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    The Secrets of Hummingbird Flight Revealed

    Slow motion videos of hundreds of hummingbirds reveal their remarkable manoeuvrability

  2. The Birth of Space Science

    60 years ago, the pioneering US Explorer 1 satellite launched the age of space science

  3. The Earliest Modern Humans Outside Africa

    The earliest Early Modern Human (Homo sapiens) fossil found outside Africa

  4. African Swine Fever

    The viral African swine fever is spreading through Europe, threatening pork production

  5. Oil Spill in East China Sea

    The potential environmental disaster of the oil tanker accident in the East China Sea

  6. The Galaxy's Most Peculiar Flickering Star

    Oddly flickering Tabby鈥檚 star not caused by alien technology, but more likely to be dust

  7. The Best Science of 2017

    Roland looks back through some of the best science stories of 2017

  8. Early Warning for Landslides

    Plans to develop an early warning system for landslides in the Western Ghats in India

  9. California Forest Fires

    What are the conditions causing the catastrophic wildfires in Southern California?

  10. Nuclear Fallout in the Pacific

    Radioactivity lingers in the Marshall Islands 65 years after the US tested nuclear bombs

  11. Semi-synthetic Life

    Scientists add man-made molecules to DNA of bacteria, creating a semi-synthetic organism

  12. Interstellar Asteroid

    The first asteroid from outside the Solar System has been detected

  13. Predictable Patterns in Earthquake Activity

    A new hypothesis has linked earthquake occurrence to cycles in Earth鈥檚 rotation

  14. Science on Trial

    What is the danger to scientific discourse when scientists sue other scientists?

  15. Hidden Secrets of the Great Pyramid

    Particle physics has helped reveal a tantalising void in the Great Pyramid in Giza

  16. Catastrophic Decline in Flying Insects

    Research in Germany suggests flying insects have declined by 75% over the past 30 years

  17. Detecting a 鈥楤ling Nova鈥�

    Gravity waves, gamma rays and light detected from two neutron stars merging 130 mya

  18. Watching the Earth 鈥楤reathe鈥�

    NASA鈥檚 Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) measures how carbon moves around the Earth

  19. Nobel Prizes for Science 2017

    The excitement, reaction and explanation of the 2017 Nobel Science Prizes

  20. Understanding the Natural World

    Special discussion at New Scientist Live 2017 on nature and the state of our planet

  21. Mexican Earthquake

    Why is Mexico so susceptible to Earthquakes?

  22. Hurricanes and Global Warming

    Does the number and intensity of this year鈥檚 hurricanes have any link to global warming?

  23. North Korean Nuclear Bombs

    What we know and don鈥檛 know about North Korea鈥檚 nuclear programme

  24. Forecasting Hurricane Harvey

    How good are we at predicting extreme weather events?

  25. Preventing Flood Damage in South Asia

    Floods in Asia have killed over 800 people. How can we prevent such casualties in future?

  26. The Algae that Changed the Earth

    Three billion years ago, life was suddenly transformed and plants and animals took over

  27. Risk of Lethal Heat Waves

    As Europe endures a heat wave, study predicts future heat-related deaths will increase.

  28. Gene Editing Human Embryos

    Using gene editing to 鈥榝ix鈥� gene implicated in heritable heart disease.

  29. The Biggest Explosions in the Universe

    The biggest explosions in the Universe captured in unprecedented detail

  30. Plastic Planet

    Quantifying all our plastic waste reveals a large, and growing, environmental problem.

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