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Europe's comet lander has again been in touch with Earth, making three short contacts on Sunday.
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A new campaign is asking us to give up meat for a day - claiming it is damaging both our health and that of the planet.
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British space scientist Professor Monica Grady gives her reaction to news that Esa's comet lander, Philae, has woken up and contacted Earth.
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Awakening could be one of space exploration's best good-luck stories
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The European Space Agency says its comet lander, Philae, has woken up and contacted Earth, seven months after it lost power.
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After her post was controversially axed, the former chief scientific advisor to the European Commission, Anne Glover, is made a Dame.
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The Bloodhound Super-Sonic Car is not going to get into the desert this year to break the world land speed record because of a delay in its rocket development programme.
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Does dumping fossil fuel investments make any sense?
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The long-range camera on Nasa's New Horizons probe reveals clear evidence of discrete bright and dark regions on the dwarf planet Pluto.
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Environment correspondent Helen Briggs assesses the progress being made towards a meaningful deal on climate change.
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Police are investigating after footage of 16 fox cubs held in a barn near to hunt kennels in North Yorkshire emerges.
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Three astronauts return from the International Space Station after their original departure was delayed by a month by a spacecraft failure.
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International talks in Bonn have made progress towards a new global deal on climate change, says the UN, amid calls from NGOs for a faster pace.
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Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has spent 200 days in space - here's what she got up to.
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The European Space Agency releases some pictures that may include its lost comet lander, Philae.
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Interim climate talks in Germany are entering their final hours amid concern from environmental groups that progress has been slow.
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A Nobel laureate resigns from his position as honorary professor at a UK university after making comments about the "trouble with girls" in science.
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Rhino poaching in Africa is on the rise with syndicates making millions at the expense of the endangered species and their horns.
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A look back at how astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has been engaging with her 545,000 Twitter followers whilst on the ISS.
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Goonhilly Earth Station is hosting a training course for future space mission controllers
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Three astronauts have begun their return to Earth from the International Space Station, one month after a rocket failure delayed an earlier attempt.
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The ability to digest milk appears to have become common only very recently in Europe, according to a new study.
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Politicians at a UN climate conference in Bonn, Germany are refusing to discuss whether their polices will actually protect the climate.
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The US space agency releases a new, higher-resolution picture of the brightest spots on the dwarf planet Ceres.
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RAF engineers complete the manufacture of the Bloodhound supersonic car's tailfin - one of the most safety-critical aerodynamic surfaces on the 1,000mph vehicle.
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A Nobel laureate apologises for offence caused by comments he made about the "trouble with girls" in science - but says he was being "honest".
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A military plane crash was probably caused by computer files being accidentally wiped from three of its engines, according to investigators.
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Across Europe puffins have been classified as at risk of extinction because of climate change and a lack of food.
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Science lecturer Connie St Louis describes the reaction from delegates as Nobel prize-winning scientist Sir Tim Hunt made chauvinist remarks at a conference.
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Scientists find evidence of "long term and recurrent" drinking of an alcoholic plant sap among chimpanzees in the wild.
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Researchers have discovered what appear to be the remnants of red blood cells and connective tissue in 75 million-year-old dinosaur fossils.
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A US storm chaser has captured footage of a large anti-cyclonic tornado swirling over fields in Colorado.
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Cities that actively promote physical activities enjoy increased economic activity and reduced healthcare and crime costs, research suggests.
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A fossilised skeleton of a meat-eating Jurassic dinosaur found on a south Wales beach is put on show for the first time.
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Hundreds of automated cameras capture day-to-day animal life in the Serengeti of Tanzania.
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A fossilised skeleton of a meat-eating Jurassic dinosaur found on a south Wales beach is revealed to the public.
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Tom Heap investigates as the former head of Greenpeace UK says it is "morally unacceptable" to reject genetically-modified food.
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Nasa has launched a helium balloon to test possible landing systems for future flights to Mars.
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Researchers identify a novel way to produce aviation fuel from sugarcane biomass that could deliver an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
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A Ugandan abattoir is turning polluting by-products into energy sources, as Catherine Byaruhanga reports.
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China's greenhouse gas emissions could start to decline within 10 years, says a London School of Economics report.
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Scientists are launching an investigation into antibiotic-resistant bacteria, known as "superbugs", by gathering data from surfers' rectums.
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Robots compete for a prize on a Pentagon obstacle course in Los Angeles where keeping upright seems a challenge in itself.
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South Korea's Team Kaist win the $2m prize for the fastest robot at the US Department of Defense's Darpa Robotics Challenge.
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