VIDEO: New Scientist for the James Webb Telescope

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New Science for James Webb Telescope

July 31, 2015 Updated 07:06 BST

Hubble's successor, the James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to launch in 2018.

It is built at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland - and the BBC had unusual access Click on the large instrument.

Here explains Mark clampin as the James Webb will transform our understanding of space.

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VIDEO: chimpanzee Ton Food & # 039; Supplements & # 039;

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Chimpanzees eat clay "as a mineral supplement"

July 29, 2015 Last updated at 09:26 BST

A study shows that chimpanzees in Uganda eat clay to increase their intake of minerals.

Writing in the journal PLoS One , an international research team has identified animals eat clay and loam water, often with leaves as sponges.

This behavior is shown in the images above, the increase after 2005, along with the animals began less raffia palm trees that have become rare because they were used to eat from local producers snuff.

"Rafia is an essential source of sodium, but to our surprise, the sodium content in tone is very low, so it does not seem the main reason for the new bulimic tone," said Vernon Reynolds, professor emeritus at the University of Oxford and first author the study.

"Instead, we believe that low concentrations of minerals in their normal diet of fruit and leaves suggests that the tone is usually consumed as a mineral supplement."

Eat call the Earth, the scientists "geophagia" is a habit in chimpanzees and other animals known.

Another community of animals elsewhere in Uganda has shown that self-medication with a particular combination of soil and leaves with anti-malarial properties.

Videos courtesy of Brittany Fallon of the University of St Andrews

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VIDEO: Scientists fear robotic arms

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AI: Scientists fear robotic arms

July 28, 2015 at 23:07 clock Last updated BST

More than 1,000 scientists, including Stephen Hawking, have called for the prohibition of the development of artificial intelligence for military use and build robot arms.

Unmanned drones have played a controversial role in military operations with countries like the United States.

In an open letter, he said, the technology group has developed itself without human intervention.

The BBC science editor David Shukman explains.

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VIDEO: Crash Brakes blamed Virgin Galactic

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Virgin Galactic made responsible crash Brakes

July 28, 2015 at 20:12 clock Last updated BST

Investigators said Virgin Galactic spaceship accident was caused by a structural failure unlocked after the untimely braking system co.

The National Board of Transportation Safety (NTSB), which causes the resultant aerodynamic forces the brakes are effectively implemented, the ship in the Mojave Desert ripping.

The accident killed Michael Alsbury persons and seriously injured the driver.

Richard Westcott reported.

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Most endangered duck; Follow Britain & # 039: VIDEO

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I duck hunts most threatened Britain

July 28, 2015 at 00:30 clock Last updated BST

A team from the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) is the mark detection and scoters women, to find out why these birds so sharp drop in the UK.

Only 35 pairs of birds breed now in Great Britain each year, most of them on the lakes in the highlands of Scotland.

Ducks are a rare species of British birds that is very little known.

Their nests are well hidden by some of the most remote landscapes in Britain, hinder the search and study.

But WWT researcher Ed Burrell spent the summer at a secret location in the mountains, in order to monitor, detect and mark birds under siege.

Video journalist Victoria Gill

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VIDEO: All images of Pluto in 60 seconds

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Pluto images in 60 seconds

July 24, 2015 Last updated at 06:59 BST

Since New Horizons spacecraft started returning detailed information on Pluto this month, we gave them the title after title ever better quality photos.

News compiled now all pictures of Pluto so far in a manageable minute ...

Welcome to.

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VIDEO: rare wild kittens incurred by

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Wildcats away in Scottish zoo

July 23, 2015 at 09:32 clock Last updated BST

Three Wild Kittens have collected in a wildlife park in Scotland come out of his den for the first time since he was born.

This type, sometimes called Tiger Highland is threatened with extinction due to wild and domestic cats crossing.

These kittens are born in April as part of a conservation program.

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VIDEO: Soyuz successfully docks with ISS

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Soyuz docks with the International Space Station

July 23, 2015 07:31 clock Last updated BST

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft with an international team of astronauts to the International Space Station, 400 km above the earth docked.

The six-hour flight took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. He was delayed for two months by the failure of a rocket unmanned cargo.

Videos courtesy of NASA.

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VIDEO: The fight against the deadly disease Wombats

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Mortal combat mange in wombats of Australia

July 20, 2015 at 20:50 clock Last updated BST

Wombats are among the most beloved animals from Australia, but are known under the threat of a painful illness and fatal skin disease such as scabies.

