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Turtle-headed sea snake

Earth

Sea snakes are turning black in response to industrial pollution

Indo-Pacific sea snakes living in polluted waters near industrial areas have darker bodies – perhaps because pollutants bind better to their dark skin pigment

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mammoth tusk

Life

See the 'tuskers' hunting woolly mammoths in Siberian permafrost

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Illustration showing Moon Express probe against lunar backdrop

Space

Robotic landers could start mining the moon as early as 2020

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sea floor mining

Earth

Are we ready for the gold rush on the sea floor?

Features

Done right, seabed mining could be environmentally friendly

Earth

Done right, seabed mining could be environmentally friendly

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A man wearing an orange boiler suit, hard hat and headtorch stands in the mine

Earth

Hunting for Mars-like life a kilometre below Earth’s surface

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space

Space

Cosmic carve-up: Law and plunder on the final frontier

Features

Aerial view of Abbot Point in Queensland, Australia

Earth

Anger as coal mine that could damage Great Barrier Reef approved

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Three satellites surround an asteroid

Space

Luxembourg's asteroid mining bid is Europe’s first

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Toxic sludge from polluted rivers turned into art

Earth

Toxic sludge from polluted rivers turned into art

See abstract art created using paints made from the metallic run-off of polluted rivers in Ohio

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