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Worst SE Asian Haze for 20 Years
Environmental and health disaster in SE Asia caused by illegal forest fires and El Niño

Shockingly Sophisticated Electric Eels
Electric eels use high voltage zaps to find, stun, track, and manipulate their prey

Mid-Atlantic Seabed Drilling Expedition
RRS James Cook, packed with cutting-edge equipment, sets off on Monday from Southampton.

Long-term Weather Forecasting
Long-term weather forecasting could become more accurate by looking at stratosphere winds

Sequencing the First Ancient African Genome
The first ancient African genome sheds light on Eurasians coming back to Africa

Water Flows on the Surface of Mars
Evidence that there is liquid water on the surface of Mars

Antarctic Seabed Life Captures Carbon as Ice Melts
As Antarctic ice melts seabed creatures may counteract climate change by capturing carbon

The Latest Pictures of Pluto
Scientists attempt to interpret yet more amazing features seen in pictures of Pluto

New Human Found in the ‘Cradle of Humankind' Cave
Fifteen partial skeletons of a new Hominin, Homo Naledi, discovered in deep African cave

Counting the World’s Trees
Global study estimates there are three trillion trees on Earth