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Penguin chicks survive tearaway iceberg

Sat, 09/28/2024 - 02:56
For months a huge iceberg blocked the path of hundreds of penguin chicks but somehow they survived.
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Queen's Brian May quits RSPCA over its food welfare label

Fri, 09/27/2024 - 16:12
The association has had to run spot checks on farms using its label amid welfare concerns.
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Sycamore Gap saplings to become symbols of hope

Fri, 09/27/2024 - 03:46
The National Trust is encouraging people to apply for 'Tree of Hope' descendants of the famous sycamore.
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Earth to briefly gain second 'moon', scientists say

Wed, 09/25/2024 - 18:47
Earth is about to get a second moon for a couple of months, but it won't be visible for most people.
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Climate change supercharged Europe floods - scientists

Wed, 09/25/2024 - 06:06
A new study shows that the record-breaking rainfall was made more likely and intense by climate change.
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Sir David Attenborough: 'The world would be worse off without our stories'

Tue, 09/17/2024 - 10:51
Sir David Attenborough praises the "beauty" created by the BBC in its natural history shows.
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Astronauts reveal what life is like on ISS – and how they deal with 'space smell'

Sun, 09/15/2024 - 16:44
As Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spend months longer than planned on ISS, three astronauts tell us what life is like in orbit.
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Titan sub disaster: Five key questions that remain

Sun, 09/15/2024 - 04:08
A public hearing is set to examine the events surrounding the catastrophic failure of Oceangate’s submersible.
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Mystery tremors were from massive nine-day tsunami

Thu, 09/12/2024 - 21:17
Scientists launched an investigation after being baffled by seismic signals picked up across the world
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The great gene editing debate: can it be safe and ethical?

Wed, 09/11/2024 - 02:17
A UK law allowing gene-edited food has been paused and some British scientists fear being overtaken.
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Which rural area will take the UK’s nuclear waste?

Mon, 09/09/2024 - 03:20
The UK's nuclear waste needs a permanent home - but finding a community willing to take it is tricky.
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Anti-pollution law to threaten water bosses with jail

Thu, 09/05/2024 - 12:40
New legislation gives regulators more powers to tackle water pollution in England and Wales.
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Striking images reveal depths of Titanic's slow decay

Mon, 09/02/2024 - 00:29
A new expedition finds that a large part of the railing at the ship's front has fallen away.
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Badger culling to end in England within five years

Fri, 08/30/2024 - 19:24
Efforts to stop the spread of bovine tuberculosis will now focus on vaccinating badgers not killing them.
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Baby boom prompts call to boost wild beaver population

Thu, 08/29/2024 - 05:27
A leading conservation group wants the government to give the go-ahead to bringing back beavers in the wild.
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Brian May argues for better farm hygiene to protect badgers

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 12:05
The Queen guitarist has led a 10-year study to combat bovine TB spread and help end badger culling.
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Why the skies turned red over the UK this weekend

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 00:24
Smoke from wildfires in north America has brought a "vivid" hue to skies above Britain ahead of a rare lunar phenomenon.
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UK military satellite launches to boost space power

Fri, 08/16/2024 - 22:04
British forces are about to get their first dedicated surveillance and reconnaissance satellite.
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Scottish isles may solve mystery of 'Snowball Earth'

Fri, 08/16/2024 - 08:07
The islands could reveal why animal life first emerged on our planet after its biggest ever freeze.
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Watch: The Northern Lights seen from space

Thu, 08/15/2024 - 01:48
A timelapse captured from the International Space Station shows the Moon setting into streams of aurora.
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