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Work to preserve the crumbling birthplace of radar is to get under way later this year.

The rhino found on a Norfolk beach dates back about 700,000 years.

Nasa releases a video of the ISS crew preparing to watch the Super Bowl from 250 miles above Earth.

Kiruna Stamell, who has dwarfism, explains her problem with gene editing

Scientists in India have recorded the events that unfolded after the Earth's magnetic shield was breached.

Banning cars on Saturdays in a heavily polluted city hasn't made the air any cleaner, according to new research.

The British Antarctic Survey shifts its futuristic Halley base to keep it away from a watery grave.

A small but distinctive signal in X-rays from the Milky Way could be key to proving the existence of dark matter.

The mobile phone apps that are enabling fishermen to increase their catches at the same time as helping environmentalists monitor and preserve stocks.

Prof Sir Mark Walport has been appointed to head Britain's newly created science funding organisation.

Physicists have drawn up construction plans for a large-scale quantum computer.

Geologists in Iceland have drilled deeper into a volcano than ever before, reaching a depth of 4,659m.

Research shows how birds acquired beaks of all shapes and sizes over millions of years of evolution.

Native Americans vow legal action as the go-ahead is given to complete the Dakota Access oil pipeline.

The inventors of digital camera technology win the highest international prize for engineering.

A new experimental crop of genetically modified (GM) wheat will be planted this spring after the UK government gave the final go-ahead.

Dramatic footage shows the unusual phenomenon as lava flows through a crack in a sea cliff.

Australian researchers say their discovery could significantly lower the material's cost to produce.

Conservationists say the nets are killing too many dolphins and turtles.

Scientists in China say they have produced cloned cattle with increased resistance to bovine tuberculosis.

Paul Ferber, an ex-British policeman who lives on Koh Seh in the Gulf of Thailand, tells World Service how he catches illegal fishermen plundering Cambodia's ecosystem.

Ancient proteins dating back 195 million years have been found inside a dinosaur bone.

The drug combination was unable to cure four patients, who had all visited Africa, doctors say.

Removing invasive exotic plants from natural areas can act as a boost for wildlife, a study suggests.

Researchers discover the earliest known ancestor of humans - and many other species.

Australian researchers hope an antibody found in sharks may help treat an incurable lung disease.

The man who ran National Grid for a decade says news stories raising blackout fears should stop.

Huge coral system reef where the Amazon River meets the Atlantic Ocean was discovered last year.

A project aims to investigate the social case for gardens and what impact they have on well-being.

Rising temperatures could boost mercury levels in fish by up to seven times the current rates, say Swedish researchers.

The seeds of domesticated plants could offer clues as to why cultivated crops are larger than their wild cousins, a study suggests.

A tiny possum, an emblem of the state of Victoria in Australia, is rapidly heading towards extinction, say scientists.

US scientists draw controversy as they claim to have fulfilled the decades-long quest to turn hydrogen into a state where it behaves like a metal.

Meet the Sellafield engineer who says playing with pink toys will not deter girls from science careers.

Canada has unearthed the biggest diamond ever found in North America - the Foxfire.

World Bank funding is being used to subsidise fossil fuel projects at the expense of cleaner options, a study reports but it is a claim strongly disputed by the World Bank.

On 27 January 1967, the crew of Apollo I were killed when a rehearsal for their mission went wrong.

The remains of a religious pilgrim shed light on how leprosy came to Europe, researchers say.

A rare sea turtle discovered washed up on an Anglesey beach is closer to full health after scans reveal why she found it difficult to dive.

The minute hand of the symbolic Doomsday Clock moves to two-and-a-half minutes to midnight.

UK astronaut Tim Peake talks about returning to space as the capsule that carried him to the ISS goes on display.

The capsule that carried Tim Peake to and from the International Space Station goes on display at London's Science Museum.

University is fined £400,000 after students are given 100 times too much caffeine in an experiment.

Are the Trump team's actions on climate and energy the opening shots in a war on knowledge?

How do scientists assess the scale of dirty air across the UK and just how dangerous is the air that we breathe?

Cats are as good as dogs at certain memory skills and may be just as smart, say scientists.

President's support for Keystone XL and Dakota Access proves he is a climate threat, critics say.

A "very high" air pollution warning has been issued for London for the first time under a new alert system.

Scientists have created bacteria that thrive using an expanded "genetic alphabet".

The Google-sponsored race to put a privately funded spacecraft on the Moon has just five teams left in the competition.