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• Inflatable room bound for space station as booster lands on ocean platform

  08-04-2016 23:16
  
  SpaceX has resumed space station deliveries for Nasa, launching the first inflatable room ever built for astronauts.
  
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• Super Typhoon Bavi strikes US Pacific islands with pummeling winds

  06-07-2026 18:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The storm lashed the Mariana Islands, hitting Rota and prompting emergency warnings on Guam.
  
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• Farmers 'vindicated' after judge's ruling on pylon firm accessing land

  06-07-2026 17:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Groups representing landowners claimed they were "frightened" by agents turning up on their farms.
  
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• Restoration of river bank saltmarshes begins

  06-07-2026 15:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Groundwork North East and Cumbria says the scheme will improve water quality and biodiversity
  
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• Wildfire in southern France forces evacuation of 10,000 people

  06-07-2026 15:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tour de France organisers ban spectators from stage three as a wildfire hits the Pyrénées-Orientales region.
  
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• Think you can win on prediction markets? Here's why you're more likely to lose

  06-07-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Prediction markets, based on the idea that anybody can profit from predicting the outcome of an event, are about to make their way to Canada. But research suggests only a fraction of sophisticated users reap the benefits due to their extensive knowledge of finance, economics and computer skills that average users can't compete with.
  
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• Mink numbers to be cut by 90% in Kent

  06-07-2026 07:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Conservationists hope to dramatically reduce mink numbers across Kent.
  
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• Farnham backs public ownership of golf course site

  06-07-2026 07:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Campaigners want Les Mielles to be bought by the government and returned to nature.
  
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• Monitoring program in Nunavut finds biting insects emerging earlier, and with more variety of species

  05-07-2026 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A project studying the impacts of biting insects in the Kitikmeot region is entering its third year. So far, a researcher says, the program has found that insects are emerging earlier because of warming temperatures, and in greater variety.
  
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• Guelph creating 3D digital map of street trees to help grow urban canopy

  05-07-2026 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Mobile LiDAR-equipped trucks have been scanning streets in Guelph to create a detailed 3D "digital twin" of urban trees and public infrastructure. The data will help the city identify planting opportunities and improve long-term planning.
  
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• Is there any merit to the advice to ‘sleep on it?’ New research suggests our dreams may help problem-solve

  05-07-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A pair of recent studies by dream researchers suggest that the age-old advice may in fact be grounded in science.
  
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• New heatwave likely to peak at 34C with week-long health alert issued

  04-07-2026 17:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Another heatwave is on its way and set to last significantly longer as Stav Danaos explains.
  
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• How a First Nation in B.C. is hoping to restore wildfire-ravaged forests with seedlings

  04-07-2026 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Osoyoos Forest Nursery located near Oliver, B.C, is owned by the Osoyoos Indian Band. The operation is the band's first green project and it is expected to produce millions of tree seedlings every year. Those seedlings will go towards restoring and reforesting areas hard hit by wildfires.
  
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• To swat or not? These scientists suggest we rethink our fear toward insects

  04-07-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  When a bug lands, do you swat or step back? We are taught to fear insects, but by looking closer at how they help our environment, we can trade our reflexive panic for wonder and learn to share our outdoor spaces, scientists say.
  
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• Scientist dubbed The Bogfather is restoring peatland to fight climate change

  04-07-2026 08:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A childhood fascination with bogs led one Welsh scientist to try and help save the planet.
  
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• Turbines turning from wind to sustainable products

  04-07-2026 07:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands of tonnes of non-recyclable wind turbine blades are coming to the end of their lives.
  
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• 'Hotter and hotter and hotter' - Europe's new climate in seven charts

  04-07-2026 02:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Temperature records were smashed in June - and scientists warn this is a sign of things to come. 
  
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• Record-breaking temps in US as 4th July holiday begins

  03-07-2026 19:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Record-breaking heatwave hits US as Fourth of July holiday weekend gets underway.
  
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• Nasa launches mission to save falling space telescope

  03-07-2026 12:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Nasa-funded robot has blasted off to catch a falling telescope in mid-orbit and blast it back to safety before it burns up.
  
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• France records 2,025 excess deaths at peak of heatwave as Europe braces for more extreme weather

  03-07-2026 12:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Forecasters are warning of further extreme temperatures on the continent in the next few days.
  
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• Scotland's first gull ranger wants to boost their image

  03-07-2026 11:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Eyemouth's gull ranger hopes for a more harmonious existence between gulls and humans.
  
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• What's behind all the wild weather in Canada this summer?

  03-07-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Many climate monitors have been predicting an extra-strong El Niño this year that's expected to peak in the winter. But the summer season has already brought weather-related chaos and even devastation for many Canadians. Here's a look at what's going on.
  
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• Thousands of fish killed in park pollution mystery

  03-07-2026 06:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dead eels, sticklebacks, gudgeon and stone loach were discovered in a stretch of the River Pool.
  
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• What happens when a World Cup match gets dangerously hot?

  03-07-2026 00:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Today's extreme heat for the World Cup match between Portugal and Croatia is expected exceed world soccer union guidelines based on the "wet bulb" temperature. That's already happened for a number of matches, prompting concerns about the health risk to players. Here's what it all means.
  
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• Extreme heat expected to exceed player safety guidelines at Toronto World Cup match

  03-07-2026 00:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Today's extreme heat for the World Cup match between Portugal and Croatia is expected exceed world soccer union guidelines based on the "wet bulb" temperature. That's already happened for a number of matches, prompting concerns about the health risk to players. Here's what it all means.
  
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• Could a heatwave hit Taylor Swift's wedding?

  02-07-2026 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Simon King reports on the dangerous heat threatening North America.
  
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• Extreme heat and high humidity hitting north-eastern US

  02-07-2026 18:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some areas may reach record temperatures over the long weekend.
  
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• Rare American bird seen in Jersey for first time

  02-07-2026 17:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Birdwatchers saw the lesser yellowlegs, which stayed for one day, in a Jersey first.
  
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• Alarm after herring gulls found covered in oil

  02-07-2026 14:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thirteen birds were found covered in a sticky substance "smelling like fish oil", with many more seen.
  
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• Vancouver 'RoboCop' is one of 1st Canadian ALS patients to receive Elon Musk's Neuralink brain implant

  02-07-2026 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Vancouver police Sgt. Lee Marten is just the 26th person in the world to receive a Neuralink brain implant, which is being tested on people unable to move because of ALS.
  
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