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Mars rover

Space

Unique chance to confirm methane spikes – and perhaps life – on Mars

NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected a brief burp of methane on Mars, and we may be able to confirm the signal because satellites were monitoring the same region

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How did life begin?

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How did life begin?

Blue Planet II’s Steve Simpson explores the sounds of the ocean

Blue Planet II’s Steve Simpson explores the sounds of the ocean

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mangrove forest

Environment

How climate change is hitting crab hunting in the mangroves of Brazil

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Mussaurus patagonicus

Life

Some baby dinosaurs crawled before learning to walk on two legs

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Europa

Space

A simple experiment could help find alien life on Europa

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Prepare to jump to light speed: Inside the mission to go interstellar

Space

Prepare to jump to light speed: Inside the mission to go interstellar

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Curiosity rovr

Space

Curiosity is entering what may be the best area to find life on Mars

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A cow standing in a field

Life

We could soon make animals with cells that contain two genetic codes

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Kepler-452b

Space

We’ve found 4000 exoplanets but almost zero are right for life

The chemical reactions that give rise to life need enough liquid water and not too much ultraviolet light, which seems to be a rare combination in the galaxy

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Earth

Dead whale found with 40 kilograms of plastic in its stomach

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Life

Secretive new frog species from ancient lineage discovered in India

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Technology

China plans world's first deep sea base, complete with robot subs

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Britain's wildlife needs you

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