The Best Science of 2017

Roland looks back through some of the best science stories of 2017

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The Galaxy's Most Peculiar Flickering Star

Oddly flickering Tabby’s star not caused by alien technology, but more likely to be dust

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Oil Spill in East China Sea

The potential environmental disaster of the oil tanker accident in the East China Sea

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African Swine Fever

The viral African swine fever is spreading through Europe, threatening pork production

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The Earliest Modern Humans Outside Africa

The earliest Early Modern Human (Homo sapiens) fossil found outside Africa

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The Birth of Space Science

60 years ago, the pioneering US Explorer 1 satellite launched the age of space science

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The Secrets of Hummingbird Flight Revealed

Slow motion videos of hundreds of hummingbirds reveal their remarkable manoeuvrability

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Reversing Systemic Bias Against Women Scientists in the Media

Addressing the bias against women quoted in popular science articles

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Will Cape Town Run Out of Water?

Cape Town is warning that taps will be turned off in July if rains don’t come soon

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Cold Winter, Warm Climate

A warming Arctic is causing extremely cold winters in North America and Western Europe

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Russia’s New Nuclear Age

How credible is Putin’s claim that Russia has developed a nuclear-powered cruise missile?

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Physicist Stephen Hawking (1942 - 2018)

Celebrating Cosmologist Stephen Hawking’s work

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Can Science Save the Northern White Rhino?

IVF and stem cell treatments could help save the northern white rhino. Only two remain.

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The Rise of Novichok Agents

A history of chemical weapons and the rise of novichok agents

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Tracing the Novichok Trail

How scientists are tracing the novichok trail in the UK using “hotzone” forensics

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New Planet Hunting Mission

NASA's new planet hunting mission is about to launch

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Smelly Socks in Malaria Fight

Kenyan childrens’ socks give clues to mosquito biting

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Geothermal Activity and Earthquakes

Could a geothermal project have caused an earthquake in South Korea?

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The ‘Greatest Glasshouse’ in the World

Re-opening of Kew glasshouse provides a home for thousands of endangered plants.

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Origin of Deadly Amphibian Fungus Found

Traced to the Korean peninsula and spread by trade, over 700 species have been infected

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Human Activity Threatens Conservation

Human activity threatens conservation through roads, urbanisation and grazing

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New Pill To Monitor Your Gut

A new device has been developed to detect processes inside your gut in real-time

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The Dunes of Pluto

There are dunes on Pluto, but they are grains of frozen methane, not sand

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Selling Dinosaurs to Private Collectors

Does the science of palaeontology suffer when dinosaur fossils are sold privately?

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Antarctic Ice Melt and Sea Level Rise

The rate of sea level rise from melting ice sheets in Antarctica has trebled

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Hazard Mapping the Guatemalan Volcano

Understanding the risks and hazards of volcanic eruptions

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Japanese Space Mission Hayabusa 2 Reaches Asteroid

Japanese space mission Hayabusa 2 successfully reaches boulder strewn asteroid - Ryugu

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Bringing Back the Northern White Rhino

Scientists create hybrid embryos of extremely rare northern white rhino

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New Neutrino Source Found

Flaring blazar is a new astrophysical source of nature’s ghost particles

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Heatwaves and Droughts

How the current Northern hemisphere heatwaves and droughts link to global warming

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