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News, features and analysis from the BBC Science & Environment news desk.

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Joined January 2007
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The science of soulmates bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crrn…
The science of soulmates: is there someone out there exactly right for you?

The science of soulmates: is there someone out there exactly right for you?

For many, the idea of soulmates still shapes how love is understood.

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The neuroscience of altruism: How pulses of electricity to the brain can make people less selfish bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20z…
Brain stimulating test makes people 'less selfish'

Brain stimulating test makes people 'less selfish'

Scientists have discovered how to make people less selfish - slightly and temporarily - by stimulating two areas of the brain.

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Polar bears in Svalbard are getting fatter, but the sea ice they hunt from is melting. So what are they eating? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2l…
Polar bears getting "fatter and healthier" amid ice loss

Polar bears getting "fatter and healthier" amid ice loss

Scientists think that Svalbard bears have adapted to recent ice loss by eating more land-based prey.

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Why great white sharks are disappearing from the Meditteranean bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9qe…
Great white sharks face extinction in Mediterranean, say researchers

Great white sharks face extinction in Mediterranean, say researchers

Overfishing and illegal fishing are contributing to the loss of sharks, including great whites.

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Young Science Writer of the Year 2025: How 'super shoes' transformed running bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn4d…
How 'super shoes' transformed running

How 'super shoes' transformed running

How 'super shoes' transformed running

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Cameras on killer whales record first evidence of joint hunt with dolphins bbc.co.uk/news/videos/ceq100…
Killer whales and dolphins seen hunting together in rare video

Killer whales and dolphins seen hunting together in rare video

Researchers say the footage, captured near the North-West Pacific coast, is the first recorded evidence of the two working together.

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Scientists reveal what caused Santorini 'earthquake swarm' bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz7p…
Scientists reveal what triggered Santorini 'earthquake swarm'

Scientists reveal what triggered Santorini 'earthquake swarm'

Thousands of earthquakes were caused by magma "pumping through" Earth's crust for three months, they say.

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Kissing evolution traced back 21.5 million years - and Neanderthals probably kissed, too - scientists say. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr43…
First kiss dates back 21 million years, say scientists

First kiss dates back 21 million years, say scientists

A new study looks at how the mouth-on-mouth smooch came into being, and concludes that Neanderthals also kissed.

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Our dogs' diversity can be traced back to the Stone Age bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce9d…
Our dogs' diversity can be traced back to the Stone Age

Our dogs' diversity can be traced back to the Stone Age

A new study suggests their physical transformation began much earlier than we previously thought.

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Spectacular online read - in the footsteps of prehistoric giants bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt…
Huge dinosaur trackway uncovered in the UK - BBC News

Huge dinosaur trackway uncovered in the UK - BBC News

One of the longest sets of dinosaur footprints in the world has been discovered in a limestone quarry

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Your nose gets colder when you're stressed. These thermal images show the change bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj07…
Thermal cameras read stress on my face

Thermal cameras read stress on my face

Psychologists subjected a BBC reporter to a carefully designed thermal camera stress test.

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Naked mole rats reveal a biological secret to long life bbc.com/news/articles/cz7rxy…
Naked mole rats reveal genetic secret to long life

Naked mole rats reveal genetic secret to long life

The bald, subterranean rats are the world's longest-lived rodent.

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Vaccine breakthrough for deadly elephant virus bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjd1…
Vaccine breakthrough for deadly elephant virus

Vaccine breakthrough for deadly elephant virus

A vaccine against a deadly disease that affects young elephants is shown to be effective in a world-first trial.

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A serene force of Nature. Farewell Jane Goodall bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgj1…
Dame Jane Goodall revolutionised our understanding of our closest primate cousins

Dame Jane Goodall revolutionised our understanding of our closest primate cousins

The conservationist, who died aged 91 on Wednesday, challenged how we relate to the natural world.

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Why scientists hope seabed mud could reveal Antarctic Ocean secrets bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2v…
Antarctic Ocean secrets hidden in layers of seafloor mud

Antarctic Ocean secrets hidden in layers of seafloor mud

How long tubes of mud - drilled out of the Antarctic seafloor - could reveal how the frozen continent is changing.

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Oceangate's Titan whistleblower: 'People were sold a lie' bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0w…
Oceangate's Titan whistleblower: 'People were sold a lie'

Oceangate's Titan whistleblower: 'People were sold a lie'

A former Oceangate employee says he told US authorities about safety concerns with the sub before it imploded.

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Female friendships shape mountain gorilla society bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c80d…
Gorillas seek out old female friends when they move

Gorillas seek out old female friends when they move

A study in Rwanda reveals the significance of a social connection between female mountain gorillas.

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Mission begins to the save the world's most beautiful snails bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyr…
Mission under way to save 'world's most beautiful' snails

Mission under way to save 'world's most beautiful' snails

Researchers in Cuba and the UK are working together to reveal the biological secrets of the beautiful but endangered Polymita snail.

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Killer whales use kelp to 'massage' each other, drone footage reveals bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyq…
Killer whales make tools from kelp to 'massage' each other

Killer whales make tools from kelp to 'massage' each other

Orcas have been filmed using kelp as a tool to massage each other

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UK's muddy saltmarshes vital to tackle climate change, report finds bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9dq…
UK's muddy saltmarshes vital to tackle climate change - report

UK's muddy saltmarshes vital to tackle climate change - report

The UK's saltmarshes lock away climate-warming greenhouse gases in layers of mud, a new report from WWF says.

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