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Mars lander to squirrel away soil in advance of winter
While it still has plenty of solar power, the Phoenix probe will try to quickly stockpile soil samples for later study
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New robot legs have a spring in their step
Designs with fibreglass springs and metal cables for tendons can recycle energy with every stride – like a human leg
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Climate change could stop corals fixing themselves
By 2100, most of the world's coral reefs could be living in waters that lack the minerals for them to repair damage, as a result of ocean acidification
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Europe's first cargo ship to undock from space station
The Jules Verne ATV, which has acted as an extra bedroom and washroom on the station, will re-enter Earth's atmosphere in three weeks
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Snap-happy dieters reap benefits
Dieters who keep a photo diary of the meals they eat do better than people who only keep a written account
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UN aims to protect Iraqi wetlands
The marshlands of Mesopotamia were drained under Saddam and are now recovering – plans are now afoot to list them as a World Heritage Site
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Bumblebees left paranoid by disguised spiders
After being attacked by camouflaged spiders, bumblebees forage more carefully and even reject perfectly safe feeding grounds
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Sea level rise limited to two metres
By studying bottlenecks in glacier flow and the fastest speeds at which ice moves, researchers have set an upper bound on how much sea levels could rise by 2100
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Distant object found orbiting Sun backwards
Astronomers have found the first object in the icy Kuiper belt that orbits the Sun backwards compared to the planets
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Robot builders seek a little help from sci-fi
Studying what people know about robots from science fiction may help design real ones that are easier to get along with
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Laser 'comb' used to disentangle Sun's light
A 'comb' made of laser light has taken a key step from the laboratory to the observatory – one day it could help find other Earths
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Junk DNA may have handed us a gripping future
A recently discovered bit of non-coding DNA found only in humans might have contributed to our astonishing manual dexterity
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Brain cancer genes reveal clues to drug resistance
A new study into the genetic characteristics of glioblastoma might make it possible to predict drug resistance in patients
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Rosetta probe prepares to buzz tiny asteroid
On Friday, Europe's comet-chasing spacecraft will fly by asteroid Steins, its first scientific target since launching four years ago
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Resilient American mammoths returned to rule Asia
DNA from over 100 mammoth fossils suggests that returning American populations replaced their Asian cousins, before going extinct themselves
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Bronze Age mouse offers clues to royal shipwreck
The earliest rodent stowaway ever recorded may advance our understanding of ancient maritime routes
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Mobile fish farms could soon navigate the oceans
Self-navigating cages that drift with the tides could make farmed fish healthier and cause less damage to both environment and wild stocks
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C-sections may weaken bonding with baby
Mothers who undergo Caesarean sections may not be as hormonally "primed" as mothers who have natural births, suggests a small study
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Earth's windiest region confirmed by crewed flight
For the first time, research planes have flown in the windiest region on the planet, where gales blow for a third of the winter
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Interstellar 'slowball' could have carried seeds of life
The amount of material transferred between stars could be greater than we thought if the stuff travelled slowly enough
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