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Explorer Shackleton’s lost ship as never seen before

Thu, 10/10/2024 - 04:50
A new 3D scan shows Endurance exactly as it is 3,000m down in Antarctica’s icy waters.
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Wildlife numbers fall by 73% in 50 years, global stocktake finds

Thu, 10/10/2024 - 03:26
Global wildlife populations have shrunk by an average of 73% in the past 50 years, data shows.
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Mama bear beats rival who killed her cub to win Fat Bear Week

Wed, 10/09/2024 - 18:43
The brown bear, named 128 Grazer, also defeated her rival, Chunk, last year to win the title.
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Google DeepMind boss wins Nobel for proteins breakthrough

Wed, 10/09/2024 - 12:50
Three scientists share the prize for their revolutionary work on proteins, the buildings blocks of life.
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'Godfather of AI' shares Nobel Physics Prize

Tue, 10/08/2024 - 12:52
Two scientists share the Nobel Prize for Physics for their work on machine learning.
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Water firms told to cut customer bills over poor performance

Tue, 10/08/2024 - 09:02
Water companies must reduce customers' bills over poor performance but it will have a small impact.
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My pilgrimage to the vanishing Sphinx snow patch

Tue, 10/08/2024 - 08:16
The Sphinx, a patch of snow thought to be the longest-lasting in the UK, has melted for the fourth consecutive year.
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Spacecraft launches towards asteroid knocked off course by Nasa

Mon, 10/07/2024 - 17:19
The mission aims to re-visit the asteroid Nasa diverted when it crashed a probe into it.
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Joyful welcome by stranded astronauts for SpaceX capsule crew

Mon, 09/30/2024 - 21:00
A capsule sent to bring back two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station has docked.
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UK to finish with coal power after 142 years

Mon, 09/30/2024 - 13:02
The UK's last coal power station, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, is due to end operations on Monday.
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SpaceX docks at ISS to collect stranded astronauts

Mon, 09/30/2024 - 04:43
The craft will return Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams - stranded since June - to Earth.
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An 'abomination' of a sub – and the boss convinced Titan was safe

Sat, 09/28/2024 - 19:39
A damning picture emerges from a public hearing into the failure of Oceangate’s Titan submersible.
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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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