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Orion spacecraft's flawless test flight puts Mars exploration one step closerOrion crew capsule not only survived launch and orbit, but temperatures of about 2,200C as it returned to Earth -
After Rosetta and Orion - the space missions taking off in 2015If you thought you’d seen it all with the Rosetta mission, next year promises a Mars mission and an exploration of Pluto -
Albert Einstein archive reveals the genius, doubts and loves of scientistEarly note shows delight at birth of his daughter while later letters show fame was beginning to be a trial
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Fracking chemicals could pose risks to reproductive health, say researchersPeople living near fracking operations should be monitored to assess the risk of chemicals to human health, say scientists
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Nasa's Orion launched into space - video
Nasa successfully launches its new Orion spacecraft on Friday for an unmanned trial run around Earth
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Alan Turing Institute for Data Science to be based at British LibraryBig data research facility, dedicated to the codebreaker, will be at centre of new Knowledge Quarter in central London
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Science and technology quiz – test your knowledge
Parasitic worms in the brain and geckos in space. Have you kept up with all the science news?
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Maker of broccoli-derived cancer drug to float on London stock exchangeEvgen wants to raise up to £20m for clinical studies of experimental Sulforadex tablet to treat brain haemorrhage, prostate and breast cancer
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Japan's Hayabusa 2 space probe blasts off on new asteroid mission – video
The Japanese Hayabusa 2 space probe launched on Wednesday, setting off on a six-year round trip to an asteroid
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Skeleton found under car park confirmed as Richard III - video
Kevin Schurer and Turi King of the University of Leicester explain a mitochondrial DNA analysis confirming with almost 100% certainty that the bones found under a car park in Leicester are those of King Richard III
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Nasa's Orion launched into space - video
Nasa successfully launches its new Orion spacecraft on Friday for an unmanned trial run around Earth
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Japan's Hayabusa 2 space probe blasts off on new asteroid mission – video
The Japanese Hayabusa 2 space probe launched on Wednesday, setting off on a six-year round trip to an asteroid
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Jupiter's gaseous eye, a moon impaled and a Halloween sun – in picturesThis month’s pick of the best space-related imagery has a theme: pareidolia, or the human tendency to see meaningful shapes and patterns where none exists
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Nasa's Orion launched into space - video
Nasa successfully launches its new Orion spacecraft on Friday for an unmanned trial run around Earth
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Japan's Hayabusa 2 space probe blasts off on new asteroid mission – video
The Japanese Hayabusa 2 space probe launched on Wednesday, setting off on a six-year round trip to an asteroid
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Fungi time: your photosWith the autumnal weather in recent weeks bringing mushrooms and truffles out in great numbers, we’ve asked you to share photos of the ones you have discovered in your garden and when out walking. Here are some of our favourites
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Lamb chop launched into space – video
A group of friends send a lamb chop into space using a a GoPro camera and a weather balloon to capture its journey from east London into space
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Powerful static band outside Google offices raises hair - video
Mobile phone footage from outside the Google offices in London purports to show the effects of a powerful band of static electricity
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Russian Soyuz rocket delivers crew to International Space Station – video report
A Russian Soyuz rocket has safely docked and delivered a crew to the International Space Station
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Philae comet probe detects organic molecules – video report
Scientists from the European Space Agency say the lander Philae has discovered organic molecules containing carbon – the basis of life on Earth
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UK mission to the moon launches Kickstarter campaign - video
Lunar Mission One launches a crowdfunding drive on Wednesday, which offers donors a chance to have a digital memory box buried on the moon
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Rosetta scientist Dr Matt Taylor breaks down during apology for 'offensive' shirt – video
Dr Matt Taylor, the British scientist involved in the Rosetta mission, cries as he makes an apology for wearing an 'offensive' shirt
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Rosetta mission: Philae's landing site on comet 67P – in picturesAfter the lander’s dramatic landing on Wednesday, the European Space Agency has released pictures of where it first touched down before bouncing, and of its descent
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Philae space lander sends back first image of comet landing – video
The European Space Agency has released the first image from the Philae lander moments before it touched down on a comet
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Rosetta mission lands Philae spacecraft on comet – in picturesAfter a 10-year journey, the Philae probe has landed on the Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet after being launched from the space probe Rosetta
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Rosetta space probe touches down on comet – video
The European Space Agency Mission control in Darmstadt, Germany, celebrates as the Philae lander, dispatched from its mothership Rosetta, touches down on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
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Rosetta probe gears up for a tough landing – video report
The European Space Agency (ESA) explains the process of landing the Philae lander on the surface of comet 67P
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Rosetta's audacious mission to land on a comet – in picturesOn Wednesday, Rosetta will attempt to drop a lander called Philae onto the surface of a comet. This is the story of the European Space Agency’s extraordinary decade-long mission in images
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Picture This – E numbers: the weird, the wonderful and the colourfulThe chemicals that give your food flavour and colour
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ESA releases animation of probe's landing on comet - video
The European Space Agency releases an animation illustrating next week's planned landing on a comet of a robotic probe
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