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Record warm seas help to bring extraordinary new species to UK waters

Mon, 08/11/2025 - 03:36
The UK's seas have had their warmest first seven months of the year on average since records began.
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Meteorite that hit home is older than Earth, scientists say

Sun, 08/10/2025 - 14:28
Scientists who analysed fragments that crashed into a roof in Georgia, US, say it likely formed 4.56 billion years ago.
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Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 astronaut, dies aged 97

Sat, 08/09/2025 - 10:01
The commander of Apollo 13 famously rescued his men from near certain death in space.
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Nasa Apollo missions: Stories of the last Moon men

Sat, 08/09/2025 - 00:31
Of the 24 Nasa astronauts who travelled to the Moon in the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s, just five remain.
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New signs found of giant gas planet in 'Earth's neighbourhood'

Fri, 08/08/2025 - 16:12
The possible planet is just four-and-a-half light years away and may have moons that sustain life.
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Southern European butterfly spotted in UK for first time

Fri, 08/08/2025 - 04:06
Experts have tracked the Southern Small White's expansion northwards through Europe over decades.
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Southern European butterfly spotted in UK for first time

Fri, 08/08/2025 - 04:06
Experts have tracked the Southern Small White's expansion northwards through Europe over decades.
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BBC Inside Science

Thu, 08/07/2025 - 19:00
Cuts of $500 million to vaccines research have been announced by the US government.
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New checks to stop waste tyres being sent to furnaces

Thu, 08/07/2025 - 08:04
Campaigners warn the move will not close all the recycling loopholes being exploited by criminals.
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Oceangate's Titan whistleblower: 'People were sold a lie'

Wed, 08/06/2025 - 08:35
A former Oceangate employee says he told US authorities about safety concerns with the sub before it imploded.
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Nasa to put nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030 - US media

Tue, 08/05/2025 - 14:36
The reactor would provide power for humans on the Moon but there are questions about feasibility.
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Countries gather to thrash out deal on 'plastic crisis'

Tue, 08/05/2025 - 07:03
The world's nations are hoping to sign the first global plastic treaty to limit plastic pollution.
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Mission begins to save snails threatened by own beauty

Mon, 08/04/2025 - 03:46
Researchers in Cuba and the UK are working together to reveal the biological secrets of the beautiful but endangered Polymita snail.
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Russian volcano erupts for first time in more than 500 years

Sun, 08/03/2025 - 12:05
The eruption of a volcano in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula may be linked to a massive earthquake last week, experts say.
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Melting glaciers threaten to wipe out European villages - is the steep cost to protect them worth it?

Sun, 08/03/2025 - 02:06
Switzerland spends almost $500m a year on protective structures. Is it worth it - or, as some suggest, should people move away from the mountain villages at risk?
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BBC Inside Science

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 19:00
The 8.8 magnitude quake sent tsunami waves into Japan, Hawaii and the US west coast.
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'Communities' of strange, extreme life seen for first time in deep ocean

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 03:02
A Chinese-led research team captures pictures of life at depths of more than 9km in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
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'Communities' of strange, extreme life seen for first time in deep ocean

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 03:02
A Chinese-led research team captures pictures of life at depths of more than 9km in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
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2,500-year-old Siberian 'ice mummy' had intricate tattoos, imaging reveals

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 02:36
The woman, aged about 50, was buried in a Siberian ice cave and discovered millennia later.
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Why did Russian mega earthquake not cause more tsunami damage?

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 19:09
The earthquake was one of the strongest ever recorded, but its tsunami was not as bad as feared.
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