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Did Nepal earthquake shrink Mount Everest ?
Jan 25, 2017Scientists are set to launch a new expedition to find out if the world's tallest mountain has shrunk.
60% of primate species are facing extinction
VIDEO Jan 18, 2017A worrying new study has shown just how vulnerable many of the world's primate species actually are.
French Polynesia signs 'floating city' deal
VIDEO Jan 17, 2017The world's first ever floating city could soon begin construction off the French Polynesian coast.
Giant alligator goes for a stroll in Florida
VIDEO Jan 17, 2017A huge alligator was filmed by tourists at the Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida this week.
Telescope upgrade to aid hunt for alien life
Jan 11, 2017The Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile will soon be seeking out habitable worlds around Alpha Centauri.
Elephant picks up tortilla without breaking it
VIDEO Jan 9, 2017A new experiment has revealed just how gently the world's largest land animal can pick things up.
85-year-old marathon runner baffles experts
VIDEO Jan 1, 2017Ed Whitlock recently broke the world record by completing a marathon in just under four hours.
Great dane is crowned world's tallest dog
VIDEO Dec 31, 2016Despite starting out as the runt of the litter, four-year-old Freddy has grown to be 40.75 inches tall.
The cheetah is now at risk of going extinct
Dec 27, 2016Conservationists have warned that the world's fastest land animal is on the verge of being wiped out.
Scientists create world's smallest snowman
Dec 23, 2016A team at the University of Western Ontario have managed to build a snowman a mere three microns tall.
Jedi 'not a religion' says charity commission
Dec 20, 2016The Temple of the Jedi Order has failed in its latest bid to be recognized as a religious organization.
World's hottest borehole is almost complete
Dec 17, 2016Geologists have been drilling a 5km borehole in to rocks measuring in excess of 500 degrees Celsius.
New Rendlesham UFO witness comes forward
Dec 9, 2016A former security police officer has described the object he witnessed that night as 'not of this world'.
Bleak figures show giraffes face extinction
Dec 8, 2016The world's tallest animal has suffered a worrying decline in numbers over the last three decades.
Trip to the Moon could be available by 2026
Dec 5, 2016Moon Express is hoping to be able to send people on trips to the Moon within as little as ten years.
Parallel universes are real, claim scientists
Nov 28, 2016The 'many interacting worlds' theory ties quantum physics to the idea of countless parallel universes.
Coconut crab is world's strongest crustacean
VIDEO Nov 25, 2016The huge terrestrial crab species can exert a pinching force greater than any other crustacean on Earth.
Man receives gene-edited blood in world first
Nov 20, 2016Researchers in China have injected a patient with cells modified using the CRISPR gene-editing technique.
WWII shipwrecks are mysteriously vanishing
Nov 17, 2016Three shipwrecks dating back to World War II have completely disappeared from the bottom of the Java Sea.
World's tallest tropical tree discovered
Nov 15, 2016A tree measuring a whopping 309ft tall has been identified alongside 49 other runners-up in Borneo.
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