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Harry Potter star Bonnie Wright joins kids' plastic toy push
Actress Bonnie Wright, who played Ginny Weasley, meets children who are upcycling their toys. …
Greenpeace rig protest brought to an end
Police said nine people in total had been arrested in connection with the demonstration in the…
Scotland's crannogs are older than Stonehenge
Used for building homes on lochs, the artificial islands were previously thought to date from the…
Chinese tombs yield earliest evidence of cannabis use
Researchers uncover the earliest known evidence of cannabis use, from tombs in western China. …
Greenland map captures changing Arctic in fine detail
The British Antarctic Survey produces an exquisite new printed sheet map of Greenland and the European…
Bermuda land snail: An animal 'back from the dead'
A remarkable story of how a snail was rescued from the edge of extinction and returned…
Hidden Figures: Nasa renames street after black female mathematicians
Hidden Figures Way is named after the African-American women featured in the Oscar-nominated film. …
What's killing Yosemite's trees?
Ten years into a unique scientific project researchers have tracked dramatic changes to the forest. …
Climate change: Should the UK's 2050 target be sooner?
The UK has promised a stricter emissions target by 2050, but some say it should be…