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Geologists name the UK's top 100 geological sites, including 10 "people's favourites".
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Hi-res surveillance system causes US controversy
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Scientists warn that an army of organisms from Turkey and Ukraine is poised to invade Britain's waterways and destroy native species.
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The First Spacewalk
12 Oct 2014 3:01:49
How the first human to take steps in outer space nearly didn't return to Earth
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Archaeologists in Greece uncover a large floor mosaic at a huge burial site at Amphipolis dating to the time of Alexander the Great.
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How the US changed the language of science
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Can a team of ponies munch a meadow back to life?
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A small group of neurons that respond to the hormone oxytocin are key to controlling sexual behaviour in mice, a team finds.
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US researchers discover how sidewinders climb sand dunes by studying their motion in the lab and copying it with a robot.
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An international expedition says it has found further, remarkable finds at the site of the famous Antikythera shipwreck.
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The public health challenge posed by the Ebola outbreak is unlike anything since the emergence of HIV/Aids, a top US medical official says.
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Scientists unearthed rare, ancient human remains in silts close to the River Seine in France.
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Glasgow University becomes the first in the UK to announce it will sell its shares in companies that produce fossil fuels after pressure from students.
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Bionic hands restore sense of touch in two patients
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The chimp that a rights group wants recognised as a person
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The Met Office opens a new centre dedicated to the forecast of the weather in space.
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The discovery of 40,000-year-old artworks in Indonesian caves challenges established views on the origins of humans' artistic capabilities.
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Dealing with the leftovers from the Dounreay demolition job
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Nobel Prize for chemistry is awarded to three scientists for their work on boosting the resolution of microscopes.
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Is Virgin Galactic any closer to realising dream of commercial spaceflight?
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BBC Click gets rare access to the twin of Nasa's Curiosity Mars rover which is helping scientists solve problems on the Red Planet.
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The UK Met Office formally opens its Space Weather Operations Centre on Wednesday, to lead the forecasting of the Sun’s disruptive effects on Earth.
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A total lunar eclipse will be visible in much of the Americas and East Asia in the coming hours, the second total lunar eclipse of the year.
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The last eel catcher of Rome
07 Oct 2014 3:25:23
The last eel catcher fishing the river in Rome
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Could 13-year-old be first human to reach red planet?
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