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Cassini’s final mission
May 12, 2017, 10:05 a.m.
NASA spacecraft Cassini comes to the end of its 20-year mission to study the planet Saturn.
From seawater to drinking water
April 28, 2017, 10:38 a.m.
Scientists have discovered a way of making seawater drinkable using an unimaginably fine sieve!
Could shrimp shells replace plastic bags?
March 21, 2017, 2:46 p.m.
Plastic is polluting the planet – but researchers are working on an environmentally friendly alternative made with shrimp shells.
Scientists announce Zealandia, the eighth continent
March 9, 2017, 1:56 p.m.
Scientists have proposed that there is an eighth continent, and 94% of it is hidden under the sea!
14-year-old invents anti-landmine drone
Feb. 23, 2017, 11:34 a.m.
An unmanned aircraft has been developed in India with the ability to find and destroy landmines – and the mastermind behind this amazing invention is just 14 years old!
Asteroid flies close to Earth
Jan. 20, 2017, 12:28 p.m.
An asteroid the size of a multi-storey building zoomed by Earth last week, just two days after it was first discovered.
Massive lobster has a lucky escape
Dec. 15, 2016, 11:25 a.m.
An extra-large lobster has escaped being dinner after an animal lover bought him from a restaurant and returned him to the sea!
UN vs. Superbugs
Sept. 30, 2016, 2:18 p.m.
World leaders have assembled at the United Nations headquarters in New York to discuss a growing threat to public health: superbugs.
Low Fat Chocolate
Aug. 22, 2016, 8:42 a.m.
Researchers have found a way to make chocolate healthier. Giving the chocolate an electric shock reduces the amount of fat mixed into the chocolate by 20 percent!
Sweden has to move an entire city!
May 27, 2016, 9:05 a.m.
Kiruna is a Swedish city which has to move as the mine beneath it has made the ground unstable.