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Investigators say a fatal Virgin Galactic spaceship crash last year was caused by structural failure after the co-pilot unlocked a braking system early.
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A human tooth dating to around 565,000 years ago has been found by a 16-year-old volunteer in France.
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Scientists identify the remains of four English men who were among the early leaders of Virginia's Jamestown settlement - the first successful British colony.
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A kite chick in Gloucestershire which broke its beak after growing too big inside its egg, undergoes reconstructive surgery.
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Archaeologists believe they may have found the remains of a house where people who built Avebury stone circle may have lived.
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Europe's Sentinel-2a satellite, which will "carpet map" the Earth's land surface day-in, day-out, is on course to go into full operation in early or mid-October.
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A Pictish fort uncovered during an archaeological dig on the Aberdeenshire coast is believed to be Scotland's oldest.
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Why conservationists in the Scottish Highlands are chasing the UK's most threatened breeding duck.
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Why do we like to believe that dinosaurs were scaly?
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Emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O) from agriculture in some locations are underestimated by 40% according to new research.
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A UK citizen science project to study when and where different orchids bloom has already revealed 200 new flowering locations for particular species.
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It's the dwarf planet that keeps on giving. Now Newsround has compiled all the pictures of Pluto so far into one manageable minute.
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Hard work saves Spanish lynx from extinction
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Pluto would appear to have glaciers of nitrogen ice, the latest pictures from the New Horizons probe suggest.
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A new system that contains the explosion of bombs smuggled onto aircraft has been successfully tested.
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Engineers and physicists have discovered a property of silicon which could aid the development of faster computers.
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Searching for alien life with a telescope down under
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The number of single-use plastic bags handed out by UK supermarkets increases for the fifth year, rising to 8.5 billion.
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Scientists find the first ever four-legged snake, which lived at the time of the dinosaurs and probably dug burrows.
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The energy and climate change secretary faced accusations of "grotesque hypocrisy" as she outlined the government's plan to tackle climate change.
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Trying to predict the South Asian monsoon by studying the ocean
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The government has temporarily lifted a ban on neonicotinoid pesticides in certain parts of the country.
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A 4,000 year-old Bronze Age skeleton, believed to be that of a child, is unearthed by archaeologists at a dig in Wiltshire.
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A haul of planets from Nasa's Kepler telescope includes a world sharing many characteristics with Earth.
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Engineers have successfully tested a mobile bridge based on origami that could be deployed in disaster zones.
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Astronauts from Russia, the US and Japan have successfully docked at the International Space Station.
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Three wildcat kittens bred at a wildlife park in Scotland emerge from their den for the first time since birth.
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Families need an annual household income of at least £45,000 to be able to enjoy the natural beauty of their environment.
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Astronauts from Russia, the US and Japan successfully dock at the International Space Station, on a flight postponed since April.
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Scientists work out how boa constrictors kill their prey, busting the myth that the snakes suffocate their victims.
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A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying three crew members to the International Space Station blasts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Scientists come up with an improved method for building tiny 3D structures out of strands of DNA.
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New research suggests that the impact of fracking and shale gas in reducing US carbon emissions has been overstated.
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MPs accuse the government of denying them a say over planned cuts to solar subsidies, with an announcement coming a day after the summer recess began.
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Two separate genetic analyses have found evidence for a surprising genetic link between the native populations of the Americas and Oceania.
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The latest images from Nasa's New Horizons probe reveal another mountain range on Pluto.
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Subsidies for many new solar farms are to end under plans being published by the government.
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More than 20 people with Clostridium difficile have been saved in the West Midlands by being fed liquid faeces.
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Much-loved birds including curlews and cuckoos are under a growing threat from climate change in England.
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A new study unpicks how the skin of the Texas horned lizard funnels water towards its mouth, and unveils a plastic replica that uses the same principles.
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A university is in "exploratory discussions" on plans to build the world's deepest swimming pool for spaceflight and human endurance research.
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A "near miss" between a passenger jet and a drone has prompted a warning about using the hobby aircraft safely.
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A new, full snapshot of our planet has been captured by a Nasa satellite.
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The US National Air and Space Museum has turned to crowdfunding to conserve the spacesuit Neil Armstrong wore on the Moon.
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Growing emissions from the burning of fossil fuels are threatening the effectiveness of radiocarbon dating say scientists.
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Cathy Lewis, space suit curator at the Air and Space Museum in Washington, explains why a campaign is under way to raise $500,000 to help safeguard the spacesuit worn by Neil Armstrong.
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Researchers say the Arctic is highly sensitive to changes in summer temperatures as ice rebound continued through 2014.
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The beautiful creatures with a deadly streak
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