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A team of technologists working with Microsoft and others produce a 3D-printed painting in the style of Dutch master Rembrandt.
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Red deer on the outer Scottish islands were probably brought there in boats by Neolithic humans from as far away as mainland Europe, according to a study of ancient and modern deer DNA.
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Red deer on the outer Scottish islands were probably brought there in boats by Neolithic humans from as far away as mainland Europe, according to a study of ancient and modern deer DNA.
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A hunter in the US tells the BBC how he shot an 800lb (360kg) "monster alligator" that was feasting on his farm's cattle.
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An expedition gets under way to drill into the Chicxulub Crater, the deep scar made in the Earth's surface by the asteroid that hastened the end of the dinosaurs.
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An expedition gets under way to drill into the Chicxulub Crater, the deep scar made in the Earth's surface by the asteroid that hastened the end of the dinosaurs.
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Scientists say they have kept a pig heart alive in a baboon for more than two years.
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Scientists say they have kept a pig heart alive in a baboon for more than two years.
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Scientists may be closer to revealing the route taken by Hannibal as he crossed to Alps to attack ancient Rome.
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Scientists may be closer to revealing the route taken by Hannibal as he crossed to Alps to attack ancient Rome.
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An animal welfare charity attempts to trap a raccoon that was spotted several miles from where one was filmed in the Scottish Highlands.
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A government consultation on whether to change the rules governing how contractors deal with protected species when developing sites ends this week.
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A government consultation on whether to change the rules governing how contractors deal with protected species when developing sites ends this week.
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Vitamin D supplements may help people with a failing heart, a study suggests.
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Vitamin D supplements may help people with a failing heart, a study suggests.
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A newly discovered 430 million-year-old creature appears to have dragged its offspring around on strings, like underwater kites.
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A newly discovered 430 million-year-old creature appears to have dragged its offspring around on strings, like underwater kites.
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Space transportation company Blue Origin say they have successfully launched and landed a suborbital rocket, which is capable of carrying six passengers, for the third time.
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Meet the man who shoots 30,000 wallabies a year
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New rules governing how contractors deal with protected species could mean great crested newts remain in their current habitats.
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The average English-speaker has about 50,000 words in their mind. But how do they find the right one in 600 milliseconds?
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As calls for African science investment get louder, the BBC meets some of the continent’s world-beating young researchers at a forum in Senegal.
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Scientists create artificial skin, made from mouse stem cells, that integrates successfully and even sprouts hairs when transplanted into another mouse.
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Scientists create artificial skin, made from mouse stem cells, that integrates successfully and even sprouts hairs when transplanted into another mouse.
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Perfectly backlit by our star, Comet 67P was photographed in dramatic fashion this week by the Rosetta spacecraft - 260 million km from Earth.
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A turtle in Seattle has undergone experimental therapy involving a hyperbaric chamber to try and treat its buoyancy disorder.
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Hundreds of the most common bird species in Europe and the US are having their populations altered by climate change, according to scientists.
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Wildlife officials express concern as white-nose syndrome, which has killed millions of bats in eastern US, is detected on the country's west coast.
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The world's two largest carbon emitters have issued a joint statement confirming that both countries will sign the Paris Climate Agreement next month.
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We should shine lasers into space if we want to hide our presence from alien civilisations, two US-based astronomers suggest.
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Zookeeper Lynsey Bugg, who has been caring for a baby gorilla until she can be reunited with her mother, has been talking about how she looks after her.
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A rescue centre in Indonesia is trying to rescue Sumatran tigers and save the species from extinction.
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Sea levels could rise by more than double the current estimate over the next 100 years, according to a new analysis of climate change in Antarctica.
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The diminutive human species nicknamed "the Hobbit" probably went extinct at least 50,000 years ago - not the 12,000 years ago initially thought to be the case.
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A new tadpole that burrows through sand is discovered in the Western Ghats of India, scientists report.
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UK researchers build a device the size of a postage stamp that measures tiny fluctuations in gravity and could help monitor volcanoes or search for oil.
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A 13-year-old girl from Lancashire with diabetes says she has taught her dog, Pip, to sniff out changes in her blood sugar levels.
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Scientists and engineers in Japan are scrambling to save a satellite and more than a quarter of a billion dollars of investment tumbling out of control in space.
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Scientists say a 305 million-year-old fossil is the closest ancient relative to "true spiders" ever discovered.
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Laboratory tests show some varieties of olive trees appear to be resistant to an invasive pathogen that poses a serious risk to Europe's olive industry.
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Evidence that Australia's Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its worst coral bleaching on record has renewed calls for the UN to list it as "in-danger".
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Dozens of Japanese engineers and scientists are scrambling to save an X-ray satellite - and more than a quarter of a billion dollars of investment - tumbling out of control in space.
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Although winter Arctic sea-ice extent has been the smallest on record this year, it is unclear yet whether its volume will also mark a new low.
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Evidence that Australia's Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its worst coral bleaching on record has renewed calls for the UN to list it as "in-danger".
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Hopes are growing that the UK may soon have its first polar bear cub in 25 years, after Victoria and Arktos, two bears at the Highland Wildlife Park in Scotland, started mating.
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A cat has survived eight days trapped in a box of DVDs which was posted from Cornwall to West Sussex.
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Washington's Smithsonian National Zoo has released footage of its giant panda, Tian Tian, enjoying a bubble bath.
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Scientists take another step in their quest to understand the bare genetic essentials of life, producing a laboratory bacterium that has only 473 genes - fewer than any independent bug in nature.
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The Zika virus first appeared in South America in mid-2013, say Brazilian and British scientists, long before the World Cup in Brazil.
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