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Infant's DNA tells of 'first Americans'
The 11,500-year-old bones of a child unearthed in Alaska shed light on the peopling of the Americas.
- 3 January 2018
- From the section Science & Environment
Bionic hand has a sense of touch
Scientists unveil the first bionic hand with a sense of touch, that can be worn outside the lab.
- 3 January 2018
- From the section Health
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Fires 'make methane numbers add up'
Fewer fires globally may help explain the recent change in atmospheric methane, a study says.
- 3 January 2018
- From the section Science & Environment
UK faces build-up of plastic waste
- 1 January 2018
- From the section Business
Gove sets out post-Brexit farm funding
- 4 January 2018
- From the section UK Politics
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A science news preview of 2018
- 1 January 2018
- From the section Science & Environment
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Secret writing in mummy cases revealed
- 31 December 2017
- From the section Science & Environment
The best science long reads of 2017 (part two)
- 31 December 2017
- From the section Science & Environment
Space science recognised in honours list
- 29 December 2017
- From the section Science & Environment
'Game changing' plant disease warning
- 29 December 2017
- From the section Science & Environment
The best science long reads of 2017 (part one)
- 30 December 2017
- From the section Science & Environment
UK 'had greenest year for electricity'
- 28 December 2017
- From the section UK
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Woman with bionic hand can feel objects
- 3 January 2018
- From the section Health
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Taking your eyes off the motorway with VR
- 3 January 2018
- From the section Business
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Weather: What to expect in 2018
- 3 January 2018
- From the section World
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How 'molecular scissors' can cut our DNA
- 2 January 2018
- From the section Business
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Large meteor spotted in skies across UK
- 1 January 2018
- From the section UK
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Science stories coming up in 2018
- 1 January 2018
- From the section World
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Interstellar object may hold 'alien' water
- 18 December 2017
- From the section Science & Environment
Rocket rumbles give volcanic insights
- 16 December 2017
- From the section Science & Environment
Features
Whale people
The life of the Inupiat, an indigenous community in Alaska
- 3 January 2018
- From the section In Pictures
Back from the brink
How anti-poaching policies saved Chad's elephants
- 27 December 2017
- From the section Africa
Busy year for storms
Was the remarkable 2017 hurricane season the worst ever?
- 30 December 2017
- From the section US & Canada
'Job done'
The year in review for the Bloodhound supersonic car
- 25 December 2017
- From the section Science & Environment
Blue tarantula
Why Guyana's rainforests are a scientist's dream
- 28 December 2017
- From the section Latin America & Caribbean
Penguin tourism
The Chinese ticking Antarctica off their bucket list
- 18 December 2017
- From the section China
Analysis
Robot swarms to map the seafloor
- 13 December 2017
- From the section Science & Environment
'Shame and anger' at plastic pollution
- 4 December 2017
- From the section Science & Environment
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How Greenland would look without its ice
- 14 December 2017
- From the section Science & Environment
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Woman with bionic hand can feel objects
- 3 January 2018
- From the section Health
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Taking your eyes off the motorway with VR
- 3 January 2018
- From the section Business
Video 2:31
Weather: What to expect in 2018
- 3 January 2018
- From the section World
Video 3:13
How 'molecular scissors' can cut our DNA
- 2 January 2018
- From the section Business
Video 0:22
Large meteor spotted in skies across UK
- 1 January 2018
- From the section UK
Video 2:13
Science stories coming up in 2018
- 1 January 2018
- From the section World
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