08-30 10:21
Air pollution in UK cities has failed to improve because politicians prioritise road safety and economic growth instead, research suggests.
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Early human ancestor Lucy 'died falling out of a tree'

Tue, 2016-08-30 04:30
New evidence suggests that the famous fossilised human ancestor dubbed 'Lucy' by scientists may have died falling from a great height - probably from a tree.
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Reindeer killed in Norway lightning storm

Mon, 2016-08-29 23:57
More than 300 reindeer have been killed in a lightning storm on a mountain plateau in Norway.
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New wind tunnel reveals bird flight secrets

Mon, 2016-08-29 21:24
Researchers at Stanford University have designed a unique bird tunnel to observe how tiny birds fly.
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Shetland turbines at Bluemull Sound connected to grid

Mon, 2016-08-29 19:15
Turbines installed off the coast of Shetland could herald a "new era" in tidal energy, according to the company running the project.
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Recreating life on Mars - in Hawaii

Mon, 2016-08-29 14:11
A team of scientists has just completed an unusual experiment to find out what it would be like to experience life on Mars.
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Zika virus: Singapore confirms 41 locally transmitted cases

Mon, 2016-08-29 13:03
Singapore has confirmed 41 cases of the Zika virus in people who had not travelled to Zika-affected areas, meaning the virus has spread locally.
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Wood fuel plan to cut plane CO2 branded as 'pipe dream'

Mon, 2016-08-29 10:24
Proponents say new, greener jet fuels made from waste wood could significantly reduce airline CO2 emissions but environmentalists say it's a "pipe dream".
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Nasa ends year-long Mars simulation on Hawaii

Mon, 2016-08-29 07:23
A team of six people complete a Nasa-funded Mars simulation in Hawaii, after living in a dome in near isolation for a year.
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EU's Sentinel satellites dissect Italian quake

Mon, 2016-08-29 04:06
Europe’s Sentinel radar satellites map Italy's Apennine mountains, revealing the scale of ground movement in Wednesday's big earthquake.
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Probe set for science pass of Jupiter

Sat, 2016-08-27 20:02
The US space agency’s Juno probe at Jupiter is about to make its first close approach to the planet since going into orbit in July.
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World's largest marine reserve created off Hawaii

Sat, 2016-08-27 10:09
US President Barack Obama expands a national monument off Hawaii, creating the world's largest marine reserve.
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North Atlantic 'weather bomb' tremor measured in Japan

Fri, 2016-08-26 20:14
Researchers track a particular type of tiny vibration for the first time, as it wobbled through the Earth from the Atlantic to Japan.
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Italy earthquake: 98 aftershocks in 36 hours

Fri, 2016-08-26 08:10
How 98 aftershocks rocked devastated areas of central Italy in the first 36 hours after the earthquake.
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