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Hopes fade for Sydney whale calf (20 August 05:14) |
| A humpback whale calf separated from its mother and trying to suckle from boats off Sydney, Australia, is weakening, observers say. |
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eBay insect fossil is new species (20 August 04:47) |
| A scientist who bought a fossilised insect on the web auction site eBay finds that it belongs to a new species. |
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Birds 'off the pace' with warming (20 August 04:33) |
| French birds are moving northwards in response to climate change, but not fast enough, a study suggests. |
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Bid for world land-speed record (20 August 04:16) |
| Two British men prepare to try and break the world land-speed record for a wind-powered vehicle. |
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Dry hunger (20 August 12:46) |
| Why lack of water will make it hard to feed ourselves |
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Monkey business - US 'Bigfoot' turns out to be gorilla suit in ice (20 August 07:08) |
| The claimed recent discovery of Bigfoot in the US state of Georgia has turned out to be a gorilla suit in a block of ice. |
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Call to tackle UK business waste (20 August 04:30) |
| The government should do more to curb waste using tax as an incentive, a House of Lords committee has said. |
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Swell time (20 August 03:06) |
| UK resort hopes artificial reef will help ride the waves |
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Stellar result in MoD challenge (19 August 10:22) |
| The Ministry of Defence has concluded a contest to identify robots best suited to battlefield conditions. |
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A thermostat for mini-spacecraft (19 August 08:11) |
| A new technology has been demonstrated that can regulate the temperature of miniature satellites and spacecraft |
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A bucket of dust (19 August 07:04) |
| Phoenix gets up close and personal with Martian dust |
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Magpie 'recognises its reflection' (19 August 06:30) |
| Magpies can recognise themselves in a mirror, scientists find, making them the first non-mammal known to do so. |
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Dumping scandal (19 August 06:23) |
| Ivory Coast's forgotten acrid waste victims |
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Wild dolphins tail-walk on water (19 August 05:27) |
| In what is thought to be a world first, a wild dolphin is apparently teaching others to tail-walk. |
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Decision on 'eco-towns' delayed (19 August 04:27) |
| It will be early next year before up to 10 "eco-towns" planned for England are approved, the government says. |
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China jumps Olympics air hurdle (19 August 04:13) |
| Despite fears in the run-up to the Olympic Games, the skies above Beijing have met clean-air standards, officials say. |
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Peru moves to end Amazon protests (19 August 03:33) |
| Peru declares a state of emergency as indigenous Amazon tribes block pipelines in a row over a land law. |
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Perfect return flight for Proton (19 August 02:10) |
| A Russian Proton rocket successfully launches one of the biggest commercial satellites ever built - the Inmarsat-4 (I4-F3). |
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Why a history of inbreeding spells trouble for pedigree dogs (19 August 08:45) |
| Pedigree dogs suffer from debilitating genetic diseases due to inbreeding, a BBC inquiry concludes. |
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Pedigree dogs plagued by disease (19 August 08:45) |
| Pedigree dogs suffer from debilitating genetic diseases due to inbreeding, a BBC inquiry concludes. |
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Flat-panel fridge (19 August 07:52) |
| New approach may make fridges more efficient and quieter |
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Brain's counting skill 'built-in' (19 August 05:51) |
| Humans have an innate ability to do maths even if they do not have the language to express it, research suggests. |
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Proton rocket in return to flight (19 August 04:18) |
| A Russian Proton rocket launches on a mission to orbit one of the biggest commercial satellites ever built - the six-tonne Inmarsat-4-F3. |
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Quiet revolution (19 August 03:58) |
| Can Brazil's farms help to feed the world? |
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Brazil's farms see quiet revolution (19 August 03:58) |
| Can Brazil's farms help to feed the world? |
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Coal's toxic legacy to the Arctic (19 August 03:22) |
| Data from a Greenland ice core indicates that coal burning is the prime source of heavy metal pollution in the Arctic. |
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'Water wars' (18 August 11:28) |
| Severe drought heightens Spain's environmental fears |
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Proton set for return to flight (18 August 10:53) |
| The Russian Proton rocket looks to prove its reliability by launching one of the biggest commercial telecommunications satellites ever built. |
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Yew cuttings help cancer research (18 August 08:56) |
| Tree trimmings used to make cancer drugs |
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Maasai 'can fight climate change' (18 August 08:20) |
| Africa should make more use of the skills of its nomadic peoples to help combat climate change, aid agency Oxfam says. |
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Inside the brain (18 August 05:49) |
| How surgery has been revolutionised over the years |
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Wastewater fears for urban farms (18 August 02:52) |
| Urgent action is needed to remove pollutants from wastewater used in cities to grow food, a study warns. |
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Ant eye view (18 August 02:39) |
| A tour around a virtual ant colony, mapped by radar |
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Coasts may be 'abandoned to sea' (18 August 12:38) |
| Parts of Britain's coastline are so eroded they are not worth protecting from the sea, the Environment Agency says. |
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Bird flu hopes from 1918 victims (18 August 05:08) |
| Scientists say victims of the 1918 flu virus that killed 50m still have protection, which may help in new bird flu treatments. |
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Ancient tree helps birds survive (18 August 04:56) |
| An ancient species of tree is helping Britain's birds survive the effects of climate change, scientists find. |
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An ancient species of tree is helping the UK's birds adapt to climate change (18 August 04:56) |
| An ancient species of tree is helping Britain's birds survive the effects of climate change, scientists find. |
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Lab animal use 'tops 100 million' (18 August 02:44) |
| A new analysis claims the number of animals used worldwide in laboratory experiments is close to 115 million. |
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Iran launches satellite carrier (18 August 02:19) |
| Iran has launched its first domestically-produced satellite into space, the country's media says. |
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Prince 'must prove anti-GM claim' (17 August 01:21) |
| The environment minister tells Prince Charles he must prove his claims that GM crops could cause global disaster. |
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Summit targets world water issues (17 August 06:50) |
| A summit this week in Sweden will tackle the key issue of water, including sanitation, climate change and drinkable supplies. |
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Camera spots rare clouded leopard (17 August 02:48) |
| Automatic cameras capture images of a Bornean clouded leopard in a national park where the big cats have not been recorded before. |
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'Kill Crayfish on sight' appeal (16 August 05:21) |
| The Scottish Government unveils plans for dealing with the threat posed by American signal crayfish. |
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'New face' (16 August 04:31) |
| How a film crew helped with medical aid for an extra |
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Tiny technology (15 August 10:30) |
| Scientists focus on nanotechnology |
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Pacific dives recover novel fish (15 August 10:29) |
| Marine biologists being filmed for a BBC TV series see an astonishing 13 new fish species on an expedition in the Pacific. |
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Your questions (15 August 07:49) |
| Find out more about the greatest ever experiment |
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Mars robots begin test campaign (15 August 04:26) |
| UK engineers put the latest prototypes for a European Mars rover through their paces. |
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Mars craft (15 August 04:26) |
| The rovers that may soon explore the Red Planet |
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Game store (15 August 03:46) |
| How to preserve the history of online worlds |
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