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Obama joins Trudeau in joint ban on oil drilling in swathes of Atlantic and Arctic seaboard

Outgoing US president hopes to make ban permanent to prevent Trump from reversing policy.

Arctic Inuits survive the extreme cold thanks to genes from extinct species of human

Greenland Inuits have survived the cold thanks to gene variants that first emerged in Denisovans.

A world of ice and iron stolen by the Sun? What we learnt about Planet 9 in 2016

Caltech scientists claimed to have evidence indicating the presence of a giant planet at edge of solar system in January.

Magma is rising underneath Naples' supervolcano Campi Flegrei – and is reaching critical pressure

The supervolcano is close to Naples, which has a population of 1 million people.

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When the Sahara was a savannah 10,000 years ago, humans used pottery to cook for meals

Scientists have found the earliest direct evidence of potteries being used to cook plants 10,000 years ago.

Rugged ocean floors identified as trigger of the world's largest earthquakes

'Megathrust earthquakes' occur when plates slip past each other quickly and can cause devastating damage.

Echoes of gravitational waves: How we may have found the first empirical evidence of quantum gravity

Jahed Abedi explains what these echoes discovered in the LIGO data could mean for science.

Thousands of dead fish have washed up on a Cornish beach for a second time this month - and no one knows why

Mystery mass die off saw hundreds of thousands of mackerel and pilchard wash up on beach near St Michael's Mount.

Winter solstice 2016: When is it and what is the science behind the shortest day of the year?

The days are finally about to get longer.

Weird ghost shark with retractable penis on its head caught on film for first time

Shark was filmed with remote operating vehicle off during dives off coast of California in 2009.

Who is Bill Nye the Science Guy and when does his show air on Netflix?

The series aims to dispel scientific myths and refute anti-scientific claims.

163 elusive species have just been discovered, including a rainbow-headed snake and a very rare banana

A snake with an iridescent head – likened to Ziggy Stardust – is among one of many newly discovered species.

Polar bears face yet another threat to their survival: sharks

Killer whales and Greenland sharks could attack polar bears as well as eat their prey - seals.

Trump accused of McCarthyism over demanding names of climate change advisers

During the interview, Anthony Scaramucci said the Earth is 5,500 years old.

Mysterious mummy creature in Siberia and other real-life monsters discovered in 2016

Many animals and plants in nature have strange and scary appearances.

Great British Take Off: Pie lovers launch meat and potato pastry into space

The savoury treat's space odyssey was recorded on camera.

Mystery of what caused brightest flash in the universe solved – and it wasn't a supernova

The 'superflash' ASASSN-15lh was caused by a very rare event involving a supermassive black hole.

Frustrated with your partner? Get him a gift from a brand he dislikes to feel better

To avoid conflict and vent their frustration people buy products from brands that their romantic partners like less.

Caveman toothpicks: Our ancestors were big on dental hygiene 1.2 million years ago

Analysis of ancient molar shows what kind of food our ancestors ate and how they cleaned their teeth.

China issues 2016's first red alert for air pollution as severe smog blankets 23 cities

Starting from 16 December, private cars will be allowed to ply on Beijing's roads only on alternate days.

Europe's Galileo satellite system goes live after 17 years, eyes to provide the best navigation accuracy

The project was originally scheduled to go live in 2008 with a budget of €3b.

Huge, rare diamonds are born in pools of liquid metal deep below the Earth's surface

"Superdeep" diamonds form as far as 750km down into the Earth – that's more than the length of Florida.

Underwater volcanoes caught in the act of erupting in unprecedented detail

About 80% of the world's volcanic activity happens underwater - now scientists have caught an eruption in the act.

KIC 8462852: What we learnt about the bizarre alien megastructure star in 2016

We've largely ruled out the idea of a Dyson Sphere, but that doesn't make KIC 8462852 any less of a mystery.

Why Palmyra was such a spectacular and unique archaeological site

The city's major monuments were destroyed by so-called Islamic State who took back the city this week.

Weird and wonderful monsters of the deep discovered at Dragon's Breath hydrothermal vents

Six new species discovered in vent chimneys 2.8km deep in the south-west Indian Ocean.

It's up to scientists to call Trump out if he tramples on evidence, Obama official says

As Nasa's Earth science programmes are in the firing line, scientists protest against burying evidence.

Stonehenge's women and Black Death pits: Five amazing archaeological finds in Britain in 2016

This year wasn't all bad – for archaeologists in Britain at least.

Here's how male seahorses ended up being the ones that get pregnant

Evolutionary biologists also reveal why they have no teeth or pelvic fin.

Pangea used to keep Earth warm like a blanket, and ever since it broke up the crust has been getting thinner

The loss of the supercontinent Pangea has been making the Earth cool quicker and form thinner crust.

EmDrive: These are the problems China must fix to make microwave thrusters work on satellites

China's space agency might stand by EmDrive, but there are still a myriad of engineering problems to solve.

A lost Ancient Greek city that was too big to see has just been discovered

Researchers mapped the city above and below ground without using a single shovel.

Gravitational wave echoes might have just caused Einstein's general theory of relativity to break down

Discovery could lead to a whole new way of understanding black holes and their event horizons.

Forensic science to reveal sex of prehistoric cave artists

A mock cave was used to test how good forensic scientists are at identifying artists' sex from hand stencils.

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