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Astronomers have discovered an Earth and Neptune like planetary system that orbits a star that is similar to our own Sun.

French engineers are set to drain a lake that has formed under a glacier on Mont Blanc and threatens to flood the St Gervais valley.

A 'fire tornado' has been caught on camera in the Brazilian municipality of Aracatuba, caused by strong, dry winds that fanned wildfires.

How the 30-year-old BBC Micro is making a comeback

Pilot success for tagging scheme to monitor violent offenders

Already grappling with one of the highest crime rates in the world, South Africa has a new set of intruders to deal with: baboons.

Even the most extreme geoengineering approaches will not stop sea levels from rising due to climate change, a study suggests.

Moldovan police have seized 1.8kg of uranium-238 in the capital, Chisinau, interior ministry officials say.

Pakistan is in danger from epidemic diseases, PM Yousuf Raza Gilani warns, as 17 million people struggle to cope with flood devastation.

Astronomers have uncovered evidence for massive planetary collisions around several binary stars

Gas has been discovered off the coast of Greenland after the first drilling for a decade, a sign of a possible oil discovery.

Astronomers discover a planetary system with at least five planets orbiting a star much like our Sun.

Why is Britain braced for a 'war' over this humble fish?

500 years of family history on Cambridgeshire's Fens

Drinking two cups of water before meals can help dieters lose more weight, say US researchers

From fossil plants to sex manuals: the curious career of Marie Stopes

Canadian workers unearth large bones belonging to two separate species of dinosaur while digging a new sewer tunnel in Edmonton.

Charles Darwin may have been wrong to argue that competition was the major driver of evolution, a study suggests.

Did the CIA put LSD in the bread sold in this French town?

Some two tonnes of ivory and five rhino horns are seized in Kenya's main airport in boxes labelled as avocados for export to Malaysia.