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Dinosaurs are heading home after fossil poacher jailed

Mongolia will recover enough stunning fossils to start its first dinosaur museum after a prolific smuggler was brought to justice by an undercover sting


Food influences body clock and may ease jet lag

When you eat may affect your body's biological clock, which could provide an insight into getting back to normal after your daily rhythms are disrupted


Disco-era spacecraft not dead, just out of gas

An attempt to fire engines on the vintage space probe ISEE-3 fell flat, but the craft could still research cosmic rays and magnetic fields


Feedback: Do solar cells suck sun?

The thorny question of sucking solar cells, spotting the first fruitloop of summer, a no-energy energy drink and more


Snail trail: How to expel the gardener's biggest enemyMovie Camera

Nail varnish, correction fluid and disco lights have revealed the impressive homing instincts of garden snails, as well as the best ways to get rid of them


Jellyfish in the sky was a high-flying rocket plume

Deep in the sea or high in the sky? A Russian Soyuz rocket produced this eerie jellyfish-like plume as it climbed up through the thin air of near space


Animal tests rise in Britain despite government pledge

Annual figures for research on live animals in England, Wales and Scotland show a small increase in testing in 2013 despite plans to cut the figure


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