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February 24, 2011
The European Space Agency’s space freighter Johannes Kepler has successfully docked with the International Space Station.
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February 20, 2011
After centuries of mistrust between religion and science, a new website has been up by the Vatican and Italy’s scientific community.
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February 17, 2011
Ancient Britons apparently used human skulls as drinking cups, according to evidence from skeletal remains unearthed in southwest England.
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February 16, 2011
The Natural History Museum’s Dr Silvia Bello explains why scientists think the skulls of three Ice Age people discovered in a Somerset cave were used as cups.
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February 14, 2011
Russia’s space program has simulated what it would be like to travel to and land on Mars with astronauts spending eight months in isolation.
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February 10, 2011
The Prince of Wales has warned that ignoring environmental concerns will damage the ability of countries to maintain economic growth.
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February 07, 2011
Construction work formally begins this week on what is expected to be the world’s fastest car.
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February 05, 2011
Photographer Eirik Evjen has managed to capture the Northern Lights phenomenon in Northern Norway, after he decided to place his camera on top of a mountain to shoot a time lapse of the sky on ...
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February 02, 2011
Professor Brian Cox responds to a new survey claiming many parents think a career in science is only an option for the brightest students.
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February 01, 2011
Scientists carry out one of the largest ever eradications of an invasive species - the American mink.
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February 01, 2011
A volcano on Kyushu in Japan has erupted again with its biggest explosion yet, shattering windows 5 miles (8 kilometres) away.
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January 27, 2011
A complete house built inside a laboratory could help improve the energy efficiency of thousands of homes across the UK.
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January 17, 2011
The deepest parts of the ocean could play a greater role in regulating the planet’s climate than previously thought, scientists say.
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January 13, 2011
Chickens which cannot spread bird flu have been created by scientists at the Universities of Edinburgh and Cambridge.
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January 13, 2011
The BBC’s Laura Tobin explains the weather systems causing floods in many parts of the world including Australia and Brazil.
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January 12, 2011
The Royal Greenwich Observatory’s Marek Kukula explains the significance of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey's largest ever image of the night sky.
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January 11, 2011
A crossed-eyed opossum at a German zoo has managed to attract tens of thousands of fans on Facebook.
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December 22, 2010
The US has almost ended its reliance on imported gas after opening up its reserves of shale gas using the process of "hydraulic fracking".
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December 21, 2010
The BBC’s Roger Harrabin reports from Shreveport in Louisiana on how the US is extracting gas from shale rock and reducing the country's reliance on foreign energy suppliers.
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December 14, 2010
Professor Stephen Hawking explains his theory about black holes and whether equations can be beautiful.
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