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Climate change will displace up to 300 million people by 2050

By the middle of this century, experts estimate that climate change is likely to displace between 150 and 300 million people.

A new crocodile lizard has been discovered in Vietnam and it's already under threat from poachers

Crocodile lizard, horseshoe mountain bat and snail-eating turtle among 150 new species discovered in Greater Mekong by WWF and under threat by poachers and illegal wildlife trade.

Robots and humans 'will one day have babies', creating a new hybrid species

A leading expert in the field of artificial intelligence has predicted that robots and humans will be able to have children within the next century, creating a new hybrid species.

Oldest fossils ever found indicate life in the Universe is 'common'

New findings show that a diverse a group of organisms evolved very early in Earth's history, making it more likely that life exists outside of our planet.

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Tiny yet deadly marsupial thought to be extinct for over 100 years has just been found alive

The crest-tailed mulgara was thought believed to have been extinct in the Australian state of New South Wales until it was rediscovered out of the blue.

Nasa's stunning new photo reveals what a high-speed jet's sonic boom looks like

Nasa reinvented a 150-year-old technique to capture supersonic motion as well as the shockwaves of a jet.

Watch: Baby 'mouse' elephant gets helicopter rescue after being abandoned by its mother

The starving calf was rescued by conservationists from the Masai Mara and delivered to an elephant orphanage in Nairobi.

How are black holes formed? Gravitational waves may unlock mystery of universe's darkest objects

Researchers used supercomputers to create a model of two black holes that formed inside a massive dying star.

Uranus: Mysterious giant space rock crashed into icy planet blowing 18 moons into its orbit

The same collision also affected the axial tilt of the ice giant, toppling it sideways.

Trump's administration will no longer consider climate change a national security threat

This softening of climate change as a concept is part of a government-wide strategy to dismantle the pro-environmental efforts of federal agencies, say reports.

China wants to launch 10 spy satellites to lock down 24/7 surveillance over South China Sea

China reportedly plans to launch "hyperspectral" and "synthetic aperture radar" satellites, by 2021 to help spy on every object in the contested waters.

Russia has already started drilling the melting Arctic for natural gas

The Arctic has the world's largest deposit of LNG and countries seem eager to extract it from under the rapidly receding Arctic ice.

Earliest direct evidence of life on Earth

3.5 billion year-old fossils are the oldest ever evidence of life on Earth

The earliest life on Earth must have appeared more than 3.5-billion-years-ago, according to new research.

Storm Kai-tak pounds Philippines, leaving over 30 dead and dozens missing

Storm Kai-tak pounds Philippines, leaves over 30 dead and dozens missing in island province of Biliran after triggering severe flooding and landslides.

One of the strangest exoplanets just got even weirder as astronomers detect 'very special' orbit

Gliese 436b has mesmerized researchers due to its host of unusual features - including a massive, comet-like tail of vaporised gas that is 50 times larger than its parent star.

Paul Ryan is being offered $25,000 to have a vasectomy

Family planning organisation, Having Kids are offering US House Speaker Paul Ryan $25,000 to get a vasectomy as part of their push for people to have smaller families.

Alien object 'Oumuamua is covered in a strange organic coat created by cosmic rays

New research reveals more details about the first object ever detected in our own solar system to have originated from interstellar space

Water cremation: The eco-friendly solution to burning dead bodies

A council which tried to pioneer water cremation in the UK has been blocked by concerned utilities firms

Dinosaur-like animal carcass discovered with the flesh still intact baffles scientists

The body of what seems like a well-preserved dinosaur was found in an abandoned substation in northern India.

Two men kiss during a Gay Pride parade in the northern city of Thessaloniki

Mostly straight: The growing trend of heterosexual men who are attracted to men

Not gay, not bisexual, but not quite straight - these men fit into the 'mostly straight' category of sexual orientation

World's smallest Christmas card is so tiny you could fit 200 million on a postage stamp

The technology used to make the tiny object are currently helping to understand materials on the microscopic scale.

Watch: Nasa drops Orion spacecraft replica from 35,000ft for parachute failure test

To simulate the failure, only two of the three parachutes bundled with the mock spacecraft were deployed.

60-million-year-old meteor strike found in Scotland but geologists are not sure where exactly it hit

Researchers studied the rock samples in the lab and found that it contained rare minerals straight from outer space: vanadium-rich and niobium-rich osbornite.

Watch giant 16-foot-long great white shark lurking near popular Australian beach

So far, the rare footage of the shark has got over 368,000 views and 2,200 shares on Facebook.

How to colonise the Moon? Nasa technologist details habitats, water and farming on lunar surface

Of all the techniques that are being seriously studied, Robert Mueller believes 3D printing will lead the way in lunar construction.

Is the world's oldest shark really 512 years old?

While one Greenland shark is estimated to be between 272 and 512 years of age, his team had not found any "600 or 500" year old shark, marine biologist Julius Nielsen clarified.

Watch Blue Origin spaceship take 'Mannequin Skywalker' on a breathtaking suborbital ride

The crew capsule flew up to an altitude of 322,032ft with "Mannequin Skywalker" inside.

Monkeys in Japan are having sexual encounters with deer, according to scientists

A new study further investigates the phenomenon following a report earlier this year of a male snow monkey mounting a female deer on Yakushima Island.

Massive 'potentially hazardous' asteroid to skim past Earth in nearest miss since 1974

Phaethon will come within 10 million kilometres of Earth and will be visible through small telescopes in areas with low light pollution.

This week in space: Interstellar asteroid probe, Nasa and Google AI find alien solar system and more

From Nasa and Google discovering a distant solar system like ours to scientists probing the interstellar asteroid for alien signals – these are the best space stories of the week.