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Merthyr Tydfil mine a case of epic mismanagement, report says
BBCFfos-y-Fran was the UK's last opencast coalmine Oversight of what was the UK's largest opencast coalmine has been described as a case of "epic mismanageme ...
Mars study suggests ocean’s amount of water could be miles beneath red planet’s surface
New research suggests Mars could have enough water under its surface to form a global ocean.On Monday, scientists released their findings, which are based o ...
News at a glance: Europe’s heat-related deaths, Antarctic vegetation, and Stonehenge’s faraway stone
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NASA provides explanation for ‘strange noises’ coming from Starliner spacecraft
The mystery behind a "strange noise" that a NASA astronaut heard coming from the Boeing Starliner spacecraft while aboard the International Space Station ha ...
Where will the UK bury nuclear waste for 100,000 years?
Kevin Church/BBCA repeating tone - blip, blip, blip - is the audible reminder that we are in one of the most hazardous nuclear sites in the world: Sellafield ...
Stunning Comet Could Photobomb This April’s Total Solar Eclipse
February 23, 20243 min readStunning Comet Could Photobomb This April’s Total Solar EclipseComet 12P/Pons-Brooks will make its closest approach to the sun thi ...
‘Force of nature’ genomicist builds world-class center for Africans to help Africa
With vision and a big personality, Christian Happi offers a model of postcolonial genomics in NigeriaSource link
Do opposites really attract in relationships?
From rom-coms to romance novels, there's a common trope when it comes to love: opposites attract.But is that really true? Actually, it's the opposite in re ...
Cretaceous Amber Fossils Shed New Light on Evolutionary Origin of Tardigrades
Tardigrades are a diverse group of microscopic invertebrates widely known for their extreme survival capabilities. Molecular clocks suggest that tardigrad ...
Will sustainable aviation fuels take off?
Ross JarmanIhab Amed working on the test jet engineIn a building on the edge of a business park outside Sheffield, researcher Ihab Ahmed is preparing to fire ...
Vikings in Norway were much more likely to die violent deaths than those in Denmark
Viking age people who lived in what is now Norway were far more likely to be violently killed than Viking age people who lived in Denmark, a new analysis r ...