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Oxford: The soggy view from UK's oldest rain record
Like the country as a whole, Oxford’s Radcliffe weather station recorded an extremely wet October. …
Durham University Prof Carlos Frenk's prize a 'huge honour'
Prof Carlos Frenk is one of the originators of a theory on dark matter and galaxies. …
Could Scotland ever be 'the Saudi Arabia of renewables'?
Not for the first time, politicians highlight Scotland’s potential to generate renewable energy. Click…
Rare 'blue moon' to enchant Halloween stargazers
A full moon at Halloween is a rare event but this year it is a blue…
Great Fox-Spider rediscovered on MoD land in Surrey
The Great Fox-Spider had not been seen since the early 1990s and was feared extinct in…
Climate change: You've got cheap data, how about cheap power too?
The iPhone transformed mobile phones in just 10 years. Could green energy see a similar revolution? …
UK fusion experiment used in hunt for clean energy
A pioneering nuclear fusion experiment based in Oxfordshire has been switched on for the first time. …
Osiris-Rex: Nasa asteroid probe ready to return to Earth after leak
The Osiris-Rex probe is now safely carrying rock from an asteroid several million kilometres from Earth. …
Dogs are humans' oldest companions, DNA shows
A study of dog DNA patterns shows that our “best friend” among animals is also our…