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In a world first, the US Food and Drug Administration has given go-ahead for a 3D printed pill to go into production.
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The UK government welcomes President Obama's plan to cut greenhouse gases and boost clean power.
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Milton Nkosi takes a helicopter ride to witness the latest volcanic eruption by the Piton de la Fournaise, or 'Peak of the Furnace' on Reunion Island.
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US President Barack Obama unveils what he calls "the biggest, most important step we have ever taken" in tackling climate change.
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One of the oldest-known complex organisms had a surprising complicated sex life, scientists report.
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Zimbabwe says it is seeking a second American over the illegal killing of a lion, as the outcry over the death of famed animal Cecil continues.
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Images of endangered animals are flashed across the Empire State Building in New York to highlight the issue of potential mass extinction.
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An online poll is launched by the Royal Society of Biology to find the UK's favourite insect.
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A man in East Texas is wounded after a bullet he fired at an armadillo ricocheted and hit him, the local sheriff says.
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There has been a rare opportunity to witness a unique lunar event in the night sky; a so-called "blue moon".
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President Obama's clean power plan is likely to be delayed by 2 years but is also expected to push renewable energy.
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Researchers have revealed that the Earth's magnetic field is 550 million years older than previously believed.
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It's been a long time coming, but Nasa is now at the business end of building its giant successor to the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Mark Clampin from Nasa explains how the James Webb Space Telescope will help us to see even deeper into the Universe.
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The first waves have peeled across an artificial surf lagoon built on the site of an old aluminium works on the edge of the Snowdonia National Park.
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The AA joins green groups in warning that recent changes in energy policy will harm the climate.
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The social network Facebook announces it has built its own drone to bring internet connectivity to remote parts of the world.
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Past space missions that have changed our understanding
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The spacecraft which made a spectacular landing on a comet last year has discovered a rich array of carbon compounds.
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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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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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