Third of EU emissions ‘imported’

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Research shows some EU countries “import” about a third of their carbon emissions from developing countries.

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Skynet satellite system extended

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Skynet 5, the UK’s single biggest space project, is to get a fourth satellite to up the bandwidth available to British forces.

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Lords in science investment call

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Former Labour and Conservative science ministers challenge the next UK government to maintain investment in science.

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Superweed predator to be released

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A plant-eating predator that preys on aggressive superweed Japanese knotweed is to be given a trial release in England.

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Tory review urges science boost

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A Tory-backed report urges incentives for schools and tax breaks for researchers to raise the profile of science.

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Probe may have found cosmic dust

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Scientists may have identified the first specks of interstellar dust in material collected by the Nasa Stardust spacecraft.

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‘Case stronger’ on climate change

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The UK Met Office says evidence that human activity is causing climate change is stronger now than in a 2007 assessment.

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Panel confirms dino crater link

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An international panel of experts has strongly endorsed the idea that an asteroid impact was responsible for killing off the dinosaurs.

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Promise made on UK physics woes

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The government is promising to put in place measures to protect the future funding of physics and astronomy in the UK.

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Deep sea fish ‘eat their greens’

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Fish are seen eating plants that have sunk to the seafloor, changing our understanding of ocean food webs.

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Dinosaur’s oldest relative found

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Scientists have discovered a dinosaur-like creature 10 million years older than the earliest known dinosaurs.

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Gut microbes hold ’second genome’

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There are more genes in the microbial flora in our gut than in the rest of our bodies, scientists report.

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Clues to Antarctica space blast

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A large space rock may have exploded over Antarctica thousands of years ago, according to new research.

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GM potato cleared for EU farming

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The European Commission clears a genetically modified potato for cultivation in the EU – only the second GM product allowed.

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