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Tiny robots made in Mexico to explore moon in scientific first 25 Feb 2022 - 08:03 pm
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Scottish fossil of flying reptile leaves scientists 'gobsmacked' 22 Feb 2022 - 01:12 pm
Researchers carry part of the fossil of a newly identified Jurassic Period flying reptile, or pterosaur, called 'Dearc sgiathanach', found on a rocky beach at Scotland's Isle of Skye, Britain in this handout image from May 2017. Shasta Marrero/Handout via Reuters
75% of people want single-use plastics banned, global survey finds 22 Feb 2022 - 11:48 am
A woman picks up plastic cups along the riverbank of Pasig river, in Manila, Philippines, June 10, 2021. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David/File Photo
US sea level to rise by 2050 as much as in past century, NOAA says 16 Feb 2022 - 12:24 pm
The sun sets as a fisherman casts his line in the Pacific Ocean while sitting on a surfboard off the coast of Cardiff, California April 1, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Popular Chicago penguin pair to star in children's book 14 Feb 2022 - 02:43 pm
An undated illustration from the upcoming children's book
Shipping firm CMA CGM to stop transporting plastic waste 11 Feb 2022 - 03:40 pm
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SpaceX chief Elon Musk 'highly confident' his Starship will reach orbit this year 11 Feb 2022 - 01:45 pm
FILE PHOTO: Spacex SN15 starship prototype comes in for a successful landing for the first time from the company's starship facility in Boca Chica, Texas, U.S. May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Gene Blevins/File Photo
The sad and sorry story of Dolly the diseased and doomed dinosaur 10 Feb 2022 - 08:12 pm
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On Peru's protected Fishermen's Island, birds are still dying a month after oil spill 10 Feb 2022 - 02:39 pm
A dead marine bird floats in contaminated water near Isla Pescadores, Peru February 9, 2022. Reuters/Sebastian Castaneda
Antarctic fuel-eating microbes may help in plastic clean-up 04 Feb 2022 - 05:09 pm
Argentine doctor Mariela Torres and intern doctor Nathalie Bernard take samples of the Antarctica soil for their project to use native microorganisms to clean up pollution from fuels and potentially plastics in the pristine expanses of the white continent, in Antarctica January 30, 2022. Florencia Brunetti/Handout via REUTERS
Giant iceberg blocks scientists' study of 'Doomsday Glacier' 03 Feb 2022 - 03:30 pm
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Iraqi olive farmers look to the sun to power their production 03 Feb 2022 - 03:06 pm
A worker cleans solar panels, which are one of the sustainable energy options that help olive farmers, in Mosul, Iraq February 2, 2022. Picture taken February 2, 2022. Reuters/Khalid al-Mousily
Hitchhiking in Earth's orbit, asteroid may be with us for 4,000 years 02 Feb 2022 - 03:31 pm
An undated illustration shows the asteroid called 2020 XL5, an asteroid companion to Earth that orbits the sun along the same path as our planet, that is about 1.2 kilometers (0.73 miles) in diameter. NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Spaceengine/Handout via REUTERS
US lightning bolt leaps into record books at 768 km long 01 Feb 2022 - 03:47 pm
Lightning strikes are seen above Villarrica lake, in Villarrica, Chile, December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Cristobal Saavedra Escobar/File Photo
Huge volumes of Covid hospital waste threaten health: WHO 01 Feb 2022 - 10:11 am
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Water-sipping showers are the next luxury buy in a parched world 29 Jan 2022 - 02:25 pm
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Australia pledges $704 million to save Great Barrier Reef 28 Jan 2022 - 06:28 pm
Oliver Lanyon, Senior Ranger in the Great Barrier Reef region for the Queenlsand Parks and Wildlife Service, takes photographs and notes during an inspection of the reef's condition in an area called the 'Coral Gardens' located at Lady Elliot Island and 80 kilometers north-east from the town of Bundaberg in Queensland, Australia, June 11, 2015. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo
Who owns Scotland? The millionaires buying up the Highlands 27 Jan 2022 - 12:19 pm
American property developers and conservationists Camille and Christopher Bently pose for a portrait on a staircase at their Kildrummy Estate, Scotland, Britain, September 7, 2021. Reuters/Russell Cheyne