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Urgent warning as data reveals 285 per cent surge in drinking water alerts with parasites detected
Tap water is repeatedly polluted by chemicals linked to cancer
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ScienceUFO mystery as 'Dorito' shaped craft spotted hovering above top-secret Area 51 base
The peculiar object was heard omitting bizarre radio transmissions
ScienceSpace breakthrough: British scientists to send worms to space in crucial step to help mankind's quest to Moon
Experts suggested the tiny creatures could play a big role in the future of human spaceflight
ScienceAsteroid researchers make eye-opening discovery - 'We haven’t had anything like this in human history'
Some 66 million years ago, an asteroid wiped out all dinosaurs on earth
ScienceArchaeologists go INSIDE ancient Egyptian mummies in gruesome high-tech study
Scientists were left 'incredibly excited' after shocking new revelations about the corpses came to light
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Archaeology breakthrough as 3,000-year-old Mayan city filled with pyramids uncovered deep in the jungle
The find comes just weeks after another impressive archaeological discovery a few miles away
Space breakthrough as China trains robot dogs for lunar missions ahead of putting humans on the moon
Chinese officials have announced plans to achieve a crewed lunar landing 'before 2030'
Secret 'second Stonehenge' discovered just miles away from world-famous landmark
The newly-discovered marvel is 500 years older than the iconic stone circle itself
Asteroid smashed into shape of a WATERMELON after Nasa deliberately crashed spaceship
Scientists observed a change in the orbit of the Dimorphos asteroid
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Stonehenge mystery solved as scientists finally discover how bluestones were transported from Wales 5,000 years ago
The bluestones were transported a staggering 125 miles
Nasa probe 'discovers ancient life-form' on Mars as 'coral' spotted
Speculation has skyrocketed after the formation was found by the space agency's Curiosity rover
Asteroid-hunting telescope used to alert Nasa to hazardous fireballs set to come crashing back down to Earth
The satellite had been on a decade-long hunt for dangerous asteroids - but increased solar activity has rendered it impotent
Archaeologists unearth wooden tools from 430,000 years-ago - older than the history of mankind
Both items were preserved after becoming buried in waterlogged soil
Asteroid nearly smashes into Siberia as second 'potentially hazardous' fly-by expected in just days
Another asteroid is expected to fly near the Earth's surface soon
Dinosaur mystery solved after 150-million-year-old teeth reveal secret diets
The findings have provoked scientists to re-think how dinosaurs formed their eating patterns