Amazon Fire: How do flammable forest

Human disturbance are the most combustible Amazon rainforest, according to researchers.

This is one of the conclusions of a study of two years in the Brazilian Amazon , the human activities protected forest areas shows that even degraded, including logging and fragmentation - which increases the likelihood of forest fires.

While the Brazilian Amazon is protected by large-scale deforestation, this new study - published in the journal Nature published - suggests that more effort is needed to "hyper diverse preserve the ecosystems of tropical forests."

Professor Jos Barlow, explaining incorporated by forest fires in the Amazon, with the BBC the results here, shared the results of his team, and exclusive pictures.

Videos courtesy of A. Ronan, A. Lee and J Barlow. Video Victoria Gill

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NASA continues its strongest gain to check

NASA conducted a second series of tests at a point that people to send, designed deeper into the room.

It is the largest and most powerful reminder that the agency has ever built, and controls were the last Tuesday before the rocket and Orion spacecraft are ready for its first test flight.

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Frog Rescue: Last hope for endangered amphibians

Zoo Conservationists say a new breeding program, the "last chance" to the endangered amphibians, the mountain chicken frog to save from extinction is.

In the culmination of an effort from 20 years to save the nature, some breeding pairs have been genetically selected and moved in a transport container, which was converted into a miniature tropical paradise.

The hope is that the animals reproduce and that offspring are released to repopulate their natural habitat.

(This is a joint project between Chester Zoo, London Zoo, Durrell, Nordens Ark and the European Association of Zoo and Aquariums).

Video Victoria Gill

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Tim Peake: & # 039; He saw flames outside the & # 039;

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British astronaut Tim Peake described his dramatic return to Earth from the International Space Station.

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Is ESA astronaut Tim Peake was the best album (and from) the earth?

As six-month space mission ends, we in the media published some of his best shots with comments collected.

From car photos during a spacewalk a spaceship cargo transfer traverse to photo bomb greater Tim has released some amazing images.

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British astronaut Tim Peake said he would be on board the International Space Station after six months back on Earth to be.

After his capsule landed in Kazakhstan on Saturday morning, he said it was an amazing experience.

He described the trip as the best race of his life.

Science editor David Shukman BBC reported Kazakhstan.

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UK astronaut returns: At the time Peake fell on the ground

Pictures show the descent Tim Peake Astronaut UK and two other crew members, as it landed in Kazakhstan.

The ship returned several times to relatively hard landing due to the wind speed in the Kazakh steppe.

A manager of the training center Yuri Gagarin Russia said this was why it seemed "a little green" to leave after the capsule.

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Tim Peake: A view of Sokol spacesuit for back used

As a British astronaut Tim Peake the mission is completed, the BBC is used in the space suit for the launch and reentry.

Sokol suit is not as robust as the used for spacewalks - but keep the wearer alive in an emergency, such as the relaxation of the Soyuz capsule.

Here learning of Olympia Brown Manager science is the Royal Institution Sokol on a suit to show its features - and explains that it is very hot and smelly!

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Tim Peake will be unstable after landing - Helen Sharman

which in space flew in 1991 - - is British astronaut Tim Peake as the Mission Helen Sharman finished, it said is likely to feel unstable after landing.

"I'm pretty unstable for a while ... It has taken a few steps to learn to walk straight again," he told the BBC.

Mayor Tim may also have physical problems with his vision and the immune system, he added.

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End engages hands with Space Station

British astronaut Tim Peake on board the spacecraft, which returned to Earth after a historic mission to the space station for six months.

Major Peake, astronaut Yuri Malenchenko and Russian cosmonaut USA, Timothy Kopra goodbye and entered the Soyuz TMA-19M.

Russian space capsule to take home from the International Space Station - about 06:45 BST on Saturday.

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Tim Peake return to & # 039; Ground control & # 039; earth

British astronaut Tim Peake must be returned after blasting six months in space to Earth.

It was confirmed the International Space Station to hold a marathon in a recording tape and present Adele run with Brit Price.

Pallab Ghosh reports Tim 186 days in space, as he prepares to return to Earth.

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Deep Atlantic: Scientists start the mission of the ocean

British scientists conducted a mission to reveal the mysteries of the deep of the Atlantic Ocean.

the Atlas project launched this week, to life - involved 24 research institutions in Europe and North America - the deep sea is to study, spend exploring the unknown ecosystems 4 years and measure the changing ocean currents that influence climate.