The disease has hit particularly hard in the National Park in the north of Tasmania Narawntapu that killed two-thirds of residents Wombats.

A solution may develop in the form of a simple treatment by researchers at the University of Tasmania Alynn Martin, who controls the spread of scabies in the Park.

BBC News joined Martin and his colleagues in the field and discovered that little Wombat fight sequences and the surprise of some low-tech devices can get everything you need.

Video journalist Sarah Abbott

Stills courtesy of Eat Management.

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VIDEO: Campaign to obtain spatial Armstrong

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Campaign begins, get the spacesuit Neil Armstrong

July 21, 2015 Last updated at 5:21 BST

A fundraiser has been launched to the space suit that Neil Armstrong wore when he became the first man to preserve the moon.

The National Museum of Air and Space in Washington US wants to raise $ 500,000 in order to protect the spacesuit and build a glass box with a controlled temperature.

Cathy Lewis, spacesuit curator at the Museum of Air and Space in Washington, said the study was "a very complex machine" that needs careful handling.

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VIDEO: Horn & # 039; Eye view of Rhino-cam s bird

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"Could save from extinction of rhinos" House of Rhino

July 20, 2015 Last updated on 06:31 BST

A British team has developed a system for the protection of wild rhinos could be extinct within the next decade, developed as they hunted by poachers for their horns lucrative.

With a combination of GPS tracker, heart rate monitor and hidden cameras, guards are available to thwart an attack in the second.

The cameras are saying in rhino horn in which researchers, a painless procedure is integrated.

Graham Satchell reports.

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VIDEO: With electric cars to meet throughout the day?

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Can you live every day with an electric car?

July 16, 2015 at 09:53 clock Last updated BST

The number of electric cars on our roads is increasing, were recorded three times in the first six months of 2015 compared to the same period last year.

While the technology has been around for several years, have concerns about range and price, many people prevented take them seriously.

John Maguire took an electric car for a spin.

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VIDEO: New Horizons offers a new vision of Pluto

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New Horizons offers a new vision of Pluto

July 16, 2015 Last updated at 10:52 BST

NASA probe New Horizons has this week to visit the dwarf planet Pluto history.

The pictures beamed to Earth - a distance of five billion kilometers - paints a striking picture of a mountainous area, geologically active.

BBC Two's Newsnight, Evan Davis spoke to the principal investigator Alan Stern of the mission.

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VIDEO: What new images show Pluto?

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New images show Pluto?

July 15, 2015 Last Updated 23:04 BST

Pluto has ice mountains that are higher than those of the Rocky Mountains are made, revealing the images of the New Horizons spacecraft.

Also they show signs of geological activity on Pluto and its moon Charon.

David Shukman reported.

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VIDEO: Revelations Pluto & # 039; It was not what we expected & # 039;

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The revelations Pluto probe New Horizons "Not what we expected"

July 15, 2015 at 23:30 clock Last updated BST

Pluto has ice mountains that are higher than those of the Rocky Mountains are made, revealing the images of the New Horizons spacecraft.

Also they show signs of geological activity on Pluto and its moon Charon.

Former Astronaut Chris Hadfield spoke to the BBC on the photo and told him what was revealed "was not what we expected."

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VIDEO: Shark rescued from the beach Stranded

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Twisted shark saved Massachusetts beach

July 15, 2015 Last updated at 08:59 BST

A great white shark has, after he rescued washed ashore in Chatham, Massachusetts.

Members of the public and the harbor master office splash on the shark before it dragged on the sea and successfully introduced.

Courtesy Mike Bartel

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The photo of the dwarf planet Pluto; Sample & # 039: VIDEO

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Mission to Pluto: New Horizons Pictures planet

July 14, 2015 at 19:01 clock Last updated BST

New Horizons spacecraft NASA He made a first visit to Pluto, speeding past at 14km per second.

Previously, the space agency has published the most detailed picture to date, when he fell on the dwarf planet on Tuesday.

The probe was set to capture more pictures and other scientific data on the subject, passing 12,500 km from the surface.

Drivers get a final report of health before his robotic spacecraft antenna turned to focus on your goal of Earth.

Scientific editor of the BBC, reported David Shukman.

