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BBC News looks ahead to some of the biggest science and environment stories coming up in 2018.
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| Updated | 2025-07-04 19:15 |
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Researchers in London have developed scanning techniques that show what is written on the papyrus that mummy cases are made from.
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The second part of our selection of the best science and environment reads this year.
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Helen Sharman, the first Briton in space, has been recognised in the New Year's honours.
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A selection of the best science and environment reads this year.
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Was the remarkable 2017 hurricane season the worst ever? And did climate change play any part?
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The first Briton in space and a leading member of the Cassini mission are among those on new year list.
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A pest that can infect hundreds of plants from lavender to olive trees is of growing concern in the UK.
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A multi-million pound weather satellite is lost after being programmed to take off from the wrong base.
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Renewables provided more electricity than coal for 90% of year, National Grid figures show.
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The Prince of Wales says we need to deal with the symptoms of climate change.
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Australian police found a crocodile strolling the streets of a Melbourne suburb on Christmas Day.
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Footage captures the Christmas Day scene over Lake Superior, US.
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World land-speed record-holder Andy Green reflects on the past 12 months' achievements in developing the Bloodhound supersonic car.
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BBC News looks back on eight of the biggest science and environment stories of 2017.
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Free-ranging reindeer are spending time touring the UK to help children learn about them.
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In February 1984, Bruce McCandless pushed off from the Space Shuttle and drifted alone into space.
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The first person to fly untethered in space, Nasa astronaut Bruce McCandless, has died.
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The phenomenon was visible from parts of California and Arizona - the culprit: A SpaceX rocket.
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Scientists have filmed one of the world's rarest, and 'ugliest', pigs in a forest in Indonesia.
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Conservationists capture the first footage in the wild of the endangered Javan warty pig
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It is designed to protect the animals, which have a special role in Christmas tradition, from predators.
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Asylum seekers to the EU could almost double because of rising temperatures in farming areas around the world.
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Scientists say they have made a step forward in the fight against a wheat disease that threatens food security.
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MPs want deposits on plastic bottles and a higher levy on packaging to protect the seas from pollution.
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This Christmas, Hope the pig will be the star of the first vegan advert to be screened across UK cinemas.
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The discovery of the first Allied submarine lost in World War One solves Australia's oldest naval mystery.
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Snake populations worldwide may already be infected with a potentially deadly disease, say scientists.
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Chocolate poisoning is a risk to the family dog over the festive season, vets are warning.
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The US Coast Guard tries to save the animal tangled in line connecting bales of cocaine in the Pacific.
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Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry offer a scientist's guide
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Vandals 'took a hammer or rock' to a 115 million year old fossil, breaking off sections of its toes.
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A pod of 28 bottlenose dolphins is found to be permanently living off the south-west coast of England.
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Researchers develop a new technique to give a more accurate advance forecast for summer weather.
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The first known interstellar asteroid may hold water from another star system in its interior, according to a study.
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It's the regulator's first investigation since taking over responsibility for BBC standards.
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A four-point plan for tackling plastic waste has been outlined by the Environment Secretary Michael Gove.
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The renowned scientist behind BBC Two's The Great Egg Race died on Friday, his family says.
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Scientists install sensors at the Kennedy Space Center that would normally be used to monitor volcanoes.
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Europe's new Sentinel-5P satellite captures a dramatic image of the smoke billowing away from wildfires.
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Scientists have found thousands of new species living in household dust.
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A genetic study shows the decline of one of the rarest mammals on Earth began during the last Ice Age.
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If you missed the annual Geminid meteor shower, cameras captured the celestial display over China.
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Neonicotinoids have increasingly been linked to problems in bee populations.
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Nasa finds a distant star circled by eight planets, equal to the complement in our own Solar System.
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Geologists made the discovery while exploring volcanic rocks near Broadford.
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Scientists established how much rain fell by measuring how much the Earth compressed during the storm.
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Scientists stitch together decades of survey data to reveal a hidden world of mountains and canyons.
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A new fossil is shedding light on the marine reptiles that swam at the time of the dinosaurs.
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