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Underwater Photographer of the Year 2016: Breathtaking photos from under the sea

Judges Alex Mustard, Martin Edge and Peter Rowlands had the pleasure of going through the entries to select the winners

Cat charities estimate 4.3m kittens born in UK because owners aren't neutering their pets

PDSA says that owners are unprepared after so many unplanned litters.

Nasa scientist: We can get to Mars in 3 days with photonic propulsion

Philip Lubin says we could use particles of light to push spacecraft to the Red Planet.

Apocalypse Now: If our world collapses, we can survive 55 years on supermarket food

A scientist says we could survive half a century thanks to non-perishable goods taken from UK stores.

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Endangered baby gorilla born through C-section at Bristol Zoo

The caesarean delivery was done when the mother, a Western lowland gorilla, was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia.

'Humming' sound in Pacific Ocean linked to fish migration or farting says expert

Billions of small fish in diurnal trip may be adding 'rush hour' sound to sea, says marine biologist.

Between 1900 and 2000 sea level rose by 14cm - more than any of the previous 27 centuries

Climate change is to blame as if anthropogenic CO2 disappeared, sea level would have risen half the amount.

Glyptodonts, ancient ancestors of armadillos

Extinct ancestors of armadillos the size of cars roamed South America 35 million years ago

A study of 12,000-year-old DNA reports that the creatures called glyptodonts inhabited South America.

Greenpeace: Air pollution levels in India are now higher than in China

Greenpeace India has urged the government not to focus on city-specific plans to curb pollution levels.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles: Bones of woman that inspired Thomas Hardy discovered in Dorchester prison

Archaeologists have discovered bones of Martha Brown, whom Hardy saw hanged in 1856 at Dorchester prison.

Ocean acidification expected to cause skeletal deformities in 50% of juvenile corals

Absorbed CO2 prevents regular growth of tiny corals making them smaller and more fragile, research suggests.

Facebook: Three-year old single-handedly delivering a lamb in video is viewed over 3m times

Girl shows no fear as she coolly helps the lamb into the world.

Intact medieval ship hoisted from the depths of Dutch river

Researchers believe well preserved international trade ship was deliberately sunk to change river flow

3,000 year-old fingerprints belonging to an ancient Egyptian workman

3,000-year-old fingerprints found inside lid of Egyptian high priest's coffin

Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition will display the prints of an ancient Egyptian worker.

Nasa's New Horizons probe reveals frozen ocean may have broken Pluto's moon

Nasa scientists say they m ay have found the reason for Charon's cracked and broken surface.

Nasa to release recordings of unexplained 'music' from the far side of the moon

'Music' heard by astronauts on the Apollo 10 mission was kept top secret for 40 years.

Cyclone Winston: Evacuation centres set up as Fiji faces strongest tropical storm on record

Winston is now classified as a dangerous Category 5 hurricane – a super-typhoon – in the western Pacific Ocean

Zika virus: South Africa confirms first case in Colombian businessman visiting Johannesburg

The man presented with fever and a rash four days after arriving in South Africa.

Virgin Galactic unveils new SpaceShip Two which will replace its lost spaceplane

Virgin Galactic unveils SpaceShip Two that will replace lost spaceplane

The private space tourism firm's second spacecraft model has been bestowed the name VSS Unity.

The five most common misunderstandings about evolution

Why do people question the theory of evolution?

Climate change: Kiribati turns to artificial islands to save nation from Atlantis fate

Kiribati is seeking help from UAE to save the low-lying nation from rising sea levels.

Nasa to grow potato in Peru to simulate growing them on Mars

The potatoes will be grown ina lab in soil from Atacama Desert in southern Peru.

Great Barrier Reef: Drinking beer is now good for the environment

Raising a glass of that beer will help protect The Great Barrier Reef.

Tim Peake: Astronaut films awesome timelapse of UK sparkling from space

Video was shot by British astronaut Tim Peake and first shared on Twitter.

Ring-shaped black holes in 5D universe could produce naked singularities

Scientists simulate black holes that could cause the general theory of relativity to collapse.

Tiger population recovering at Thailand sanctuary thanks to anti-poaching government efforts

Thailand government efforts to save tiger population is working, study finds.

WFIRST: Nasa telescope 100 times bigger than Hubble will search for dark matter, alien worlds

The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) will search for dark matter and planets outside our solar system.

5,000-year-old Egyptian Tarkhan dress declared world's oldest woven garment

The dress was excavated at Tarkhan, an ancient Egyptian cemetery dating back to 3,000BC, in 1913.

Archaeologists hail 'unprecedented' Bronze Age wheel find in Cambridgeshire

Perfectly preserved 3,000-year-old wooden wheel unearthed in Whittlesey, East Anglia.

North Korea: Fears Kim Jong-un's nuclear tests will trigger Mount Paektu volcano to erupt

Several earthquakes have been recorded at the volcano over the last decade.

Mythical boiling river discovered in the Peruvian Amazon

Mysterious four-mile-long boiling river had been unknown to science for almost a century.

Isis goes nuclear? Radioactive material Iridium-192 'stolen' in Iraq explained

Fears radioactive material missing from Basra oil depot could be used as dirty bomb by Islamic State.

Counting sheep: 'Mesmerising, stunning' video of herding in New Zealand goes viral

The drone footage is captivating people everywhere.

Roman bar dating back to 125BC discovered in France

Archaeologists have discovered remains of what was possibly a Roman pub in ancient Mediterranean France.

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