Record warm seas help to bring extraordinary new species to UK waters
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
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
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
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'
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
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
Experts have tracked the Southern Small White's expansion northwards through Europe over decades.
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BBC Inside Science
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
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'
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
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'
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
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
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?
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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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
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
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
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?
The earthquake was one of the strongest ever recorded, but its tsunami was not as bad as feared.
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