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Environment Agency chairman Sir Philip Dilley, who faced criticism during the recent floods, resigns.
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A mountain lion killed in the US state of Idaho had a set of fully-formed teeth growing out of its forehead, wildlife officials say.
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Scientists make microscopic 3D maps of the tracks carved by comet dust when a Nasa spacecraft collected samples in blocks of gel.
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What can be learned from preparing for a medical emergency in space?
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The growth in number of seal pup births on a public beach in Norfolk is described as "spectacular".
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By measuring the age of 70,000 stars across the Milky Way, astronomers make a "growth chart" for our galaxy.
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Fracking firms exploring for shale gas are to be allowed to sink boreholes and set off explosive charges without planning permission.
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The evidence suggesting we have entered a new geological epoch defined by humanity's impact on the Earth is now overwhelming, believes an international scientific panel.
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Astronomer Feryal Ozel speaks to the BBC's Jonathan Webb about the Event Horizon Telescope.
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Sandringham School in St Albans makes a small piece of history by making the first amateur radio call from the UK to a British astronaut on the space station.
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Scientists at Newcastle University fit tiny 3D glasses on praying mantises in experiments which could help visual perception in robots.
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A global network of nine radio telescopes is set to take the first ever picture of a black hole's event horizon in 2017.
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Bacteria recovered from Oetzi the Iceman shed light on his health and also human history, scientists report.
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The late French explorer Jacques Cousteau's famous ship, Calypso, will sail again following renovation work, its owners reveal.
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We may owe our ability to fight disease to our extinct relatives - the Neanderthals and Denisovans.
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Farmers in Cumbria have been hard hit by the floods, including one who watched his flock drown.
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British researchers use diamonds to compress hydrogen very close to the conditions where it ought to start behaving like a metal.
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A plan to pay farmers in England for allowing their land to be flooded, in a bid to protect towns downstream, is to be considered by the government.
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Will refugee crisis hurt Sweden's green energy plans?
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Two astronomers argue that ancient, dense clusters of stars at the fringe of the Milky Way are a good bet in the search for alien intelligence.
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Researchers identify dozens of fast-moving stars in the Milky Way by combing the galaxy for the curved waves of material they plough before them.
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2015 was a momentous year for space exploration, with high-profile missions to Pluto and Ceres giving us unprecedented images.
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Wild monitor lizards in Australia have been trained not to eat toxic cane toads, scientists report.
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Astronomers spy two huge waves of gas being "burped" by the black hole at the heart of a nearby galaxy.
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A woman who has gradually been losing her sight for years has been describing the joys of being able to see again after being fitted with a bionic eye.
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A lighthouse is "perilously close" to falling into the sea after being exposed by coastal erosion, a charity warns.
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Tim Peake is to carry out the first ever spacewalk by a British astronaut, Nasa has confirmed.
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Increasing yields produced in UK fields and using the spare farmland to plant trees and restore wetlands could greatly reduce emissions, says a study.
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December was the wettest and warmest month on record - but the Met Office says this sort of extreme weather 'won’t become the new normal for decades'.
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December 2015 was a double record-breaking month according to figures from the Met Office.
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First real test for Delhi car rationing plan
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Four chemical elements have been formally added to the periodic table, completing the scheme's seventh row.
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The threat posed by the development of rice and palm oil plantations to mangroves in South-East Asia has been underestimated, a study suggests.
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The government is to create a marine reserve almost as big as the UK in the Atlantic waters of Ascension Island.
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A goat and tiger live in the same enclosure at a Russian safari park but how long can it last?
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The pull of gravity on a distant star can now be measured more accurately, shedding light on other worlds, say astronomers.
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The number of pups born at England's largest seal colony drops for the first time after nine years of rapid growth.
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US researchers design a "molten glass sewing machine" by combining 3D printing of glass with a mathematical model of the looping liquid threads.
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British astronaut Tim Peake delivers a New Year message from the International Space Station.
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Long-standing weather records have been smashed by a stormy, yet warm December, the Met Office's early figures suggest.
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Africa's rhino population could face extinction within 10 years, animal welfare experts warn.
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Nasa warns that the effects of the current El Nino weather phenomenon could be as bad as that of 1998, the strongest on record.
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Clive Coleman investigates the statutes that have their origins in the Cold War space race.
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Ten of millions of people will face hunger, water shortages and disease in 2016 as the impacts of a powerful El Nino linger into 2016.
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The possibilities exciting our science team in the coming year
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Files released by the National Archives shed light on how prime ministers viewed an official souvenir of moon dust that was given to the country by the US.
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