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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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Environment correspondent Matt McGrath explores a US Army tunnel through permafrost in Alaska.
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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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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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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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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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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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Leaders of ten of the world's biggest oil companies have offered their qualified support for a new global climate treaty.
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The Australian government gives its approval for one of the world's biggest coal mines to be built by Indian company Adani in Queensland.
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