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Fukushima disaster facts and figures: What happened and what were the effects of the nuclear meltdown?

11 March marks the five-year anniversary of the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear disaster. What caused the explosions?

Vantablack – a material so super-black it absorbs light from a laser

Surrey Nanosystems makes 'super-black' Vantablack material even darker.

Wellcome Image Awards 2016: The year's best science photos revealed

This year's shortlist includes a map of the human brain's pathways, delicate scales on a moth's wing, and a super-close-up of a butterfly's head.

China: Giant 420m deep underground sinkhole discovered with waterfalls, lakes and wildlife

A 16.5km long 'doline' has been found in China, with waterfalls, lakes and winding rivers.

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Mars Orbiter to seek out life on the Red Planet by detecting subterranean microbes

European Space Agency (ESA) to launch the Trace Gas Orbiter, a probe designed to analyse the Martian atmosphere.

Warrior tombs found in massive 4,200-year old necropolis near Bethlehem

Prehistoric cemetery found by archaeologists working at a site called Khalet al-Jam'a.

Iceberg that sank the Titanic was 100,000-years-old and of monstrous size

Scientists believe the iceberg which sank the passenger liner may have originated in southwest Greenland.

Germany demands France close its oldest nuclear power plant after water leak report

Fessenheim Nuclear Power Plant is one of three which France's neighbours are concerned about.

Scientists trying to clone extinct Ice Age cave lions using DNA from 12,000 year old remains

Remains of two lion cubs were found in Russia's north-eastern Sakha Republic in August 2015

UK faces the coldest Easter on record as El Niño artic conditions expected until April

Great Britain is currently dealing with polar conditions caused by Storm Jake as it heads south.

Newly discovered ghost-like deep sea octopus fondly dubbed Casper could be new species

An octopus was discovered in the Hawaiian deep sea that social media has associated with the popular cartoon character.

Bee decline: Two diseases are combining to destroy global honey bees

Bees have declined two thirds in 10 years – varroa and the deformed wing virus may finish them off for good.

Hadal zone: Ten things you never knew about the ocean's deepest places

Vast and mysterious hadal zone - named after Greek god of the underworld Hades - is teeming with life.

Sumatran orangutan population double previous estimates but huge threats remain to species

Critically endangered Sumatran orangutan population found to be 14,600.

Small 30m-wide asteroid called 2013 TX68 set to pass Earth on 8 March

Nasa said that the asteroid could come anywhere between 11,000 and 3,000,000 miles from Earth.

Mexico: Rare albino whale spotted off Pacific coast

Marine biologists captured the footage during an annual census off the coast of Baja California.

Intelligent design: Backlash as PLOS One study claims human hands were designed by 'the Creator'

Journal PLOS One criticised for publishing study attributing dexterity of human hand to 'Creator'.

Total solar eclipse 2016: Everything you need to know about celestial event in Indonesia

On 8 and 9 March 2016 a total solar eclipse will be seen from Indonesia and the central Pacific.

Scott Kelly livestream: Watch Nasa astronaut discuss Year in Space live online

After a year in space, Kelly is back on Earth. He and Nasa members will share their perspectives on the mission.

Incredible rare footage shows a pygmy blue whale nursing its calf in the ocean

The birds-eye video sees the mother and calf dancing around each other in the open ocean.

Beetle uses 'pogo stick' to ski across water at human equivalent of 300mph

Video footage shows the mechanism that allows lily beetles to skip across water, at half a metre per second.

Lascaux cave paintings: Huge replica of Palaeolithic site to open in France in December

Lascaux IV will be the largest model of the famous Palaeolithic cave to date.

Hubble spots farthest galaxy in the known universe 13.4 billion light years away

The observation is a major step back in time to when the universe was just 3% of its current age.

Number of dogs attacking guide dogs quadruples in 5 years

Between 2010 and 2015 there was a marked increase in reports of guide dogs being attacked.

US: Extreme tornado 'super' outbreaks have risen 50% since 1950

Study shows the number of tornado outbreaks are rising, as well as the number of twisters in each outbreak

Wadi Sura II: 8,000-year-old handprints on cave art found not to have human origins

Human hand stencils were common in Holocene art, but tiny handprints in Egyptian cave belong to reptiles.

America's most toxic place: Inside a real-life ghost town, surrounded by mountains of hazardous waste

Inside the abandoned Oklahoma mining town of Picher, described as the 'most toxic place in America'.

Four-Billion-Year Old 'Unusual' Battered Volcano Found on Mars

Mars mega volcanoes: Tharsis dome spewed so much lava it shifted Red Planet's surface

Massive volcanic eruption on Mars 3.5 billion years ago altered planet's surface by up to 25 degrees.

ESA's Jan Woerner: If life existed below the surface of Mars we will find it

Woerner says living organisms may have existed under the planet's surface.

Ancient Anglo-Saxon island discovered in middle of Lincolnshire field

Discovery of Anglo-Saxon relics led archaeologists to uncover a 7th Century settlement in Lincolnshire.

X(5568): New particle 'tetraquark' sheds light on Big Bang and early universe

New particle discovered in the Fermilab is made up of four quarks - the first of its kind.

Ecuador: Tungurahua volcano spews smoke and ash in fiery eruption

Volcanologists began registering increased activity at Tungurahua on 27 February.

Malawi drought: Blantyre mayor urges people to stop relying on rain as millions go hungry

World Food Programme claims £27m needed to help Malawians as government imports maize.

World Wildlife Day 2016: Eight endangered animals being driven to extinction by humans

World Wildlife Day is marked on 3 March to raise awareness of the planet's wild animals and plants.

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