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El Nino: What can the US and Australia expect?

This year's El Nino is the third biggest event since 1950. What can the affected countries expect?

COP21: Historic climate agreement inches closer after marathon talks in Paris

Delegates from 195 countries agree on final text of a new global pact to tackle climate change.

El Niño fires are raging in the Amazon – and we're right in the middle of them

Fires estimated to have emitted more carbon in just a few weeks than the entire German economy over a whole year.

Geminids 2015: Where to watch the meteor shower in the UK, US and live online

The Geminids meteor shower returns this weekend. Find out the best places to view the shower and what to expect.

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Cambodia: Huge structure discovered at Angkor Wat shows religious monument is more complex than thought

The Greater Angkor Project discovered more buried buildings, making it more complex than earlier believed.

Effort to prevent 'coywolf' hybrid wiping out critically endangered red wolves is working

Experts say placeholder technique to prevent red wolves from being wiped out is helping.

San Bernardino shooting: Why it is rare for women to commit mass killings

90.5% of homicides in the US between 1980 and 2008 were committed by men.

COP21: Climate change demonstration planned as activists prepare to defy Paris protest ban

Thousands of environmental campaigners prepare to take to the streets on last day of the UN Climate Summit.

French Minister of Foreign Affairs Laurent Fabius

COP21: Paris climate agreement to curb global warming due one day later than planned

Delay caused by disagreements on compensation for countries most affected by climate change.

Russia: Goat sent as live prey for Siberian tiger in safari park befriends wild cat

Timur the goat and Amur the tiger are almost inseparable as they rest together in the same shelter.

Physicists explain how to solve difficult mathematical problems with time travel computing

'Whenever we present the idea, people say no way can this have an effect'.

Storm Desmond: Glenridding river bursts banks causing more trouble in Cumbria

The flooding on 10 December was the second time the Glenridding village's river broke its banks.

COP21: Seven businesses that are leading the way in the fight against climate change

Companies across the globe are pledging to fight against climate change by transitioning to renewable energy.

Orphaned Amur tiger cub Cindarella filmed with her own cubs in Russia

WCS footage shows rehabilitated tiger cub with her two cubs.

Lifting pigswill ban would save 1.8 million hectares of land

Researchers found an area double the size of North Yorkshire can be saved by lifting the ban on pigswill.

Did 'dark matter' or a star called Nemesis kill the dinosaurs?

Leading cosmologist says dark matter could have caused dinosaur-killing comet to hit Earth.

Deep-sea dwellers feasting like humans in Valencia trench

Up to 6% of their diet was from human leftovers such as beef and grapes.

Tangier Island residents to become first US climate change refugees in as little as 25 years

Tangier Islands will be submerged beneath the sea within 100 years if sea level rises at current rate.

4,000-year-old Bronze Age settlement discovered on beaches of Sanday, Orkney

This 'must be one of the biggest complexes of Bronze Age settlement in the Scottish isles'

Heart and organs of Ottoman ruler Suleiman the Magnificent 'almost certainly' discovered in Hungary

Researchers have been excavating the site of the ruler's death, and are confident they've found the tomb.

Seti: Still no sign of aliens coming from 'alien megastructure' near star KIC 8462852

Astronomers from Seti International do not find laser pulses coming from KIC 8462852.

Norwegian coastguard rescues a trapped humpback whale

The video shows the whale underwater with a large rope wound around a large section of its body.

World's first IVF puppies born in US open door to eradication of heritable disease

Seven healthy puppies born by IVF following embryos transferred to host female dog.

Natural History Museum VR experience lets you explore the Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough

Now you can take a dive with Sir David Attenborough in a 360-degree video journey of the Great Barrier Reef.

Ceres bright spots mystery solved: Dawn data points to impact craters

Scientists make detailed observations from the surface of Ceres to work out what the bright spots are.

Oxford University professor Fritz Vollrath light-heartedly examines plausibility of Spider-Man

Vollrath took a tongue-in-cheek look at the popular comic book character.

Whisky tasting volunteers needed - for science

Research at the University of Edinburgh requires 120 volunteers to take part in whisky tasting

Nikon Instruments reveals the winner of the Small World in Motion competition

The results of the fifth annual microbiology competition have been released. Get your microscopes ready...

Scientists create 3D images of the world as a dolphin sees it via echolocation analysis

Human beings, flower pots and cubes among the images created.

Dogs proved to have compassion by sniffing others' urine

Mutts are more interested in the smell of others, showing the self-awareness linked to empathy.

COP21: Draft agreement from Paris climate change talks released though big holes remain

Nations continue to push for international agreement to limit global warming as end of COP21 looms.

Antarctic glacial underbelly scanned for first time hinting at volcanoes and magma 'blowtorch'

Researchers discover volcanic activity hidden beneath icy surface of Antarctica.

Storm Desmond: Photos of Carlisle and Cockermouth during and after the Cumbria floods

Pics taken a day or two apart show Cumbrian towns during the flooding, and after the water had receded.

Mini Mosasaur: Fossil discovered in Japan sheds new light on ancient 'binocular eyed' marine hunter

Extremely well preserved Mosasaur fossil is the first to be found in Japan.

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