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Scientists are hoping to digitally preserve the world's most important heritage sites.

An atomic-scale fingerprint could boost the security of connected devices, according to the British scientists who have developed it.

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.

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.

A world-famous animal theme park is planning to phase out its killer whale displays, following years of pressure from campaigners.

Energy Secretary Amber Rudd is accused by Labour of misleading MPs about meeting mandatory EU energy targets on renewable power.

An international team of architects and scientists have observed "thermal anomalies" at the pyramids of Giza, Egyptian officials say.

An increasingly warped sense of humour could be an early warning sign of impending dementia, say experts.

A new model of the Moon's formation suggests it developed in two stages, leading to inner and outer layers with different compositions.

Russia should be suspended from athletics competition, a World Anti-Doping Agency commission report recommends.

The government's energy policy changes since the general election are likely to increase CO2 emissions, according to analysis by BBC News.

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.

The test model for what will become the "back end" of the Orion spaceship is sent from Europe to the US for evaluation.

The winners of science and maths prizes worth $22m have been announced at a glittering ceremony in Silicon Valley.

What happened to travelling by hovercraft?

Global temperatures are set to rise more than 1C above pre-industrial levels in 2015, according to the UK's Met Office.

The IAAF will on Monday learn the findings of an independent report into claims of doping cover-ups in Russian athletics.

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.

US President Barack Obama rejects an application to build the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada because it will not help the economy, he says.

How a plane crash is investigated

The environmental pressure group Greenpeace says its charitable registration to operate in India has been revoked.

Does the smiling face of Layla Richards mark a new era in genetic medicine that could change all our lives?

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.

Timelapse footage has emerged showing a huge shelf rolling onto mainland Australia from the sea. Courtesy Sarah Estela.

In December history will be made when Tim Peake becomes the first official, government backed, British astronaut to go to the International Space Station.

The BBC's Nick Higham meets Steve Silverman, the winner of this year's Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction.

Nasa's Maven satellite records how the upper atmosphere at Mars is being removed through its interactions with the Sun.

The first person in the world to receive a pioneering genetic therapy has shown a remarkable reversal of her cancer.

Scientists unearth a haul of reptile and amphibian fossils in Brazil, dating from 278 million years ago when the continents were joined.

Photographers trying to capture stags clashing antlers during rutting season could be threatening the herd's future in a London park, wardens warn.

Remarkable high-definition images of the sun taken by Nasa's space-based telescope, the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) have been released.

A man has died with cancerous growths of mutated parasitic worm tissue growing in his organs, doctors report.

Physicists have shed new light on one of the greatest mysteries in science: Why the Universe consists primarily of matter and not antimatter.

The UK plutonium stockpile at Sellafield represents "thousands of years of energy in the bank" says a leading scientist.

Ornithologists ask the public to help survey garden goldfinches, in an effort to work out if feeding is driving up the birds' population.

Ornithologists ask the public to help survey garden goldfinches, in an effort to work out if feeding is driving up the birds' population.

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.

Scientists in Japan have developed a type of glass that 's harder than some metals.

A debate is unfolding about the finding, published in February, that chimpanzees can adapt their grunts to communicate with new neighbours.

Professional footballers have worryingly poor teeth that could be affecting their performance on the pitch, say dentists.

Cockroaches are usually associated with dirt and disease, but they are inspiring the design of new robots, prosthetic limbs and antibiotics.

As the International Space Station celebrates 15 years of astronauts living on board, Chris Hadfield tells the BBC what life is like.

The International Space Station is marking the 15th anniversary of humans being on board.

Ten long-finned pilot whales are found stranded on a beach in Calais, with three surviving and returning to sea.

BAE Systems buys a 20% stake in a company developing a radical engine that could propel aircraft into space.

An "extremely well preserved" family burial vault is discovered "accidentally" at Gloucester Cathedral.

Why don't people see the yeti any more?

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.

There is concern that England's only wild beavers have disappeared.

An asteroid called TB145 will pass within a few hundred thousand kilometres of the earth.