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Mystery Mars rock which crashed down to Earth contains water - and potentially even life
Scientists believe a breakthrough could be near - almost 15 years after the meteorite was first found
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ScienceShropshire sinkhole: Expert explains how small cracks are tearing open Britain’s ageing waterways
'If you ignore the small cracks, they don’t stay small for long'
ScienceTreasures of centuries-old English shipwreck found by divers off Kent coast in 'remarkable' discovery
Divers found wooden decks, copper cauldrons and chests with 'particularly well-preserved' cannonballs hidden inside
ScienceInsects across globe 'fall silent' in ominous warning to humanity
Beetles, butterflies, moths, bees and other critters are vanishing at alarming rates
ScienceScience breakthrough as researchers reveal deadly 'civil war' breaking out in Africa... between chimpanzees
The bloody conflict has led to the deaths of at least 24 specimens in a series of coordinated assaults
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Dog-sized scorpions thought to be largest in history roamed the West Midlands, scientists reveal
Scientists say the groundbreaking discovery 'fundamentally changes' what we know about evolution
World-famous shipwreck incredibly preserved in the Antarctic at risk of being lost forever
The protected wreckage has been overrun with a species of wood-eating lobster
British boy, 7, leaves archaeologists stunned after accidentally discovering Bronze Age burial mound
The seven-year-old boy previously thought he had uncovered a shark tooth
Rare treasure uncovered in ancient Egyptian tomb in ‘history-changing’ discovery
The remarkable discovery has been described as 'astonishing' by a leading Egyptologist
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Scientists share bombshell new claim as to why Neanderthals really died out
A team of researchers have also claimed our ancient relatives may have been just as intelligent as us
Ancient Roman 'gravestone' uncovered in AMERICA by couple weeding their garden
One expert said she was left 'floored' after realising what her colleague had discovered
Shipwreck from nearly 500 years ago hands scientists 'crucial' new findings after new tests carried out
Researchers used painstaking non-invasive techniques to investigate the Tudor skeletons on board
Archaeologists discover 'hugely exciting' burial site underneath Welsh park used by hundreds of people
Trelai Park in Cardiff was the centre of the site
Specialist 'Art Squad' police divers dispatched to bottom of the sea after 'heart-stopping' Roman marvel reemerges
'It's hard to describe what it feels like to be among the first humans in nearly 20 centuries to see that place again,' diver Giacomo De Mola said
Science breakthrough as researchers discover 'impossible' new colour that only five people have seen
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley