Rare 'healthy' smokers' lungs explained
27 Sep 2015 3:07:23
The mystery of why some people appear to have healthy lungs despite a lifetime of smoking has been explained by scientists.
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VIDEO: See the telescopes of the future
27 Sep 2015 3:04:25
As India launches its first space telescope, BBC News looks at some of the innovations getting astronomers excited.
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Stargazers await 'supermoon' eclipse
27 Sep 2015 8:38:07
A lunar eclipse is set to occur at the same time as a so-called "supermoon" for the first time in 33 years, prompting excitement among astronomers.
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VIDEO: Seeing red as eclipse meets supermoon
27 Sep 2015 7:59:12
The moon is going to turn a rusty shade of red and appear larger than usual in the early hours of the morning of 28 September.
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Corbyn in 'graded' inheritance tax call
27 Sep 2015 5:26:25
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says inheritance tax should be "graded" because the current single rate means the "very richest become richer".
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Piketty and Stiglitz to advise Corbyn
27 Sep 2015 5:18:02
Best-selling author Thomas Piketty and Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz have agreed to join a new panel of economists advising Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
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VW 'was warned over illegal tests'
27 Sep 2015 1:47:44
Volkswagen had warnings about illegally cheating in emission tests years ago, German media cite an internal inquiry as saying.
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VIDEO: Dismaland leaves £20m tourism boost
27 Sep 2015 6:43:47
Banksy's Dismaland has been a shot in the arm for Weston-super-Mare, attracting thousands of people to the town.
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VIDEO: Bill Gates: Meeting poverty goals 'won't be easy'
27 Sep 2015 4:20:31
Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda have spoken to the BBC's James Robbins about their hopes for beating poverty and malnutrition and improving childhood health.
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The extent of China's economic woes
27 Sep 2015 0:03:45
China's economy is stumbling, but by how much?
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VIDEO: Kit helps children hunt new antibiotics
26 Sep 2015 3:14:17
Designer and entrepreneur Vidhi Mehta has developed a biology kit that helps children become ''citizen scientists'', hunting new antibiotics.
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Gaia Vince wins science book prize
26 Sep 2015 1:24:39
The UK's premier science book prize is won by Gaia Vince - the first time in its near 30-year history that it has been awarded outright to a female writer.
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No respite over pension age change
26 Sep 2015 3:21:14
Pensions Minister Baroness Altmann has told the BBC she considered helping women who have had their state pension deferred twice but could not find a way to do so.
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Howler monkeys return to Rio forest
26 Sep 2015 1:36:57
Rio park gets noisy new inhabitants
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Tanzania's hidden treasure
26 Sep 2015 1:26:28
Tanzanian crystals 1,000 times rarer than diamonds
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VW models sale halted in Switzerland
26 Sep 2015 0:58:38
Switzerland temporarily bans the sale of some Volkswagen diesel-engine models in the wake of the emissions-rigging scandal in the US.
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Asia's creatures of the deep
25 Sep 2015 3:48:32
Images of deep sea creatures from waters of Asia
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US and China agree cybercrime truce
25 Sep 2015 2:15:38
US President Barack Obama and the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, have said they will take new steps to address cybercrime.
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VIDEO: UN approves new poverty targets
25 Sep 2015 9:15:54
Leaders from around 200 nations have gathered in New York to approve a new set of ambitious goals aimed at tackling poverty, hunger, climate change and other global problems.
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Matthias Mueller named Volkswagen boss
25 Sep 2015 6:52:04
Matthias Mueller has been named Volkswagen chief executive in the wake of the scandal of rigged emissions tests in diesel cars.
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VIDEO: Modi's controversial tech trip
25 Sep 2015 5:45:27
Not everyone is excited abut the Indian prime minister's visit to the US tech hub.
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VIDEO: Peston: China slowdown in 30 seconds (or less)
25 Sep 2015 5:35:15
BBC economics editor Robert Peston tries to explain why China's slowdown matters in three, six and 30 seconds.
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VIDEO: Pope defends 'right of environment'
25 Sep 2015 5:30:28
Pope Francis calls on countries to respect the "right of the environment", in a speech to the UN General Assembly.
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Warming tempts China in from the cold
25 Sep 2015 5:27:49
China has signalled its desire to tackle climate change - but it seems to want to keep a foot in both camps, says Matt McGrath.
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Volkswagen: A brief history
25 Sep 2015 5:16:14
VW's evolution - from people's car to world best-seller
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