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We're finally in Antarctic waters, tearing a path through an ice field
Up close, the cracks in an iceberg shine with an electric blue light. Later, when we take boats in among the ice floes, we encounter inquisitive Adelie penguins and a crabeater seal lazing in the sun
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- Day two: plastic fishing in the Southern Ocean
- Day one: fifteen landlubbers laid low by sea sickness as expedition gets under way
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Scientists re-trace steps of great Antarctic explorer Douglas Mawson
Geologist almost lost his life mapping unknown Antarctic regions in 'the Edwardian equivalent of space travel'
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Giant leap for China as moon probe lands safely in Bay of Rainbows
The unmanned Chang'e lander, with its six-wheeled rover Jade Rabbit, is the first to make a soft landing on the moon since 1976
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Science Weekly podcast: everything you need to know about nothing
Audio (33min 03sec) Kevin Fong talks to New Scientist editor-in-chief Jeremy Webb about the surprisingly eventful story of 'nothing'
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GuardianWitness science award: make a film about the science you love
What one piece of science do you wish everyone knew? Make a short film about your favourite bit of scientific knowledge and you could win the GuardianWitness Science award – and an iPad Air
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China lands rover on surface of the moon - video
15 Dec 2013: Video (1min 25sec)China says successfully lands Chang'e-3, a craft carrying a robotic rover, on the surface of the moon on Saturday
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Budget space trips planned from Canary Islands
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Chinese spacecraft lands on moon
14 Dec 2013: First soft landing since 1976 puts China alongside US and former Soviet Union in accomplishing such a feat
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Good teachers don't need to know the genetics of their students
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How journals like Nature, Cell and Science are damaging science
9 Dec 2013:Randy Schekman: The incentives offered by top journals distort science, just as big bonuses distort banking
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Boris Johnson missed the point on IQ – gifted children are failed by the system
6 Dec 2013: Deborah Orr: From politicians to psychologists, too many people fail to understand how high intelligence can isolate people, especially children
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Spare a thought for Ham the Chimp, an object and victim in the human race for space.
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Vanessa Heggie: News that the BBC has axed this Victorian drama has saddened many who love its attention to factual detail and period look: audiences can learn a lot about nineteenth century science and medicine by watching the second series.
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GrrlScientist: What's cuter than Alok's hair? A baby penguin!
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GrrlScientist: New research finds that hummingbird species living at high altitudes have independently evolved hemoglobin with enhanced oxygen-binding properties so they can thrive in oxygen-poor environments.
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Stuart Clark: Nasa says the Geminids will be the most intense meteor shower of the year – and almost everyone can see it
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Antarctica Live: iceberg ahead! - video
As the Akademik Shokalskiy approaches the Antarctic coastline, the landscape changes dramatically. The sea becomes becalmed as it fills with pack ice
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