Arctic vault safeguards seeds from extinction

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Some 2 100km into the Arctic Circle and just 1 050km from the North Pole lies the world?s most important freezer.

Amelia Earhart may have died as a castaway

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Parts of a skeleton washed up on a Pacific beach are believed to be that of the famous pilot.

Abandon planet, save yourself

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Esteemed environment professor, James Lovelock, says it may be time for humans to stop trying to save the earth.

Nasa detects ‘water vapour plumes’ on Jupiter’s moon

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Using the Hubble telescope researchers believe they have identified water plumes on the icy surface of Jupiter’s Europa moon.

Legal ivory talks scrapped

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Ten years of talks about legalising ivory trade have been scrapped over concerns for future of elephants

No, Nasa is not changing your horoscope

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A Cosmopolitan article this past week sparked fears that Nasa would somehow changethe star signs

Human head transplant possible next year

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Scientists are confident of performing a successful head transplant after a series of animal experiments.

United struggle is a drama, not a crisis

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Sir Alex Ferguson has spent a considerable amount of time telling his successors not to panic. He was on a golf course on one of the occasions he and Louis van Gaal ...

Researchers witness birth of planet

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Researchers in Chile have found signs of a planet being born around a star.

Breakthrough could let men have babies, without women

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New research into reproduction overthrows the idea that women are needed to create babies.

Moon could create earthquakes on Earth

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The Moon’s gravitational pull may be putting stress on fault lines on Earth according to new research.

Planet Nine could destroy our solar system

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A mysterious planet hovering at the edge of the Sun could prove the Earth’s undoing, say scientists.

Climate change increases war risk

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Researchers says that extreme weather changes will increase the risk of wars breaking out around the world.

3D map of universe to uncover mysteries

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Hundreds of scientists have made the biggest ever 3D map of the universe in an effort to unravel its sevrets.

Juno sends back first Jupiter photo

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The first spacecraft to arrive at Jupiter has sent back images from its pioneering journey.

Solar panels thinner than hair

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South Korean researchers have developed flexible solar panels 100 times thinner than a human hair.

500-year-old ship found full of gold coins

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An old Portuguese ship has been unearthed in the Namibian desert and is full of gold.

Black holes may not be ‘eternal prisons’

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Professor Stephen Hawking says things my fall through black holes into alternative universes.

More room on the International Space Station

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Nasa has inflated a new room on the ISS which adds a bedroom-sized space to the station.

Stunning silver snake discovery

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Scientists have found a new silver snake species in the Bahamas but they fear it is already critically endangered.

Jupiter’s moon could support life - Nasa

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Jupiter’s moon Europa may have the right mix of chemicals to support life, say Nasa scientists.

Valkyria Chronicles: not to be missed game

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One of Sega’s last great games arrives on PS4 with a mjor makeover.

Journal slated over low-salt diet study

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LONDON: The prestigious medical journal The Lancet has been attacked for publishing an academic paper that claimed eating too little salt could increase the chance ...

‘Klopp makes us believe in the impossible’

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Adam Lallana is detailing how Jurgen Klopp makes players believe the impossible can happen when a shadow cuts across the Melwood interview room and everyone present ...

Schoolboy finds Mayan city. Or does he?

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Sceptics say the find by the 15-year-old is not an ancient city but an old corn field.