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More than 150 people are reported killed after a major earthquake hits north-east Afghanistan and Pakistan, with many more injured.
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The Welsh island of Anglesey has wiped out grey squirrels
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Tributes are paid to the historian and biographer Lisa Jardine following her death at the age of 71 from cancer.
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Arctic sea-ice volume during the first two weeks of October was about 6,200 cubic km, according to the Cryosat spacecraft - tracking down from the high in 2013.
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BBC News NI's Conor Macauley joins a group of volunteers from Copeland Bird Observatory to record seals on the County Down coastline.
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Archive footage has been uncovered of a group of beavers being parachuted into wilderness in the US.
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Progress towards a deal on climate change at talks in Bonn is proving to be frustratingly elusive, says Matt McGath.
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An image of Kerberos, one of the two tiny moons of Pluto, arrives from Nasa's New Horizons probe.
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The BBC's Roger Harrabin explains how the climate change talks in Bonn work and who is there.
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An "extremely rare" half male, half female butterfly is found in Hertfordshire.
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Monkeys face an "evolutionary trade off" between a deep, impressive voice and producing lots of sperm, researchers discover.
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Plague has been a scourge on humanity for far longer than previously thought, samples of ancient DNA show.
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The Indian women who answer cat calls
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Negotiators meeting at UN climate talks in Germany say that questions over cash are the biggest barrier to a new global deal.
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Sir Tim Smit signs a contract to build an Eden project on the east coast of China.
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US scientists perform a macabre set of experiments to bolster their controversial argument that fist fights shaped the human hand.
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Scientists say a new species of giant tortoise has been discovered on the Galapagos Islands off Ecuador.
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A new study adds crocodiles to the list of animals that apparently sleep with one brain hemisphere at a time.
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Scientists say they have identified a new species of giant tortoise on the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific.
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A team from Delft University in the Netherlands has won a 3,000km (1,800 mile) solar car race in the Australian outback.
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A leading expert tells the BBC that rapid rates of warming will see permafrost in parts of Alaska start to thaw by 2070.
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Environment correspondent Matt McGrath explores a US Army tunnel through permafrost in Alaska.
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The Cuban government, working with a US environmental group, announces a long-term plan to protect shark populations swimming in its waters.
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The robot rover that Europe is building to send to Mars is likely to be targeted at an equatorial region known as Oxia Planum.
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EDF Energy reaches an agreement with China's CGN for a new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point in Somerset.
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Volunteers have mapped the UK coastline to identify the damage by industrial development.
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At MIT's Media Lab, scientists are working to discover the fabrics and material that will influence the future.
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A foal born as a result of IVF could be the first in a new lifeline for rare, traditional British breeds that are on the verge of disappearing.
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A drug-resistant malaria parasite that is spreading across South East Asia can also infect different mosquito species in Africa, laboratory experiments show.
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Scientists discover a layer of very well-organised fat molecules on the belly scales of snakes, which reduce friction and could be the key to safe slithering.
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Questions surround a Russian military satellite that manoeuvred close to two US ones but experts say the risk of collision is tiny.
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An entomologist who discovered a species of moth is auctioning the right to give it an official name, on eBay.
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Japan acknowledges that a worker involved in clean-up work at Fukushima may have developed cancer as a result.
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Nigel, Rhonda, Wendy and Steve are among the names chosen by the public to help identify future UK storms, the Met Office announces.
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The ancestors of today's dogs were domesticated in Central Asia, according to the most comprehensive genetic survey yet.
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One of the richest food baskets in the world is in jeopardy because of sand mining, rising sea water levels and dam building, the BBC's Navin Singh Khadka reports
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Having more than 11 moles on one arm could be an indication of a higher risk of skin cancer or melanoma, research suggests.
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The UK government's cuts in support for renewable energy are criticised by the UN's chief environment scientist, Prof Jacquie McGlade.
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Epic quest to reach the loneliest place on the Arctic ice
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Policy and business leaders use a major food conference to highlight the need for more women in the global agriculture sector.
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A US jury orders technology giant Apple to pay more than $234m in damages for patent infringement to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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The US announces new curbs on oil and gas exploration off Alaska's northern coast, after Shell stopped its Arctic operation there.
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The European and Russian space agencies are to send the first spacecraft to land near the south pole of the Moon, to lay the groundwork for a possible permanent settlement.
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Dr James Carpenter of the European Space Agency explains why an unexplored area of the moon may be rich in resources for a human colony.
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Ecologist Margaret Couvillon explains how she discovered that honeybees were hooked on caffeine.
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