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VIDEO: Pluto probe contact

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Pluto probe in contact with Mission Control comes

July 15, 2015 at 03:46 clock updates BST

A signal was developed by the New Horizons probe, which get crossed Pluto Monday.

The connection data in the country suggests that the ship suffered no faults or damage when flying dwarf world.

The embassy lasted four hours and 25 minutes to cross 4.7 billion kilometers from the area - and was greeted with jubilation.

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VIDEO: New Horizons: Toward Pluto Summary

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New Horizons: Toward Pluto Tuesday Summary

July 12, 2015 at 23:28 clock Last updated BST

It's miles away 3000000000 (4700000000 km) and has never seen in detail, but now Pluto, on the edge of the solar system is about to be revealed in a new light.

On Tuesday, the New Horizons spacecraft NASA sweep across the icy dwarf planet and send your images as clear as ever.

David Shukman reported.

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VIDEO: Why is not a planet Pluto?

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Why not Pluto a Planet?

July 11, 2015 at 17:28 clock Last updated BST

Pluto lost its planet status in 2006 but reclassified "dwarf" world actually set up as an exciting new category.

Dr. Marek Kukula, public astronomer at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, tells the story of the small object that revolves around a five billion kilometers from the Sun.

The BBC is a 'Sky At Night screen "special program called Pluto revealed Monday, July 20, summarizes all the great moments of Tuesday by the New Horizons flyby of NASA spacecraft.

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VIDEO: Warning wildflower gardens

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Expert Warns of wildflowers in rural areas

July 10, 2015 at 13:58 clock Last updated BST

Wildflower gardens are an increasingly common sight in towns and cities in Scotland.

They were credited with providing crucial impetus bee populations.

Some experts warn that planting wildflower seeds in rural areas can not be good news for our native plant species.

Environment correspondent reports BBC Scotland David Miller.

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VIDEO: What was the first electric aircraft?

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What electrical plan was first to cross the Channel?

July 11, 2015 at 02:58 clock updates BST

For the first time an electric aircraft successfully flew over the canal.

However, there is debate about which driver had that done first.

Didier Estyene pilot flew his plane E fan, powered by lithium batteries, Kent to Calais.

But another French pilot Hugues Duval, may have broken the record.

Tim Allman reports.

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AUDIO: When the Jazz hit physics

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If the Jazz hit physics

July 9, 2015 at 19:44 clock Last updated BST

A unique combination of human and machine - the first performance of a concert pianist and the Large Hadron Collider.

A team of scientists at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland has to play real-time data from an experiment at the LHC in music, and jazz pianist was together.

Juliana Cherston MIT in the US, Ewan Hill of the University of Victoria in Canada and Domenico Vicinanza Anglia Ruskin University in the UK, have a pianist data while Al improvised Blatter.

Marilyn says Rust.

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VIDEO: Bees & # 039; the risk of climate change & # 039;

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Bees "at risk of climate change"

July 10, 2015 at 07:30 clock Last updated BST

Bumble bees are threatened by climate change, which greatly reduces the habitat where they can survive, researchers said.

They say that natural areas of these important pollinators compressed in Europe and North America.

The analysis shows that global warming is to ensure a greater impact as pesticides or land use and to the survival of the bees, the people have to move them to cooler areas.

Matt McGrath reports.

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VIDEO: Fox hunting voice & # 039; & # 039 scheduled for the next week;

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Deputies "could vote on fox hunting change the law next week"

July 9, 2015 at 07:55 clock Last updated BST

MPs could vote on the amendments to the existing legislation on fox hunting in England and Wales next week.

The government would give MPs a free vote on whether the existing practice in England and Wales "in line" set by an unlimited number of dogs used in Scotland, where the game can be to be foxes to hunt. Currently, in England and Wales, two were admitted.

Rights groups say that animals, to tune the tracking crept through the back door.

Claire Marshall reports.

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VIDEO: Save plants to & # 039; & # 039 mass extinctions;

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Saving the plants in the "sixth mass extinction"

July 8, 2015 at 23:30 clock Last updated BST

Wednesday launched an ambitious project to compile the genomes of the major groups of plants on the planet in the next two years and placed in the freezer.

The project is part of the global genome initiative to the collection and preservation of the DNA of all life on earth in low-temperature deposits.

The task seems daunting, but scientists lead the initiative in National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian say it takes a few months to collect samples of the plant families of half the world, since it is already growing in the Botanical Garden. Most are within five miles (8 km) from Washington, DC.

