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Iron Lion Zion: Ethiopia’s majestic black-maned cat under threat
Ethiopia’s black-maned lions once represented a former emperor, “Lion of Judah” Haile Selassie, and were immortalised in song by reggae...
More than two million migratory birds killed and eaten in Cyprus
More than two million migratory birds were killed in Cyprus last autumn to feed a taste for the delicacy on the Mediterranean island, a conservationist...
More than two million migratory birds killed in Cyprus
More than two million migratory birds were killed in Cyprus last autumn to feed an illicit taste for the delicacy on the Mediterranean island, a conservationist...
'Man-made' climate change more likely to kill women, studies show
Men and women may not always be on the same footing but you’d think both sexes would be equal in the face of floods, typhoons or droughts.
Women’s Day warning: ‘Man-made’ climate change kills more girls
Men and women may not always be on the same footing but you’d think both sexes would be equal in the face of floods, typhoons or droughts.
Built at different times: Mystery deepens over ancient Greek tomb
A geologist who took part in the excavation of the ancient burial mound in Amphipolis in northern Greece says the ancient tomb found together with a series...
Mystery deepens over ancient Greek tomb
A geologist who took part in the excavation of the ancient burial mound in Amphipolis in northern Greece says the ancient tomb found together with a series...
'Extinct' Myanmar bird rediscovered after 73 years
A bird long thought to have gone extinct has been rediscovered in Myanmar after a team of scientists used a recording of the species’ distinctive...
NASA space probe ‘Dawn’ enters orbit of dwarf planet
The US space probe Dawn began orbiting the dwarf planet Ceres on Friday on a voyage of discovery into the solar system’s main asteroid belt, where...
Despite risk of certain death, thousands still want to be the first one on Mars
Experts are warning that the hundred thousands of applicants looking to take a one-way trip to Mars will find their trips far shorter than originally thought.
Like uncovering the Titanic: Microsoft co-founder finds elusive WWII shipwreck
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen says he has found one of Japan’s biggest and most famous battleships on a Philippine seabed, some 70 years after...
Microsoft founder says he’s found long-sought WWII battleship wreck
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen says he has found one of Japan’s biggest and most famous battleships on a Philippine seabed, some 70 years after...
Hundreds of koalas killed in Australia to curb overpopulation
Close to 700 koalas have been killed off by authorities in southeastern Australia because overpopulation led to the animals starving, a state minister...
Just add methane: Chemical could be supporting life on Saturn’s moon
A new study coming out of Cornell University published this past week in the journal Science Advances gives us our first tantalizing hints that life...
1st-century house in Nazareth may be where Jesus grew up
Archaeologists have new evidence suggesting a small house made of mortar and stone and cut into a rocky hillside in modern-day Israel could be where Mary...
Syria’s civil war linked partly to drought and global warming
The conflict that has torn Syria apart can be traced, in part, to a record drought worsened by global warming, a new study says.
Syria’s civil war linked partly to drought, global warming
The conflict that has torn Syria apart can be traced, in part, to a record drought worsened by global warming, a new study says.
Next stop Ceres - NASA spacecraft ready for second port of call in three years
A NASA spacecraft is preparing to rendezvous with the largest object in the asteroid belt located between Mars and Jupiter.
Solar plane set for world tour after passing third test in UAE
A solar-powered plane made a third successful test flight in the United Arab Emirates on Monday ahead of a planned round-the-world tour to promote alternative...
Nasa astronauts take third ISS spacewalk this week
Two Nasa astronauts have ventured out of the International Space Station in their third spacewalk in just over a week.
Cable guys: NASA astronauts take third ISS spacewalk this week
Two NASA astronauts have ventured out of the International Space Station in their third spacewalk in just over a week.
Study finds ‘last refuge’ where penguins hid from ice age for thousands of years
A climate change study has located what was likely to have been the refuge for one of only three populations of emperor penguins which survived the last...
Nasa ‘cable guy’ astronauts take third ISS spacewalk this week
Two Nasa astronauts have ventured out of the International Space Station in their third spacewalk in just over a week.
Myanmar adds to its collection of rare white elephants
Myanmar’s forestry department has captured a rare white elephant in the jungles of the country’s western Ayeyarwaddy region.
Burma captures ninth rare white elephant in western jungles
Myanmar’s forestry department has captured a rare white elephant in the jungles of the country’s western Ayeyarwaddy region.
Healthy increase in wild panda numbers in China
Wild giant pandas in China are doing well. According to a census by China’s State Forestry Administration, the panda population has grown by 268...
The big melt: Warming in Antarctica could raise world’s oceans by 3m
Massive ice flows are entering the world’s oceans and could raise sea levels 3 metres worldwide in a century or two, reforming heavily-populated...
Into darkness: Scientists baffled by supermassive black hole
Scientists say they have discovered a black hole so big that it challenges the theory about how they grow.
Scientists baffled by massive black hole
Scientists say they have discovered a black hole so big that it challenges the theory about how they grow.
Scientists discover black hole so big it contradicts growth theory
With a mass 12 billion times that of our Sun, the black hole formed about 900 million years after the Big Bang that created the Universe 13.7 billion years...
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