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Overdue book returned 120 years later

A book that has been missing from the Hereford school library in England has been returned - after 120 years.

Google to run 100% on renewable energy in 2017

Google announced it will get all its 2017 energy from solar and wind.

More young people are watching David Attenborough’s "Planet Earth" than the X Factor

It's not often that a nature documentary tops the ratings.

Startling NASA photo reveals 300-foot-wide rift in Antarctic Ice Shelf

It looks like we're moving closer to a dramatic break-up.

Switzerland votes against strict phase-out of nuclear energy

Switzerland is, as you'd expect, one of the countries with the cleanest energy.

No, global temperatures aren't "plunging" - fake news is acting up

What can go wrong when loudmouths spread fake information?

All London buses will be green by 2018

This is the end for London's dirty buses.

British researchers on the hunt for world's oldest ice

As the Antarctic spring comes to an end and the "summer" enters into force, a team of geoscientists is seeking 1.5-million-year ice.

After the Earthquake: Stunning Photos Show Huge Rock Walls Rising from Below

A sight to behold.

In times of turmoil, academics stand up, develop code of conduct and reaffirm fight against racism, misogyny and climate change denial

In times of political turmoil, academics are often the first to react.

China is building a huge solar plant at Chernobyl

When one door closes, another one opens.

The world's oldest person (and only one still born in the 1800s) celebrates 117th birthday

When Emma Morano was born, Umberto I was still reigning over Italy.

World's poorest countries pledge to 100% renewable energy

They're leapfrogging developed countries.

According to the FBI, there are 7 types of protesters

Which one are you?

Canada set to join US in banning microbeads

An important move for protecting wildlife and the environment.

Scientists answer longstanding question: why is the surface of ice wet?

Some simple questions have deceivingly complicated answers.

Incredible fungi timelapse from BBC's Planet Earth II

Stop what you're doing and watch this incredible footage. Your life will not be the same again.

In 1975, a physicist co-authored a paper with his cat. He did it for a very good reason

F.D.C. Willard, also known as Chester, is a cat who co-authored a high-quality physics paper in 1975

Parents might soon watch their unborn babies grow up in 3D

Modern technology is impressive, extremely useful, and sometimes a bit disturbing.

Depression and anxiety cause stomach and skin issues, respectively

They mess up your brain, and they mess up your body.

When it comes to the world of viruses, we're just scratching the surface

We've only seen the tip of the surface.

Comprehensive study finds that sustainable eating could save the planet

Cutting down on meat could drastically reduce global warming.

Mysterious, Stonehenge-like, 1,500 year old monument found in Kazakhstan

Archaeologists have discovered a gigantic, 1,500-year-old stone monument in Kazakhstan.

Scientists are trapping more and more CO2 into volcanic basalt

Storing CO2 underground might be one pivotal for our climate future.

Stunning photos of uncontacted Amazon tribe emerge - just as they're threatened by illegal gold miners

Spectacular images of an uncontacted tribe in the Amazon have emerged, but conservationists and indigenous populations fear that the villagers are in grave danger.

It's official: NASA's "impossible" EM drive has been peer-reviewed and published

Complicated physics, impossible results.

New Zealand town builds a 25 meter long tunnel to save blue penguins

Blue penguins were facing a perilous transit to their nests, so a New Zealand city decided to build an underpass to protect them.

Just 1C global warming impacts every aspect of life on Earth, new study finds

Things are already bad.

Video: watch how a beautiful forest changes during a year

Filmmaker Samuel Orr took 40,000 still images from his front window in a forest cabin to show how nature changes day by day.

Slovenia just declared water a universal right for all

This might make a big difference in the future.

The North Pole is a whopping 36F (20C) hotter than it should be right now

Things are not looking good in the North Pole.

Smog kills more than 400 people in Iran's capital Tehran

Unprecedented levels of smog pollution in Iran's capital have killed over 400 people.

Australia lobbies coal mine at climate talks

Bad Australia, bad!

China to Trump: We didn't invent global warming

China is schooling the US on climate change. What a time to be alive.

Science can't afford to be slowed down by unrealistic standards while politics runs around the house naked

"We are not on the right track and we need to deal with that."

The war on drugs has failed, study finds. It's time to try something else

Let's face it: the war on drugs has failed.

US businesses urge Trump to support climate deal

Over 360 multinationals and investing groups have published an open letter to president-elect Donald Trump.

John Kerry: "Above all, consult the scientists"

A heartfelt plea, sometimes said with a breaking voice.

This is the tallest tropical tree in the world

Biologists have located the world's tallest tropical tree, a 94.1-metre (309-foot) specimen in Borneo. I

Giant sinkhole in Japan repaired in a matter of days

It was repaired in less than a week.

Teenage binge drinking can affect the brain of your future offspring

Your drinking could even affect the future generation.

Molecules on your mobile phone say a lot about your lifestyle

Everything you touch leaves behind a trace.

Former French president Sarkozy says Europe should impose carbon tax on US if Trump pulls out of Paris Pact

We need leaders that address global issues.

So, 2016 is set to be the hottest year on record. By far. Now what?

According to data published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the UN, 2016 will be the hottest year on record.

Dinosaurs' rise to power took a lot of time, new study shows

Dinosaurs ruled the Earth for millions of years, but they took it slowly.

The wild chimpanzee who cared for her disabled child

Heartwarming.

Male chimps can be both players and good father, new study finds

Just because they enjoy the opposite sex doesn't mean they're bad dads.

Thorny devils drink water with their body, by burying themselves in the sand

The thorny devil can't drink water the "normal" way.

Hyperloop rail might connect Dubai and Abu Dhabi in 12 minutes

It takes 2 hours to take a bus from Dubai to Abu Dhabi. It's a 90-minute drive. The Hyperloop could get you there in 12 minutes.

Scientists find completely new type of atomic bond

Researchers have observed something which had been proposed for a long time.

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