The project will be some of the very different ecosystems explore here presented - collecting samples and making the creatures of the ocean depths of several kilometers.

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Turtle added wheels to help their transition

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A female turtle in southern India has breathed a new life after losing both legs.

The butterfly, which could devastate crops in the UK

Scientists warn that the harvest of cabbage, broccoli and cabbage could be "devastated" by an infestation of a species of moth in continental Europe.

The researchers describe as cruciferous butterflies resistant to some common insecticides "super pests".

reported the correspondent Pallab Ghosh Science.

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Click the BBC breaks one of the plates in the highest and longest bridge in the world with glass bottom to see how safe it is.

Baboons back to Tbilisi Zoo after floods

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The zoo in the capital of Georgia Tbilisi was inhabit gradually with animals, killed almost half of its former inhabitants by flooding last year.

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BBC plunges more than 100 meters underwater in a submarine to see the remains of the Britannic in the Aegean, where they fell in the year 1916th

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British astronaut Tim Peake has been for nearly six months on the International Space Station, where the climate is not constant surprise.

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from three people to provide DNA with a baby, is safe, according to a large study. by scientists at the Wellcome Trust Centre University of Newcastle

They try to help vulnerable women to transmission of serious genetic disorders to have a healthy child.

Last year, the UK was to adopt the first country, laws that would allow the procedure.

Fergus Walsh reports.

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Close encounter with a basking shark, Isle of Man kayakers & # 039

A kayaker filmed a close encounter with a (7m) shark 23 feet off the south coast of the Isle of Man basks.

Whally Craig he said through the fish food came on plankton, while nearby caves to explore in a known as Flesh Wick on Monday Area.

He said he was "surprised and privileged" and added: "I saw a large surface area, so he sat there and waited and returned three times.

"The water was so clear, it was amazing - it was at least seven feet long (about 23 feet) -. It was great"

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British astronaut Tim Peake has been for nearly six months on the International Space Station, where the climate is not constant surprise.

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from three people to provide DNA with a baby, is safe, according to a large study. by scientists at the Wellcome Trust Centre University of Newcastle

They try to help vulnerable women to transmission of serious genetic disorders to have a healthy child.

Last year, the UK was to adopt the first country, laws that would allow the procedure.

Fergus Walsh reports.

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VIDEO: Kayaker & # 039; the encounter with sharks

A kayaker filmed a close encounter with a (7m) shark 23 feet off the south coast of the Isle of Man basks.

Whally Craig he said through the fish food came on plankton, while nearby caves to explore in a known as Flesh Wick on Monday Area.

He said he was "surprised and privileged" and added: "I saw a large surface area, so he sat there and waited and returned three times.

"The water was so clear, it was amazing - it was at least seven feet long (about 23 feet) -. It was great"

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VIDEO: Pictures drone appears not whales NZ

Food Videos Bryde was captured by the camera.

It was filmed with a drone in the research that paves the way for further studies on the behavior of marine animals.

Dr. Barbara Vita Breen A professor at the Auckland University of Technology, spoke about the importance of the sequence of the BBC.

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VIDEO: Lab aims to develop human organs inside pigs

Scientists in the US try to develop human organs inside pigs.

The research used a revolutionary technique known as gene editing.

Some experts believe that it could be the answer to the shortage of organ transplants in the world, but also raises ethical concerns.

For more information, see Panorama : Breakthrough Medicine.

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Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered the genetic secrets of one of the most famous Insect Science.

British peppered moth has changed the color of the Industrial Revolution - it is black for camouflage against the soot-stained surfaces.

Now, a team of researchers has discovered the genetic cause of its transformation.

Video Victoria Gill

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VIDEO: Baking soda can save the world?

US researchers are testing an important part of sodium bicarbonate as a way to capture carbon dioxide from power plants.

Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory developed liquid and sponges that can CO2 efficient and less costly than current methods of absorbing microcapsules.

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VIDEO: Peake: spacewalk was my best time

While Tim Peake was in the room, he distributed Brit Awards, run the London Marathon, and even made a spacewalk.

He will return to Earth in late June, but before he spoke to BBC Breakfast about the most important aspects of its mission.

refers Dan Walker.

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