How Dung Beetles are a Cattle Farmers Best Friend

A sticking plaster that can record, analyse and monitor dysfunctional heartbeats

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More Evidence that Lucy Climbed Trees

The bones of hominin Lucy, show she may have walked upright, but she still climbed trees

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Do Martian Rocks Contain Signs of Life?

Are fossilised rock structures on Mars made by microbes?

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Europe’s Coldest Decade

Europe's coldest decade 1430-1440, which caused famine and hardship across the continent.

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Creatures of the Very Deep

Octopuses that live 4 kilometres beneath the sea surface have just been discovered.

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State of the Climate 2016

Science in Action concludes the year with a review of the highs and lows of climate 2016.

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Fast Radio Bursts

Pinpointing elusive radio waves from the edge of the Universe

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Huge Area of Peatland Found in Congo

A massive, environmentally important peatland has been discovered in northern Congo

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Ice Crack Will Shut Down Antarctic Base

Ice-sheet crack in Antarctica might threaten the safety of the Halley VI Ice Station

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Making Metallic Hydrogen

It’s taken 80 years, but metallic hydrogen has finally been made in the lab

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How Bird’s Beaks Evolved

Birds display an incredible diversity of beak shapes and sizes, but how did they evolve?

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Clueless about Martian Atmosphere

NASA’s Curiosity Rover still can’t unravel the mystery of water on early Mars

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Reduction in Arctic Ice

The sea ice in the Arctic should be increasing right now, but it's not - we ask why?

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7 Exoplanetary System Found

A system of 7 Earth-sized planets orbiting a nearby star have been discovered.

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Evidence of the Earliest Life on Earth

Microfossils that are 3.77 to 4.28 billion years old have been found in rocks in Canada

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Unravelling the Mysteries of the Lut Desert

The Lut Desert in Iran is the hottest place on Earth, yet there is water and life there

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Volcanic Hydrogen Redefines the Habitable Zone

Hydrogen from volcanoes may mean previously dismissed exoplanets are habitable

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Most Complicated Earthquake Ever Observed

Satellite data reveals the complexity of New Zealand’s November 2016 earthquake

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Martian Atmosphere Blew Away

Direct measurement of the Martian atmosphere shows it was lost in space due to solar wind

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When Britain First Ripped Away from Europe

Underwater geology reveals how 450,000 years ago Britain tore away from Europe

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Enceladus: Could this moon harbour life?

The Cassini spacecraft finds hydrogen on Saturn’s most famous moon

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How to Survive Without Air

The naked mole-rat shows off its breath taking super-powers

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The Earliest North Americans

Can a few broken bones and some rocks be evidence of North Americans 130,000 years ago?

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Counting Birds from Space

For the first time, individual albatrosses can be monitored from satellites

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A Strangely-Formed Exoplanet

Atmospheric elements in a distant exoplanet hints at an unusual planet formation

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African Astronomers Recycle Old Telecoms Dishes

Ghana’s first radio telescope, built from an old telecommunication dish, is up and running

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Giant Hurricanes at Jupiter’s Poles

Unprecedented insights into Jupiter’s atmosphere are provided by NASA’s Juno spacecraft.

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More Gravitational Waves Detected

Gravitational waves detected from two massive black holes colliding 3 billion years ago

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Oldest Homo Sapiens Found

A discovery of the oldest Homo sapiens remains shakes up ideas of human evolution

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The Quantum Space Age Takes Off

A Chinese satellite mission brings us one step closer to unbreakable encryption

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