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High Court decision expected on UK coal mine plan
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High Court decision expected on UK coal mine plan
Legal challenges against the project were submitted by environmental campaigners.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdrlrkz5k2ro
about 1 year ago
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Butterfly thieves handed $200,000 fine
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Butterfly thieves handed $200,000 fine
Two Italian men were arrested at a Sri Lankan wildlife park after they were found with hundreds of protected insects.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgwgn4ww0jo
about 1 year ago
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First private spacewalk a success
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First private spacewalk a success
A billionaire and an engineer have become the first non-professional crew to perform a spacewalk.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c86l6j2w865o
about 1 year ago
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Mystery tremors were from massive nine-day tsunami
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Mystery tremors were from massive nine-day tsunami
Scientists launched an investigation after being baffled by seismic signals picked up across the world
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cged3jd8llyo
about 1 year ago
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National parkland in public hands 'would help nature'
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National parkland in public hands 'would help nature'
Campaigners call for national parks to be given new powers to buy private land and protect habitats.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2x08q52w1o
about 1 year ago
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Self-medicating gorillas may hold new drugs clues
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Self-medicating gorillas may hold new drugs clues
Plants eaten by wild gorillas have medicinal properties that could be harnessed in drug discovery, say scientists.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c23lj94mk93o
about 1 year ago
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Its supporters dream of heat-resistant cows. But gene editing is making others nervous
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Its supporters dream of heat-resistant cows. But gene editing is making others nervous
A UK law allowing gene-edited food has been paused and some British scientists fear being overtaken.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74j2lz88pwo
about 1 year ago
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Billionaire takes off for first ever private spacewalk
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Billionaire takes off for first ever private spacewalk
The mission is the first of three funded by payments processing business founder Jared Isaacman.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gd9g9zzelo
about 1 year ago
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Which rural area will take the UK’s nuclear waste?
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Which rural area will take the UK’s nuclear waste?
The UK's nuclear waste needs a permanent home - but finding a community willing to take it is tricky.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czx6e2x0kdyo
about 1 year ago
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Who owns the Moon? A new space race means it could be up for grabs
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Who owns the Moon? A new space race means it could be up for grabs
A race for the lunar surface's resources is currently under way. What’s to stop a Wild West opening up?
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cxwwjlrk1mlo
about 1 year ago
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Musk's SpaceX to destroy retired space station
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Musk's SpaceX to destroy retired space station
The California-based company will build a "tugboat" to execute the end-of-life disposal of the ISS.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnl02jl5pzno
about 1 year ago
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Satellite captures first-of-a-kind cloud image
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Satellite captures first-of-a-kind cloud image
A joint European-Japanese mission captures a space view of the internal structure of a cloud.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9317wk1v7o
about 1 year ago
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Europe's Ariane-6 rocket blasts off on maiden flight
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Europe's Ariane-6 rocket blasts off on maiden flight
After a successful launch, the upper-stage of the rocket goes on to experience an anomaly.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c19km33k1mpo
about 1 year ago
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Reservoir of liquid water found deep in Martian rocks
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Reservoir of liquid water found deep in Martian rocks
Studies of quakes detected from the planet's surface found it in the planet's rocky outer crust.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czxl849j77ko
about 1 year ago
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Oxygen discovery defies knowledge of the deep ocean
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Oxygen discovery defies knowledge of the deep ocean
The discovery that lumps of metal on the seafloor produce oxygen raises questions over plans to mine the deep ocean.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c728ven2v9eo
about 1 year ago
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UK getting more hot and more wet days – Met Office
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UK getting more hot and more wet days – Met Office
The increase in the number of 'very hot days' of 30C or more has also been dramatic.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c147v82gxp2o
about 1 year ago
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Complex life on Earth may be much older than thought
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Complex life on Earth may be much older than thought
Scientists say they have new evidence that complex life on Earth began much earlier than previously believed.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3geyvpxpeyo
about 1 year ago
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Government sets record budget for green energy auction
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Government sets record budget for green energy auction
The government says its budget to support a renewable energy auction will rise 50%.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmm2qdgn910o
about 1 year ago
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X-rays reveal tiny half-billion-year-old creature
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X-rays reveal tiny half-billion-year-old creature
The creature, the size of a poppy seed, dates back 520 million years and is almost perfectly preserved.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgxqdygpn09o
about 1 year ago
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Famous Stonehenge stone came from Scotland not Wales
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Famous Stonehenge stone came from Scotland not Wales
Stonehenge's famous Altar Stone came from Scotland not Wales as previously thought, new analysis shows.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c207lqdn755o
about 1 year ago
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World's biggest iceberg spins in ocean trap
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World's biggest iceberg spins in ocean trap
A frozen block of ice far bigger than Greater London is captured in a vast pool of rotating water.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd168081wxvo
about 1 year ago
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Witness to Titan sub tragedy tells of fear and false hope
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Witness to Titan sub tragedy tells of fear and false hope
Rory Golden, who was on the Titan sub's support ship when it went missing, recounts the experience.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw8y28zvvvwo
about 1 year ago
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Water firms to be punished for years of sewage leaks
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Water firms to be punished for years of sewage leaks
Thames Water, Northumbrian Water and Yorkshire Water face fines for repeated sewage leaks.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ypp032le0o
about 1 year ago
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400-year record heat threat to Great Barrier Reef
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400-year record heat threat to Great Barrier Reef
The highest sea temperatures in 400 years could threaten the reef's survival, say scientists.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0ngx130kxo
about 1 year ago
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Watch: The Northern Lights seen from space
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Watch: The Northern Lights seen from space
A timelapse captured from the International Space Station shows the Moon setting into streams of aurora.
