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VIDEO: Drone footage shows NZ whales from above
Footage of Bryde's whales feeding has been caught on camera.
Bleaching 'devastates' UK tropical reef
Up to 85% of the corals in the Chagos Marine Reserve of the British Indian Ocean Territory are estimated to have been damaged or killed in the current global bleaching event.
Gravity space mission passes big test
The Lisa Pathfinder mission, which was designed to demonstrate the technologies needed to detect gravitational waves in space, has been a stunning success, say officials.
Origin of mystery deep-sea mushroom revealed
Australian scientists have used genetic material to pinpoint the origin of the deep-sea mushroom, an unusual gelatinous creature first dredged up near Tasmania in 1986.
Cancer cure needs Ebola-level action
The hunt for a cancer cure should be treated with as much urgency as the Ebola outbreak, says US Vice-President Joe Biden.
Bid to grow transplant organs in pigs
US scientists try to grow human organs inside pigs to solve the transplant shortage by injecting human stem cells into pig embryos.
VIDEO: Lab tries to grow human organs inside pigs
Scientists in the United States are trying to grow human organs inside pigs.
PM and Boris clash over EU fishing laws
David Cameron and Boris Johnson clash over the impact of the EU on the UK's fishing industry, during an interview with the BBC's Countryfile programme.
Hubble clocks faster cosmic expansion
The Universe may be expanding up to 9% faster than previously thought, according to new measurements from the Hubble Space Telescope.
'Lost city' was created by nature
Ancient underwater remains thought to be a "long lost city" are in fact the result of a naturally occurring phenomenon, researchers find.
Snails decide using 'two brain cells'
Snails use two brain cells to make "complex decisions", a team of scientists finds.
Flat lens promises revolution in optics
A flat lens made of paint whitener on a sliver of glass could revolutionise optics, its US inventors say.
Astronomers probe below Jupiter's clouds
US astronomers have managed to peer deep into the atmosphere of Jupiter using a radio telescope here on Earth.
Plastic in sea 'like fast food for fish'
Young fish become hooked on eating plastic in the seas in the same way that teenagers prefer unhealthy fast food, researchers say.
Nepal drains dangerous Everest lake
Nepal's army begins work to drain rising waters in a lake near Everest, one the highest projects of its kind.
Monk held over tiger skin 'smuggling'
A monk is detained for attempting to smuggle tiger skins and fangs from a Buddhist temple accused of animal trafficking, Thai authorities say.
First two Slovenian 'dragon eggs' hatch
Following a four-month wait, the clutch of eggs belonging to a curious Slovenian cave salamander has started to hatch.
King Tut's knife 'made from meteorite'
A dagger entombed alongside the mummy of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was made with iron that came from a meteorite, researchers say.
MPs sound alarm on neglected soils
MPs warn that continued soil degradation risks putting some of the UK’s most productive agricultural land beyond profitable use within a generation.
VIDEO: Meet science's most famous insect
The scientific mystery behind one of British science's most famous insects has finally been solved.
Pluto's 'beating heart' explained
The spectacular, flat landscape that dominates the left side of Pluto's icy "heart" can now be explained, say scientists.
Textbook moth's dark secret revealed
Scientists unravel details of the famous mutation that turned moths black during the industrial revolution.
MSPs back fracking ban as SNP abstain
MSPs vote in favour of a Labour amendment calling for an outright ban on fracking in Scotland as SNP members abstain.
World's longest rail tunnel opens
The world's longest and deepest rail tunnel is officially opened in Switzerland, after almost two decades of construction work.
Forty dead tiger cubs at Thai temple
Forty dead tiger cubs are found in a freezer at a famous Thai Buddhist temple that is being closed amid accusations of trafficking and abuse.
UK's 'oldest' hand-written document found
Roman tablets discovered during excavations in London include the oldest hand-written document ever found in Britain, archaeologists say.
University responds to missed aurora
Aurora Borealis watchers switch from using detection equipment in England to kit in Scotland after missing spectacular displays in March.
VIDEO: Peake: Spacewalk my finest moment
While Tim Peake has been in space he has handed out Brit Awards, run the London Marathon, and even done a spacewalk.
Green energy surges to record levels
The world added far more renewable energy sources than fossil fuels in 2015, with developing countries overtaking richer nations on green spending.
Swiss Gotthard rail tunnel - an engineering triumph
The world's longest, deepest rail tunnel just opened
Asteroids 'dumped water in molten Moon'
Water found deep in the Moon was delivered when icy asteroids splashed into magma oceans 4.3 billion years ago, a study suggests.
Baking soda 'sponge' to capture carbon
Scientists in California are testing a spongy material made with the key ingredient of baking soda as means of capturing carbon emissions.
Officials seize tigers from Thai temple
Wildlife authorities in Thailand are removing tigers from a controversial Buddhist temple after accusations of wildlife trafficking and animal abuse.
Zoo defends Harambe gorilla shooting
The director of Cincinnati zoo says he would do the same again after a gorilla, into whose enclosure a child fell, was shot dead.
Crocodile snatches woman night swimmer
A woman is feared dead after a crocodile attack in Australia's Daintree National Park.
Backlash over gorilla killing at US zoo
The killing of a gorilla at a zoo in the US city of Cincinnati after a four-year-old boy fell into its enclosure triggers outrage on social media.
VIDEO: Can baking soda save the world?
US researchers are testing a key ingredient of baking soda as a means of capturing carbon dioxide.
Flexi-space room expansion complete
A new, expandable "room" has been opened up on the International Space Station.
Zoo gorilla shot as boy falls into moat
Zoo officials shoot dead a gorilla after it grabbed a four-year-old boy who fell into its enclosure in the US city of Cincinnati.
Jurassic 'sea monster' is unveiled
Piecing together the bare bones of a sea reptile that swam at the time of the dinosaurs.
Alma telescope peers into space
Alma telescope peers into space from Chile
VIDEO: Onboard camera captures rocket landing
An onboard camera has captured the successful landing of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, returning from space after launching an Asian communications satellite.
Cooling technologies become red hot
Sainsbury's is trialling new food-cooling technologies that promise to be more eco-friendly than current alternatives.
VIDEO: Ice blocks make fridges less 'stupid'
Roger Harrabin visits a factory in Wales that is using ice to make fridges more economical.
Geologists revisit giant Zion landslide
US scientists produce their most precise date yet for the colossal landslide that shaped the big red canyon running through what is now Zion National Park.
DNA 'tape recorder' to trace cell history
Researchers invent a DNA "tape recorder" that can trace the family history of every cell in a body.
Australia removed from UN climate report
All references to climate change's impact on World Heritage sites in Australia are removed from a UN report after a government request.
VIDEO: A haven for endangered water voles
The water vole has become Britain's most endangered mammal, but a project in Worcestershire is trying to reverse the decline.
VIDEO: Did Neanderthals create stone rings?
Stone rings thought to be created by Neanderthals have been found in France
VIDEO: Scientists try to inflate room on side of ISS
Scientists have suspended inflation of a new room on the side of the International Space Station.
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