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Vanishing glaciers
May 25, 2017, 8:57 a.m.
Glacier National Park in Montana, USA, is losing its glaciers – they’re melting quickly and might all be gone by 2080.
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!