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Nasa confirms that its Dawn probe has gone into orbit around Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
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Archaeologists and officials express outrage about the reported bulldozing of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in Iraq by Islamic State (IS) militants.
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The US space agency's Dawn probe is set to go into orbit around Ceres. What will it find there?
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Why the Sun Tracer could be the greenest way to heat water in your home.
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The team scouring the ocean floor to find MH370
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US researchers build tiny electronic scaffolds using a new technique aimed at merging biology with electronics.
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Science is being squeezed out of English primary schools, with a third not providing the recommended two hours of teaching a week, research suggests.
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Genetic influences on autism are estimated to be between 74-98%, a Medical Research Council study of 258 twins suggests.
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DNA samples reveal two species of forest-dwelling birds on remote Indonesian islands are actually members of the ground-dwelling pipit and wagtail family.
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Bumblebees in the wild are infected with many diseases found in honeybees kept by bee keepers, according to a national survey.
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People affected by river flooding worldwide could triple by 2030, with climate change and population growth the main factors, says a new report.
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The effort to build a synchrotron - a large accelerator that generates X-rays for research - in Africa is gaining momentum, a US conference hears.
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Talking Movies' Tom Brook meets the director of the documentary How to Change the World - a film which focuses on the early days of Greenpeace.
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The greatest threat to China's wild elephants is no longer poaching but habitat destruction.
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Scientists working in Ethiopia have uncovered a jawbone fossil which may push the origin of humans back 400,000 years.
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Prince William condemns illegal wildlife trading in a speech on the final day of his tour of China.
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The hot topic at a major US conference is materials that can be designed with surprising properties, from programmable rubber to springy ceramics.
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Prince William condemns illegal wildlife trading and calls for more international help in a speech on the final day of his tour of China.
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The government's financial management of London's Kew Gardens is "a recipe for failure", MPs warn.
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Wild bumblebees are infected with many of the diseases found in honeybees looked after by bee keepers, according to a national survey.
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The Energy and Climate Change Committee has warned that a government scheme to keep the lights on could lead to unnecessarily high energy costs.
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The government's financial management of Kew Gardens is a "recipe for failure", a Select Committee report warns.
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Scientists work out the body mass of the superb Stegosaurus specimen recently put on display at London's Natural History Museum.
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The Villarrica volcano in southern Chile has erupted, spewing ash and lava up to 1,000m (3,300ft) into the air.
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The amateur photographer who took a picture of a weasel on the back of a woodpecker mid-flight says it is "almost a dream".
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Wildlife expert and BBC presenter Lucy Cooke explains what an extraordinary feat it was to have captured a weasel riding on the back of a green woodpecker.
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Physicists have detected a version of the Higgs Boson in a superconductor, but say this cannot substitute for the work of the LHC.
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Six aerodromes remain on the list to become the UK's first commercial spaceport.
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Researchers in China produce a herd of genetically engineered cows that are better able to ward off bovine TB.
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The Rosetta satellite sees its own shadow in the highest resolution image it has so far taken of Comet 67P.
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Drinking a few cups of coffee a day may help people avoid clogged arteries - a known risk factor for heart disease - South Korean researchers believe.
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As Nasa's Dawn satellite prepares to enter into orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres, scientists say they are excited to learn more about the two bright spots on its surface.
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DNA analysis has revealed evidence for a massive migration into the heartland of Europe 4,500 years ago.
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Plans to generate electricity from the world's first series of tidal lagoons are unveiled in the UK, with sites proposed in Wales, Somerset and Cumbria.
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Good progress is being made on construction of the world's fastest car - the Bloodhound supersonic vehicle, which aims to run at over 1,000mph.
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US rocket company SpaceX performs a dual-launch of all-electric satellites - what is expected to become a big trend in future spacecraft design and deployment.
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Scientists say climate change will lead to a shift in the timing of when trees come into leaf in British woodlands.
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Staff are hoping two Sumatran orangutans will find new mothers at Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre in Dorset.
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The BBC's Roger Harrabin has been to the site of one of six tidal lagoons planned in the UK to see how it would work.
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Google flew one of its Street View cameras down a zip wire in the Amazon rainforest to capture new images of the forest canopies.
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The Svalbard "Doomsday" seed vault, which protects the world's food crops, accepts its first consignment of seeds from forest tree species.
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The hybrid animal causing havoc in the Grand Canyon
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Two American astronauts have ventured out on a spacewalk for the third time in a week, to install cables on the International Space Station.
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UK industry completes construction of the modules that make up the Lisa Pathfinder satellite - a remarkable probe that will test the key technologies needed to detect gravitational waves in space.
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Scientists at Plymouth University play improvised pieces of music with the help of slime mould.
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Fragments of wheat DNA suggest wheat was present in Britain 8,000 years ago, long before it was grown by British farmers.