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Scottish bog gets world heritage status
After an almost 40-year campaign, a little-known UK landscape has been awarded world heritage status.
UK getting more hot and more wet days – Met Office
The increase in the number of 'very hot days' of 30C or more has also been dramatic.
Rare fossils reveal secrets of mammal evolution
The fossils hold clues as to how mammals that lived in the shadow of dinosaurs evolved to dominate the world.
Chimps share humans' 'snappy' conversational style
Wild chimpanzees, like humans, take fast-paced turns in conversation, and often interrupt each other.
Oxygen discovery defies knowledge of the deep ocean
The discovery that lumps of metal on the seafloor produce oxygen raises questions over plans to mine the deep ocean.