Ancient reef uncovered in Pacific

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An ancient reef may provide scientists with clues about what will happen to coral when sea temperatures rise.

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Clue to ancient Antarctic seaway

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Scientists have found evidence for an ancient sea passage linking currently isolated areas of Antarctica.

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Turbine swarms go with the flow

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Scientists are developing self-organising swarms of turbines which they hope can be used to tap energy from the Gulf Stream.

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Electricity ‘pulled from the air’

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A scheme to generate renewable energy by simply pulling electric charge out of humid air sparks debate amongst scientists.

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Double strike ‘killed dinosaurs’

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The dinosaurs were wiped out by at least two meteorite impacts rather than a single strike, say scientists.

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Chernobyl decline linked to DNA

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Scientists working in Chernobyl find a way to predict which species are likely to be most severely damaged by radioactive contamination.

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Virtual reality asks tough questions

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Virtual reality is allowing scientists to ask difficult questions about human behaviour that were previously not possible.

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‘Terror bird’ was prize fighter

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Scientists show how the giant, flightless terror birds that roamed South America for millions of years would have taken down their prey.

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Double earthquake caused tsunami

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A strange double earthquake triggered the Tonga tsunami that killed 192 people in September 2009, scientists say.

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Row over ‘million dollar puzzle’

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A claim by a scientist at Hewlett-Packard to have solved one of the most difficult riddles in maths is challenged by scientists.

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GM plants ‘established in wild’

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US scientists produce new evidence that genetically modified plants can establish widespread self-sustaining populations outside farmers’ fields.

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Disease ‘wipes out million bats’

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A disease known as white-nose syndrome is likely to wipe out a once-common species of bat in the north-eastern US, according to scientists.

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The Moon ‘too dry to have life’

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Contrary to recent reports about water content in lunar rocks, the Moon may be quite dry, say scientists.

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Stars reveal carbon ‘spaceballs’

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Scientists have detected carbon buckyballs – the largest molecules ever seen in space – in a cloud of cosmic dust surrounding a distant star.

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Call for next major space mission

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The European Space Agency is to call upon scientists to come up with ideas for the next great space mission.

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Volcanic ash team return to ocean

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A team of scientists return to the North Atlantic to get more data on how volcanic ash affects the region’s marine biology.

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Mercury’s youngest volcano found

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Scientists analysing data from Nasa’s Messenger spacecraft say they have located some of Mercury’s most recent volcanic activity.

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Red Sea coral ‘feeling the heat’

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A species of coral in the Red Sea could stop growing by 2070 if the current warming trend continues, say scientists.

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Mona Lisa gives up more secrets

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Scientists apply X-ray technology to better understand the subtle shading in the face of the Mona Lisa.

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Thousands see S Pacific eclipse

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Thousands of tourists and scientists on Chile’s Easter Island see a total solar eclipse as it crosses the South Pacific.

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Choir to sing the ‘code of life’

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Scientists and composers produce a new choral work in which singers sing parts of their own genetic code.

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Japanese probe saw deep Moon rock

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Olivine rocks that may have originated deep within the Moon were spied on its surface by a Japanese probe, scientists report.

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Scientists peer inside a python

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Scientists employ the latest imaging techniques to look inside a python that had just swallowed a rat whole.

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Genes predict living beyond 100

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Scientists in the US have developed way of predicting how likely a person is to live beyond the age of 100.

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Three-legged dogs aid robot study

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Scientists have filmed and studied three-legged dogs walking on treadmills in a bid to develop robot-building strategies.

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Turtle egg rescue plan announced

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Scientists announce plans to protect sea turtle nests and eggs from potential impacts of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Mars surface was shaped by water

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The whole of Mars’ surface was shaped by liquid water around four billion years ago, say scientists.

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Russian oil threat to gray whales

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Oil exploration plans in eastern Russia are a serious threat to gray whales in the area, say scientists.

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