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Metallic ink was used to write the Herculaneum scrolls, say scientists.
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Humans are now putting carbon into the atmosphere at a rate unprecedented since at least the age of the dinosaurs, scientists say.
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More needs to be done to ensure the genetic diversity of wild relatives of key food crops are conserved to ensure future food security, a study warns.
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Five cheetah cubs are in critical care after being born in rare caesarean section procedure
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A bear bone found in a cave may push back dates for the earliest human settlement of Ireland by 2,500 years.
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Lord West, former First Sea Lord, says he hopes experts will not choose to call a new polar research ship Boaty McBoatface, after the name tops a public poll.
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The Australian and Tasmanian authorities abandon their campaign to allow logging in the Tasmanian Wilderness, a World Heritage site.
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In an Oregon laboratory, a two-metre spider web made of aluminium and rope is beginning to unlock how orb weavers pinpoint struggling prey.
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A camera has captured the hatching of bald eagles in Washington DC.
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High-tech GPS equipment means it is not just the height of Ben Nevis that is being reassessed.
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A very hungry caterpillar that devours box plants - a staple of formal English gardens - is named "top pest" of 2015 by the UK's Royal Horticultural Society.
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How one of Africa's biggest solar farms could help South Africa solve its energy crisis.
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Physicists studying the motion of sperm discover that the little swimmers flock together in tight groups if the surrounding fluid is "viscoelastic".
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Most of us share 2-4% of DNA with Neanderthals; some have genes from Denisovans; but their genetic mark has vanished in some stretches of genetic code.
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Ben Nevis, Britain's tallest mountain, is re-measured by Ordnance Survey and is now officially put at 1,345m high - a metre taller than before.
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US theme park operator SeaWorld says it is ending its controversial orca breeding programme, after facing criticism over alleged poor treatment of its captive orcas.
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Astronomers use the Hubble Space Telescope to investigate a clutch of monster stars on the edge of our Milky Way Galaxy.
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A meteor has been sighted above Britain in the early hours with witnesses describing seeing a green flash.
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A dog owner says her pet is "lucky to be alive" after contracting a deadly tick-borne disease that is expected to spread around the UK.
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A search for pharaonic Queen Nefertiti's resting place finds possible "organic material" inside spaces behind walls in Tutankhamun's tomb, Egypt says.
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Physicists say a supercomputer simulation of blood flow around the entire human body is showing promise, based on an experimental test.
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The public are being asked to name the UK's new polar research ship, which will begin operations in 2019.
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What would it take to put an astronaut on Mars?
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Scientists say a strange worm-like fossil with mysterious origins is actually the ancestor of living fish.
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The Chancellor was accused by greens of promising a Budget for the next generation whilst doing too little to combat climate change.
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A new selection of stretchy but switchable 'metamaterials' is created based on intricate, repeating motifs found in Islamic art.
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Dog owners are being warned about an outbreak of a lethal tick-borne disease.
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The oldest genome sequence from a human has identified some early representatives of the Neanderthal lineage.
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Scientists unveil the first full description of how and why a ribbon curls when we scrape one side of it with scissors.
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In the final challenge between man and machine, Google's AI emerges victorious.
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A joint European and Russian satellite is successfully launched on a path to Mars where it will study the atmosphere for life signatures.
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Meet the newly discovered dinosaur that could hold the evolutionary key to how T. rex became such a giant.
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A newly discovered species of tyrannosaur reveals clue to T-Rex's great size, according to scientists.
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Europe and Russia have launched a joint mission to the Red Planet.
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Live coverage as Europe and Russia launch a joint mission to the Red Planet.
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BBC News has a look at the European Space Agency rover that will explore the red planet and look for signs of life
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Go master Lee Se-dol wins a game against Google's AlphaGo program, after losing three in a row in a best-of-five competition
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Energy firm EDF says it remains "confident" the £18bn Hinkley Point nuclear power plant will go ahead despite uncertainties over its funding.
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A new forensic and biometrics service is planned by the Home Office, four years after it controversially shut its predecessor.
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All looks good for an on-time launch on Monday of the joint European and Russian ExoMars mission, which will try to track down the Red Planet's sources of methane.
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The Balearic shearwater will be extinct within 60 years, according to a new analysis.
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A new report suggests that a UK departure from the EU would leave Britain's environment "in a more vulnerable and uncertain position."
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An ocean-going drone will be helping to spot illegal fishing in the world's largest, continuous marine reserve.
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A newly discovered 250-million-year-old fossil reptile from Brazil gives an insight into life just before the dinosaurs appeared.
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Planting trees around rivers could reduce the height of flooding in towns by up to 20%, new research says.
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Some of Britain's leading scientists including Professor Stephen Hawking have called for a vote to remain in the European Union at the coming referendum.
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Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere increased more in past 12 months than at any time in the past 56 years.
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