Surveying the world's first 1,000mph race track

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The theory that the great beasts living in North America 13,000 years ago were killed off by a space impact can now be discounted, a new study claims.

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The vast majority of biofuels sold on UK forecourts are imported and do not conform to environmental standards, figures show.

Drinking a glass of milk can stop garlic breath, scientists discover.

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Fossils of a new type of dinosaur, which looks like a beefy version of the predatory Velociraptor, have been unearthed in Romania.

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Vets at Cairo's Giza Zoo are experimenting with the human birth control pill in an attempt to slow their rapidly expanding population of lions.

The UN's climate science body needs stricter checks to prevent damage to its credibility, an independent review concludes.

Where now for the UN's climate science body?

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