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Scientists in South Korea develop a tiny robot - based on the water strider insect - that can jump on water
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People who spend time watching fish swim in aquarium tanks could improve their physical and mental wellbeing, a study shows.
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President Obama has signed an executive order calling for the US to build the world's fastest computer by 2025.
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The virulent Xylella disease ravaging olive trees in Italy spreads to Corsica, prompting emergency measures.
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Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds are set to return to the site where they were originally created to mark the show's 50th anniversary.
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A fly thought to be extinct in the UK is found in a Devon nature reserve.
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An aurora has been spotted around a brown dwarf more than 18 light years away, scientists report.
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A new report says that highly valuable forests are being lost at an "unprecedented" rate from protected lands in Cambodia.
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Scientists apply the paper art of kirigami to slice graphene, the world's thinnest material.
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More than 1,000 tech experts, scientists and researchers have written a letter warning about the dangers of autonomous weapons.
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A professional hunter accused of helping a US tourist kill Zimbabwe's most famous lion is released on $1,000 bail by a court.
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People in North Berwick are asked to look out for stray pufflings after two are found hiding in the coastal town.
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One of the last five Northern White Rhino left in the world has died.
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New research reveals the key to the serrated tooth structure that made carnivorous theropod dinosaurs such successful predators.
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A community of chimpanzees in Uganda is increasingly eating clay to boost their mineral intake, research suggests.
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In a new study, physicists reveal how ants co-operate to carry huge chunks of food back to their nests.
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More than 1,000 scientists, including Stephen Hawking, have called for a ban on developing artificial intelligence for military use and to build robotic weapons.
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Investigators have said a Virgin Galactic spaceship crash was caused by structural failure after the co-pilot unlocked a braking system early.
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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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