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Scientists are hoping to digitally preserve the world's most important heritage sites.
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An atomic-scale fingerprint could boost the security of connected devices, according to the British scientists who have developed it.
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Energy Secretary says the government remains committed to meeting renewable energy targets set by the EU following controversy over a leaked letter suggesting a shortfall.
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The SeaWorld theme park in the US state of California is to phase out public displays by killer whales, its chief executive says, following public outcry.
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A world-famous animal theme park is planning to phase out its killer whale displays, following years of pressure from campaigners.
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Energy Secretary Amber Rudd is accused by Labour of misleading MPs about meeting mandatory EU energy targets on renewable power.
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An international team of architects and scientists have observed "thermal anomalies" at the pyramids of Giza, Egyptian officials say.
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An increasingly warped sense of humour could be an early warning sign of impending dementia, say experts.
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A new model of the Moon's formation suggests it developed in two stages, leading to inner and outer layers with different compositions.
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Russia should be suspended from athletics competition, a World Anti-Doping Agency commission report recommends.
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The government's energy policy changes since the general election are likely to increase CO2 emissions, according to analysis by BBC News.
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Two possible cryo-volcanoes are identified on the surface of Pluto - huge mountains with a hole in the top that may spew a slurry of ices.
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The test model for what will become the "back end" of the Orion spaceship is sent from Europe to the US for evaluation.
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The winners of science and maths prizes worth $22m have been announced at a glittering ceremony in Silicon Valley.
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Global temperatures are set to rise more than 1C above pre-industrial levels in 2015, according to the UK's Met Office.
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The IAAF will on Monday learn the findings of an independent report into claims of doping cover-ups in Russian athletics.
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An ancient pear tree due to be chopped down to make way for the HS2 high-speed rail line is voted the best in England.
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US President Barack Obama rejects an application to build the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada because it will not help the economy, he says.
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The environmental pressure group Greenpeace says its charitable registration to operate in India has been revoked.
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Does the smiling face of Layla Richards mark a new era in genetic medicine that could change all our lives?
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British astronaut Tim Peake says he hopes his mission to the space station will generate excitement similar to that seen during the Apollo Moon missions.
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Timelapse footage has emerged showing a huge shelf rolling onto mainland Australia from the sea. Courtesy Sarah Estela.
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In December history will be made when Tim Peake becomes the first official, government backed, British astronaut to go to the International Space Station.
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The BBC's Nick Higham meets Steve Silverman, the winner of this year's Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction.
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Nasa's Maven satellite records how the upper atmosphere at Mars is being removed through its interactions with the Sun.
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The first person in the world to receive a pioneering genetic therapy has shown a remarkable reversal of her cancer.
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Scientists unearth a haul of reptile and amphibian fossils in Brazil, dating from 278 million years ago when the continents were joined.
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Photographers trying to capture stags clashing antlers during rutting season could be threatening the herd's future in a London park, wardens warn.
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Remarkable high-definition images of the sun taken by Nasa's space-based telescope, the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) have been released.
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A man has died with cancerous growths of mutated parasitic worm tissue growing in his organs, doctors report.
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Physicists have shed new light on one of the greatest mysteries in science: Why the Universe consists primarily of matter and not antimatter.
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The UK plutonium stockpile at Sellafield represents "thousands of years of energy in the bank" says a leading scientist.
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Ornithologists ask the public to help survey garden goldfinches, in an effort to work out if feeding is driving up the birds' population.
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Ornithologists ask the public to help survey garden goldfinches, in an effort to work out if feeding is driving up the birds' population.
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Honeybees that were once the stuff of legend among bee enthusiasts are playing a key role in a fight against diseases fatal to the insects.
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Scientists in Japan have developed a type of glass that 's harder than some metals.
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A debate is unfolding about the finding, published in February, that chimpanzees can adapt their grunts to communicate with new neighbours.
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Professional footballers have worryingly poor teeth that could be affecting their performance on the pitch, say dentists.
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Cockroaches are usually associated with dirt and disease, but they are inspiring the design of new robots, prosthetic limbs and antibiotics.
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As the International Space Station celebrates 15 years of astronauts living on board, Chris Hadfield tells the BBC what life is like.
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The International Space Station is marking the 15th anniversary of humans being on board.
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Ten long-finned pilot whales are found stranded on a beach in Calais, with three surviving and returning to sea.
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BAE Systems buys a 20% stake in a company developing a radical engine that could propel aircraft into space.
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An "extremely well preserved" family burial vault is discovered "accidentally" at Gloucester Cathedral.
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A dig in Jersey yields a stash of hunter-gatherer artefacts, including engraved stones which may pre-date all known ancient art in the British Isles.
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There is concern that England's only wild beavers have disappeared.
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An asteroid called TB145 will pass within a few hundred thousand kilometres of the earth.
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