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A book about global warming has won this year's Royal Society prize for popular science writing.
Mark Lynas' Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet has already been turned into a TV programme and is now almost certain to experience a jump in sales...
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Some of the first farmers in the Near East probably used green beads as amulets to protect themselves and their crops, a study suggests.
The authors of the research suggest that early agriculturalists attached special importance to this colour.
Bead..
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The body overseeing UK astronomy and physics is to commission an independent review of its operations.
The probe into the effectiveness of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) follows widespread concern over the status of its budget...
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Plans to use a state-of-the-art camera onboard a satellite to monitor deforestation levels in Africa's Congo Basin have been unveiled.
The high resolution RALCam3 camera, designed and built by UK scientists, will provide the first detailed view of the..
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Animal welfare campaigners say Greenland's whaling, held under rules permitting subsistence hunting, has become too commercial in character.
The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) found that a quarter of last year's catch was traded for..
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A scratchy recording of Baa Baa Black Sheep and a truncated version of In the Mood are thought to be the oldest known recordings of computer generated music.
The songs were captured by the BBC in the Autumn of 1951 during a visit to the University of M..
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A US government aid agency has formed an alliance with a group headed by former UN chief Kofi Annan to try to boost African agriculture.
Mr Annan has called for a "green revolution" to solve the food crisis.
The new partnership aims to invest in Afr..
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The US has called on the world's eight most industrialised nations to invest in a $10bn (�5bn) climate change fund.
The Climate Investment Funds, run by the World Bank, aims to help developing nations produce their own technology to mitigate the impa..
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Progress towards developing a global strategy to cut emissions is too slow, according to environmental group WWF.
It issued its warning at the end of key UN talks that considered what measures should replace the current set of climate targets, which ex..
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The UK Meteorological Office says it has improved its ability to pinpoint where and when heavy rain will occur.
Forecasts of severe downpours will now be issued up to 24 hours earlier, it says, giving local authorities more time to prepare flood contro..
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The American space shuttle Discovery has successfully touched down at the Kennedy space centre in the US state of Florida.
Nasa officials gave the go-ahead for the landing, saying it should not be affected by the earlier loss of a metal clip from Disco..
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The Phoenix spacecraft on Mars is finally getting to grips with the clumpy soil at its landing location.
Early efforts to grab samples for study in the onboard lab had been frustrated by the cloddy nature of the ground.
But by shaking the scoop buck..
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St Louis in Senegal is the city most threatened by rising sea levels in the whole of Africa, a senior United Nations official says.
"Climate change is the principal reason," UN Habitat's Alioune Badiane told a conference in St Louis, AFP news agency re..
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The government is inviting communities in the UK to volunteer to host radioactive waste from the country's half-century of nuclear power.
Local authorities are urged to consult widely before coming forward, and may win financial support.
Ministers h..
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Researchers may have found a way to predict whether severely brain-damaged patients will regain consciousness.
A part of the brain which can stay active even in severely brain-damaged patients could offer a clue about the chances of recovery, they clai..
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A treasure trove of artefacts is being recovered from what experts describe as one of the most important maritime discoveries since the Mary Rose.
The late 16th Century shipwreck hails from a pivotal point in England's military history.
The raised h..
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An advanced satellite that will improve greatly the ability of UK military forces to communicate around the globe has been launched into space.
The Skynet 5C platform rode into orbit atop an Ariane 5 rocket from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana...
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Oceaneering International Inc., best known for providing deep water services and products to the oil and gas industry, has been chosen to design and make the next generation of spacesuits for NASA, the space agency announced Thursday.
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One of the most prolific inventors in medicine has won the prestigious Millennium Technology Prize.
Professor Robert Langer's biomaterials research has allowed for more accurate and controlled release of drugs into patients' bodies.
His work has had..
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A human egg has been filmed in close-up emerging from the ovary for the first time, captured by chance during a routine operation.
Fertile women release one or more eggs every month, but until now, only animal ovulation has been recorded in detail...
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