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Craft sends Saturn moon pictures
BBC Science News about an hour agoThe Cassini mission completes a flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus, sending back data and stunning images of the rippling terrain.
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Dirt 'can be good for children'
BBC Science News 6 hours agoChildren should be allowed to get dirty, according to scientists who say being too clean can impair the skin's ability to heal.
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Grandmother monkeys care for baby
BBC Science News 6 hours agoGrandmother macaques care for their abandoned grandchildren, behaviour not recorded before in non-human primates.
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State heads boost for Copenhagen
BBC Science News 13 hours agoHopes are boosted for success at the Copenhagen climate summit as it emerges more than 60 heads of state are expected to attend.
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East Antarctica 'is losing ice'
BBC Science News 22 hours agoThe massive and apparently stable East Antarctic ice sheet is losing mass, a new study suggests.
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Ex-USSR cosmonaut Feoktistov dies
BBC Science News less than a day agoThe USSR's first civilian cosmonaut, Konstantin Feoktistov, a crew member of the 1964 Voskhod spaceship, dies.
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Cern Collider makes fast progress
BBC Science News less than a day agoResearchers working on the Large Hadron Collider are delighted with the progress made since the machine restarted.
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Water mission returns first data
BBC Science News less than a day agoA European satellite launched to study the Earth's water cycle returns its first data, confirming its novel instrument is working well.
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Fish 'at risk' in acidified ocean
BBC Science News less than a day agoFish reared in water acidified by CO2 may become "fatally attracted" to the smell of their predators, say scientists.
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Restart for 'Big Bang' experiment
BBC Science News 3 days agoThe Large Hadron Collider experiment, designed to shed light on the cosmos, restarts after 14 months of repairs.
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UK climate unit's e-mails hacked
BBC Science News 3 days agoThe e-mail system of one of the world's leading climate research units has been breached by hackers.
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Hubble instruments sent to museum
BBC Science News 3 days agoTwo of the longest-serving instruments from the Hubble telescope have taken up residence in a museum in the US.
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New skin 'may help burns victims'
BBC Science News 4 days agoFrench researchers say they have found a way of using human embryonic stem cells to create new skin which could help serious burns victims.
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Mammoth dung unravels extinction
BBC Science News 4 days agoA study of mammoth dung has helped unravel the mystery of what caused the great mammals to die out.
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'Big Bang' experiment to re-start
BBC Science News 4 days agoThe Large Hadron Collider (LHC) could be re-started in the early hours of Saturday morning at the earliest, officials have said.
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Spacewalk for shuttle astronauts
BBC Science News 4 days agoTwo astronauts from the space shuttle Atlantis have embarked on the first spacewalk of their mission.
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Tests loom for record solar plane
BBC Science News 4 days agoThe prototype of a solar-powered plane destined for a record attempt is set to make its first trip across a runway.
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Energy-saving bulbs 'get dimmer'
BBC Science News 4 days agoEnergy-efficient light bulbs lose on average more than a fifth of their brightness over their lifetime, a study finds.
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Lab worms are stunned by 'phaser'
BBC Science News 4 days agoScientists show off an effect not unlike that of "phasers" in Star Trek - but it only works on tiny worms called nematodes.
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Alcohol 'protects men's hearts'
BBC Science News 5 days agoDrinking alcohol every day cuts the risk of coronary heart disease in men sharply, a study suggests, but experts remain critical.
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