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Scientists find new blue octopus the size of golf ball in Pacific Ocean
The Galápagos islands are already celebrated for hosting species found nowhere else on the planet
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ScienceNew satellite launched from space to save lives of cheetahs, rhinos and elephants
A microsatellite reached orbit this month and will begin receiving data from tagged animals this summer
ScienceClimate scientists admit doomsday scenario no longer believable
Extinction predictions have been rubbished
ScienceResearchers stunned after discovering Romans used ‘ancient machine gun’ to attack Pompeii 2,000 years ago
Experts were able to identify the weapon using cutting-edge 3D modelling and reverse engineering techniques
ScienceArchaeologists unearth wooden tools from 430,000 years-ago - older than the history of mankind
Both items were preserved after becoming buried in waterlogged soil
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'Australia's heaviest insect' discovered by rainforest researchers - foot-long critter is 'new species'
A university team 'immediately thought that it might be something new' when they saw the giant insect
‘Four-way’ solar storm hurtling towards Earth - set to strike in just HOURS
It has raised alarms of potential technological disruptions
Moon to be littered with spacecraft carcasses as patches of lunar surface earmarked as 'graveyards'
Lunar activity is set to dramatically increase over the coming twenty years
‘Olympic-scale’ swimming pool unearthed in ancient city after 2,000 years
Excavators intend to fill the ancient pool for modern day use
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Archaeology discovery in the Oregon mountains predating Pyramids could rewrite story of America
Should the findings be verified, they would push back the timeline of human presence on the continent by thousands of years
Diver’s discovery sparks major dispute over Asia’s answer to Atlantis
Academics have long theorised that the Yonaguni Monument was once home to an advanced ancient civilisation
Earth's planetary defences will target mysterious interstellar object heading towards us
Some enthusiasts think the comet could be extraterrestrial
Scientists identify ancient crocodile that settled in Britain 200 million years ago
The discovery is based on a fossil which has been sat in the Natural History Museum's collections for more than 50 years
Brain can remain conscious hours after ‘death’, scientists reveal in major study
Reseearcher Anna Fowler detailed 'death unfolds as a process rather than an instantaneous event'
Scientists stunned after mysterious interstellar object found to be ‘bursting with alcohol’
Researchers have been unable to explain the unusual phenomenon