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Alan Shepard: Bezos company sends first US astronaut's daughter to edge of space
Laura Shepard Churchley's father, Alan, became the first American in space in 1961.
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UK plan to ban animal trophies too slow - conservation groups
The government again promises a ban - but campaigners say it needs to set a date.
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Climate change: Four cheap ways to save energy at home
Where do you lose energy in your home? Here are some tips to save energy cheaply this winter
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Hydroelectric dams linked to tiger and jaguar losses
The rapid, global growth of dams is having a destructive impact on the habitats of tigers and jaguars.
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Space sleeping bag to solve astronauts' squashed eyeball disorder
Scientists hope the hi-tech sleeping bag will stop eyeballs being squashed by zero-gravity in space.
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Dragonflies disappearing as wetlands are lost
The loss of marshes, bogs and swamps is driving a global decline in dragonflies, conservation research finds.
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Moray rocket test launch pad 'first in 50 years'
The test site is being built in Moray as part of the development of a space port in the Highlands.
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UK chief vet warns avian flu at 'phenomenal level' in UK
The risk to humans is low but diseased birds should not be touched, officials say.
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Fish ‘whoops and growls’ recorded on restored reef
Recordings of fish 'whooping, croaking and growling' reveal reef coming back to life, scientists say.
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Indonesia's biodiesel drive is leading to deforestation
Indonesia aims to use biofuels to cut greenhouse gas emissions, but it may damage its forests in the process.
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Ariel: Contract signed to build European planet telescope
Airbus will lead the construction of the Ariel observatory which will study 1,000 distant worlds.
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Nasa unveils new class of astronaut candidates
The six men and four women could fly to the space station and on future missions to the Moon.
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Sarah Gilbert: Next pandemic could be more lethal than Covid
More funding is needed to prepare for pandemics and prevent gains from being lost, Dame Sarah Gilbert says.
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Climate change: Is ‘blue hydrogen’ Japan’s answer to coal?
The Fukushima disaster turned Japan away from nuclear. A new energy source may help it quit coal.
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Nasa: Belfast mathematician working towards her astronaut dream
Dr Caoimhe Rooney, from Belfast, keeps one eye on calculus and the other fixed firmly on the stars.
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Pacific Ocean garbage patch is immense plastic habitat
Researchers discover coastal species living on debris miles from their natural surroundings.
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Gene edited sex selection may spare animal suffering
A gene editing technique may prevent the slaughter of animals not needed by the livestock industry.
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Shell pulls out of Cambo oil field development
The oil giant said the economic case for investment in the controversial project was "not strong enough".
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COP26: UK 'nowhere near' meeting targets agreed at Glasgow climate summit
Ministers are told they must agree tougher policies to get the UK on track to meet goals set at COP26.
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New plan to pay farmers who protect winter soil
The empty brown fields of winter countryside could be transformed under new land subsidy rules for England.
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