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GIRL POWER!

Daisy Dobrijevic discovers the queen bees and alpha females of the animal kingdom.

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Scientists spot birth of a new solar system

Space scientists have spotted the birth of a solar system for the first time.

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Drones clean up Everest

Flying garbage collectors are helping to tackle Mount Everest's waste problem.

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Super-speedy cucumber

Squirting cucumbers fire out seeds as fast as a moving car.

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SUPERHUMAN SALAMANDER

This strange, smiley animal is an axolotl (say ak-suh-LOT-ul).

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THE HIT LIST

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A ladybird summer

Warmer than average weather this year has seen a boom in ladybird numbers in the UK, say experts.

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WEIRD SCIENCE

A round-up of the strangest science stories from around the world.

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CHAOS RULES

Sarah Wild unlocks the hidden patterns that control the universe.

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Cancer-fighting fungus found in King Tut's tomb

Could a deadly fungus be used to save people's lives?

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Stealthy marine reptile surprised prey

Giant prehistoric sea creatures known as Temnodontosaurus sneaked up on their prey and caught them unawares, according to new research.

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Punam Krishan

Meet the doctor who wants to teach young people life-saving skills.

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CAST ADRIFT

This image, taken by photographer Gilad Topaz, shows adventurers floating in the freezing Baltic Sea in the north of Sweden, just 50 miles from the Arctic Circle.

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HEDGEHOG HOSPITAL

A young hedgehog is nursed back to health at the Pembrokeshire Hogspital, a rescue centre that cares for sick, injured and orphaned hedgehogs.

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If our eyes see upside down, how does the brain flip it?

Discover just how incredible your eyes (and brain) are.

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SnotBots to the rescue

Meet the researchers flying drones to sample slimy whale snot.

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Horse faces show feelings

Scientists have mapped how horses use their faces to show emotion and communicate - just like humans and apes.

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Lost shipwreck discovered

In 1708, a Spanish galleon (sailing ship) called San José was sailing to Cartagena in Colombia. It was carrying about 200 tonnes of gold, silver and emeralds, which today could be worth about £15 billion.

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Adam Kay

Meet the doctor who loves writing funny books.

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The secret behaviour of sharks

These mysterious fish are one of the least understood creatures of the ocean.

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Wildlife watch

With the summer holidays almost here, Jenny Ackland seeks out the most colourful natural wonders.

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Poo pills to the rescue

So-called \"poo pills\" could flush out superbugs, according to a new study. Antibiotic resistance (when drugs don't work to fight infections) is a serious and growing problem.

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WEIRD SCIENCE

A round-up of the strangest science stories from around the world.

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Should celebrities go to space?

Some people say only qualified astronauts should be blasting into orbit.

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Lost shipwreck discovered

In 1708, a Spanish galleon (sailing ship) called San José was sailing to Cartagena in Colombia.

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Snaps from world's best digital camera

The world’s largest digital camera has released its first mind-blowing images of the universe. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile is home to a 3,200-megapixel camera, known as the LSST (Legacy Survey of Space and Time) camera — which is the size of a small car. A top mobile phone camera only has about 50 megapixels (which define how clear an image is).

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Runaway success for young science writer

On 23 June, Hasset Kifle from St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy in Stoke-on-Trent, England, was awarded the Young Science Writer of the Year Award 2025, at a ceremony in London's Science Museum. The competition, run by the Association of British Science Writers (ABSW), is open to school students aged from 14 to 16 to submit an essay on a science, engineering, technology or maths topic. This year, the competition received a record number of 607 entries from young writers around the UK.

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First flowers for UK's upside-down tree

Scientists get excited for the first baobab tree to blossom in Britain.

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FEEL THE FORCE!

JD Savage investigates a mysterious, invisible force that rules the universe. Just watch out it doesn't pull you in!

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First contact

What would you say if intelligent aliens came calling?