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/crlrx4zk717o
about 1 year ago
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Scottish isles may solve mystery of 'Snowball Earth'
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Scottish isles may solve mystery of 'Snowball Earth'
The islands could reveal why animal life first emerged on our planet after its biggest ever freeze.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj9l2mrn43jo
about 1 year ago
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UK military satellite launches to boost space power
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UK military satellite launches to boost space power
British forces are about to get their first dedicated surveillance and reconnaissance satellite.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1d77yq9zz2o
about 1 year ago
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Brian May argues for better farm hygiene to protect badgers
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Brian May argues for better farm hygiene to protect badgers
The Queen guitarist has led a 10-year study to combat bovine TB spread and help end badger culling.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly37q7qqyzo
about 1 year ago
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Why the skies turned red over the UK this weekend
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Why the skies turned red over the UK this weekend
Smoke from wildfires in north America has brought a "vivid" hue to skies above Britain ahead of a rare lunar phenomenon.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crkm2vpy7g6o
about 1 year ago
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Baby boom prompts call to boost wild beaver population
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Baby boom prompts call to boost wild beaver population
A leading conservation group wants the government to give the go-ahead to bringing back beavers in the wild.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yk398g9dlo
about 1 year ago
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Badger culling to end in England within five years
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Badger culling to end in England within five years
Efforts to stop the spread of bovine tuberculosis will now focus on vaccinating badgers not killing them.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9qg52r7jzxo
about 1 year ago
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Striking images reveal depths of Titanic's slow decay
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Striking images reveal depths of Titanic's slow decay
A new expedition finds that a large part of the railing at the ship's front has fallen away.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crkm82enkgko
about 1 year ago
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Five seabirds added to UK red list of most concern
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Five seabirds added to UK red list of most concern
Conservation groups are calling for action as populations of seabirds decline on UK cliffs.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78ljx5lez1o
about 1 year ago
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Walking, cycling to school more likely in Ulez - report
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Walking, cycling to school more likely in Ulez - report
Research shows children living in the zone are now nearly four times more likely to be walking or cycling.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpw8envvv0do
about 1 year ago
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Anti-pollution law to threaten water bosses with jail
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Anti-pollution law to threaten water bosses with jail
New legislation gives regulators more powers to tackle water pollution in England and Wales.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy5dwlwkwro
about 1 year ago
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Puffins increase on Farne Islands despite bird flu
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Puffins increase on Farne Islands despite bird flu
A census suggests the population has stabilised following the outbreak, with numbers up by 15%.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr7rpmyjk7mo
about 1 year ago
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Boeing Starliner returns to Earth, but without astronauts
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Boeing Starliner returns to Earth, but without astronauts
The troubled spacecraft returns empty to New Mexico from the International Space Station.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx29wzk4r19o
about 1 year ago
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🧪Stranded astronauts' capsule to head home without them
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx29wzk4r19o
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about 1 year ago
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🧪Race against time on front line of Asian hornet battle
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9842gleykzo
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about 1 year ago
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🧪Puffins increase on Farne Islands despite bird flu
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr7rpmyjk7mo
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about 1 year ago
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🧪Ulez has cut children's school car rides - study
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpw8envvv0do
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about 1 year ago
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🧪The child-killing wolves sparking panic in India
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2n1z943zzo
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about 1 year ago
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🧪Baby boom prompts call to boost wild beaver population
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yk398g9dlo
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about 1 year ago
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🧪Anti-pollution law to threaten water bosses with jail
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy5dwlwkwro
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about 1 year ago
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🧪Five seabirds added to UK red list of most concern
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78ljx5lez1o
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about 1 year ago
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🧪Striking images reveal depths of Titanic's slow decay
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crkm82enkgko
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about 1 year ago
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🧪Badger culling to end in England within five years
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9qg52r7jzxo
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about 1 year ago
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🧪Will sustainable aviation fuels take off?
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg64pwxzln4o
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about 1 year ago
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🧪Watch out for Ashley but never fear Yvonne
https://www.bbc.com/weather/articles/c1w7zl30dq5o
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about 1 year ago
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🧪Baby boom prompts call to boost wild beaver population
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yk398g9dlo
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about 1 year ago
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