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Mark Pollock, who went blind ten years ago, describes his challenge of trekking to the South Pole.

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Argentine scientists are studying the effects of global warming by strapping plastic tanks to the backs of cows to collect their burps.

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Lava has continued to pour from the Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii's Big Island.

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ITM Power's Jim Heathcoate says the firm has developed a way of making hydrogen at home to fuel a car.

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International Space Station images capture Bertha southeast of Bermuda.

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World leaders at the G8 summit say they will aim to set a target to halve global carbon emissions by 2050.

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With one month until the 2008 Olympics, Beijing's air still falls short of international standards, BBC tests show.

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Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens opened an advertising campaign Tuesday in an attempt to bring more focus to solving the nation's energy crisis. (July 8)

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Europe's heavy-lift rocket, Ariane-5, has put another two telecommunications satellites in orbit.

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The plane will seat a family of seven.

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A campaign has begun to protect rare marine animals known as dugongs in the Red Sea.

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A 150-pound sea turtle returns to the waters off Jekyll Island.

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There's a new shark exhibit at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, Calif.

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Hear what Earth would sound like from outer space.

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Dink and James were released back into the sea in Gran Canaria, after being rehabilitated in Newquay

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The most powerful atom-smasher ever built could make some bizarre discoveries after it is switched on in August. But some critics fear the Large Hadron Collider could exceed physicists' wildest conjectures. (June 28)

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Scientists have developed a technique to identify penguins from their unique chest spot patterns.

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North Korea on Friday blew up the cooling tower of its atomic reactor in a dramatic symbol of its commitment to nuclear disarmament, one day after handing over details of atomic programmes.

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A 25-foot squid was found in Monterey Bay.

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NASA scientists discover Martian soil could support crops.

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Brooklyn Bridge has been transformed into a waterfall thanks to an installation by artist Olafur Eliasson.

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David Shukman takes a look round a windfarm under construction as the government announces new energy proposals.

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One of the planet's most endangered mammal species, Florida panthers have tripled their population to about 100 individuals during the past decade, but in a limited habitat their future survival is still in doubt.

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In Wyoming, drilling for natural gas is pumping out huge quantities of salty water from deep underground, causing serious problems for ranchers.

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Astronauts from the space shuttle 'Discovery' have ventured outside the International Space Station to put the finishing touches on a Japanese laboratory.

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You just never know. . .

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The reasons behind the Doomsday Vault

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Cold and getting colder

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Two million varieties of crops?

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Protected from nature and man

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The problems with a dwindling diversity

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The coldest spot possible

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Life's hope in a frozen wasteland

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U.S. wildlife authorities have reintroduced a rare sub-species of gray wolf in Arizona and New Mexico, but cattle interests, political pressures and poachers have all but doomed the recovery program.

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NASA scientists say new pictures from Mars give more hope for a successful mission.

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NASA's 'Phoenix' probe has started work to figure out if Mars has ever been able to support life.

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Doctors in the US say our joints do know a lot about the weather and they have the science to explain why.

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China's appetite for turtles threatens the survival of many species, even in the United States.

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A history of flying cars