There are about 500 families of plants and more than 13,000 species within these groups. The task is urgent because some species are threatened with extinction. In fact, the scientists warn that the Earth entered its sixth mass extinction - the last of these events 65 million years ago killed the dinosaurs.

Jane O'Brien was to look at the United States Botanic Garden, some of the first collected plant samples.

Filmed by Colm Malloy. Written by Bill McKenna

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VIDEO: The Science Behind the pollen

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The science behind the amount of pollen summer

July 5, 2015 Last updated 8:12 GMT

This week saw the highest temperature ever recorded in July for a day in the UK, but while I loved it, others suffered.

It's high season, when pollen and an estimated 31 million people suffer from hay fever, pollen is an important part of the weather.

But how do they work?

Jenny Lawrence reports.

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VIDEO: & # 039; irreversible change & # 039; CO2 marine life

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Irreversible changes in the marine life of CO2

July 3, 2015 Updated 06:52 BST

A major report warns that life on the seas irreversibly changed if the CO2 emissions of the industrial society are greatly reduced.

Twenty experts in the journal Science, say the oceans warm, loss of oxygen and become acidic - during our response to carbon dioxide.

German scientists have investigated an event 55 million years ago, which might shed light on the challenges of today.

Roger Harrabin reported.

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VIDEO: acrobats of the world of insects

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Insects acrobats are engineering marvels

July 3rd, 2015 at 00:00 clock Last updated BST

Dr. Gregory Sutton Bristol University used high-speed cameras to the most to reveal the secrets of acrobatic invertebrates in the world for almost a decade.

With colleagues at the University of Bristol, working as fleas, grasshoppers and praying mantises once the air.

This clip shows a sign of their images and their conclusions.

Produced by Victoria Gill. All courtesy of Dr. Gregory Sutton Images, from the University of Bristol and Professor Malcolm Burrow, University of Cambridge

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VIDEO: popsicles to keep zoo animals cool

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Blood and frozen fruit lollipops to keep zoo animals cool

July 3, 2015 Updated 06:11 BST

Across Europe, the zoo animals are fed frozen to it fresh and hydrated during the current heat wave.

Popsicles are made of a number of foods, frozen fruit covered in blood chicken legs.

Catharina Moh reported.

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VIDEO: bird blind Brazil

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'The ornithologist "Brazil has been blind since birth

July 3rd, 2015 at 00:00 clock Last updated BST

Uruguayan Juan Pablo Culasso, 29, has been blind since birth, but became one of the best "bird" in South America.

His father encouraged him to the birds singing in the playing piano as a child and took him to a museum feel his feathers.

Juan Pablo now lives in Brazil and works professionally as a kind of sound recordings.

In 2014 he won a TV competition on a continental scale, super brains (Super Brains), thanks to the exceptional birdsong memory.

BBC News joined Juan Pablo as he went in search of the exotic sounds.

Video Journalist: Gibby Zobel

More video capabilities of the Journal of BBC News

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VIDEO: irreversible changes in the marine life of CO2

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Irreversible changes in the marine life of CO2

July 3, 2015 Updated 06:52 BST

A major report warns that life on the seas irreversibly changed if the CO2 emissions of the industrial society are greatly reduced.

Twenty experts in the journal Science, say the oceans warm, loss of oxygen and become acidic - during our response to carbon dioxide.

German scientists have an event could examines five million years to shed light on the challenges of today.

Roger Harrabin reported.

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VIDEO: Leap Second: What does this mean?

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Leap Second: What does this mean?

June 30, 2015 Last updated at 14:26 BST clock

Midnight GMT is the first time in three years later tonight, an extra second is added to set the official time of atomic clocks.

The "leap second" the last minute in June will take in 61 seconds.

The latter occurred in 2012 and caused temporary problems in certain sites.

Victoria Gill reports.

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VIDEO: & # 039; I feel that I always fly & # 039;

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Solar plane: "I feel like I fly forever"

June 30, 2015 Last updated at 22:16 BST clock

A solar plane trying to cross the Pacific Ocean is facing its first weather front.

It will follow a path through a wall of clouds and rain, to his epic trip to Hawaii continued.

Pilot André Borschberg told the BBC when he nearer the front. He said it was "a great time", in the middle of the Pacific and had the feeling that I could fly forever in trade.

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