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Darfur refugee
Climate is a major driver of conflict across Africa, researchers say, with future warming likely to increase civil wars by 50% in 20 years.
Atlas (Cern/C. Marcelloni)
Engineers operating the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have smashed together proton beams in the machine for the first time.
Winter sun (Getty Images)
This year will be in the top five warmest years globally since records began, according to the UK Met Office.
Drop in HIV infections and deaths
Greater access to anti-retroviral drugs has helped cut the deaths from HIV by 10% over the past five years, latest figures show.
US 'will announce climate target'
The US will give a target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions ahead of next month's UN climate summit, officials say.
Pay homes to recycle, say Tories
Households which recycle could get up to £130 a year in shopping vouchers under the Tories, says George Osborne.
East Antarctica 'is losing ice'
The massive and apparently stable East Antarctic ice sheet is losing mass, a new study suggests.
Bottling-up anger 'bad for heart'
Men who do not openly express their anger if unfairly treated at work double their risk of a heart attack, researchers say.
Designers speed ahead with 1,000mph car
The UK team aiming to smash its own land speed record by driving a car beyond 1,000mph settles on a final design for the vehicle.
Plea to find lost Darwin notes crucial to theory of evolution
English Heritage launch an appeal to trace Charles Darwin's missing Galapagos notebook.
Universal appeal
A quirky look at the people who stare deep into space
Warming world
Which countries produce the most carbon emissions?
Carbon credit
Are children's futures going up in smoke?
Climate: A question of justice
Why a human rights activist is making the jump to mainstream environmentalism.
From space race to human race
Why humanity needs a 'space race' for this planet
Dirt 'can be good for children'
Children should be allowed to get dirty, according to scientists who say being too clean can impair the skin's ability to heal.
Ex-USSR cosmo Feoktistov dies
The USSR's first civilian cosmonaut, Konstantin Feoktistov, a crew member of the 1964 Voskhod spaceship, dies.
Craft sends Saturn moon pictures
The Cassini mission completes a flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus, sending back data and stunning images of the rippling terrain.
Water mission returns first data
A European satellite launched to study Earth's water cycle returns its first data, confirming its novel instrument works well.
Astronaut becomes father in orbit
Astronaut Randolph Bresnik becomes a father in space after his wife gives birth to a daughter back home on Earth in Texas.
State leaders boost to Copenhagen
Hopes are boosted for success at the Copenhagen climate summit as it emerges more than 60 state leaders are expected to attend.
Fish 'at risk' in acidified ocean
Fish reared in water acidified by CO2 may become "fatally attracted" to the smell of their predators, say scientists.
UK climate unit's e-mails hacked
The e-mail system of one of the world's leading climate research units has been breached by hackers.
Mammoth dung clue to extinction
A study of mammoth dung is helping unravel the mystery of what caused the great mammals to die out.
Skate may be fished to extinction
A species of skate could become the first marine fish driven to extinction by commercial fishing, say scientists.
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