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  13-01-2018 17:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Can a series of scorching summers be blamed on climate change, and what do they tell us?
  
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• Baby Panda Yuan Meng makes debut in France

  13-01-2018 16:45 via bbc.co.uk
  The first panda ever born in France has gone on display to the public.
  
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• New year's revolutions: the stories we're hoping to cover in 2018

  13-01-2018 15:56 via theguardian.com
  Guardian journalists tell us what they hope to cover in the year ahead and whyEvery January I start out with a wish list. It tends not to change hugely from year to year because many of my dream interviews are not easy to get hold of. Robert and Grace Mugabe, Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-un, if you are reading this and fancy spending quality time with me this year, give me a bell (or answer my emails). Continue reading...
  
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• British rowers set Atlantic crossing record

  13-01-2018 14:28 via theguardian.com
  ‘Four Oarsmen’ take 29 days and 15 hours to complete 3,000-mile race from Canary Islands to AntiguaFour British rowers have set a new record for crossing the Atlantic Ocean after reaching land in the Caribbean early on Saturday.
  George Biggar, Dicky Taylor, Peter Robinson and Stuart Watts spent 29 days and 15 hours crossing the 3,000 miles from La Gomera in the Canary Islands to Antigua. The previous race record of 35 days was set last year by the Anglo-American quartet Latitude 35.
  
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• Cloned Newmarket dachshund expecting puppies

  13-01-2018 11:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Minnie Winnie was created by science after her owner won a competition.
  
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• World's biggest wildlife reserve planned for Antarctica in global campaign

  13-01-2018 09:01 via theguardian.com
  Vast 1.8m sq km fishing-free zone would protect species, such as penguins, leopard seals and whales, and help mitigate the effects of climate changeA global campaign is being launched to turn a huge tract of the seas around the Antarctic into the world’s biggest sanctuary, protecting wildlife and helping the fight against climate change.The huge 1.8m sq km reserve – five times the size of Germany – would ban all fishing in a vast area of the Weddell Sea and around the Antarctic
  
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• Animal welfare groups call for higher standards for farmed chickens

  13-01-2018 08:01 via theguardian.com
  Retailers and restaurants urged to sign up to new cross-European guidelines amid growing concerns over cruelty in intensive meat productionNew welfare standards for farmed chickens have been demanded by a large coalition of European animal protection groups, including the RSPCA, in a bid to address growing concerns about inhumane conditions in the intensive and large-scale production of meat. Supermarkets and restaurants are being urged to sign up to the new blueprint, which represents the first
  
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• Female engineers set for success

  13-01-2018 01:57 via bbc.co.uk
  The UK has the lowest percentage of female engineering professionals in Europe, at less than 10%.
  
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• Smallest cat in world: Footage of rare animal

  13-01-2018 01:11 via bbc.co.uk
  They weigh about 1kg and their eyes are six times more powerful than ours.
  
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