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A signal from beyond: Astronomers detect radio waves from a planet 63 light-years away

RHS Rocket Science Experiment: ISS flight slows seed growth; Mars food plans still viable

Military clothing fabric placed over strawberries produced 3.56 times more fruit

London sent 3 million tonnes of railway soil to rebuild Essex wetlands; bird numbers hit 39,000

Astronomers spot giant bow shock around magnetic white dwarf 730 light-years away

Nile perch introduced to Lake Victoria years ago transformed its fishery and threatened cichlids

Effort to bring back the rapids of Grand Rapids that disappeared after industrial development

Pennsylvania's abandoned coal mines may hold 220 billion gallons of water

Australia releases 21 endangered turtles and tracks eight for two years

London museum garden collected 11 million records using 50 sensors

Pennsylvania to remove coal silt; project creates 19 acres of wetlands

12-million-year-old fossil leaf from the Himalaya reveals a previously unknown fungal species

Judi Dench named an eagle GoldenEye as southern Scotland’s golden eagle population tops 50

4,000-year-old Egyptian tomb reveals secrets of powerful royal official

Coffee may change gut microbes linked to mood and brain function

Scientists left bamboo forests alone for 30 years; biomass rose 161%, phosphorus stocks grew 379%

Artificial beaver dams raised bat activity 3.9 times; amphibians returned

Rice husk ash could make asphalt more resistant to high-temperature damage

She found a baby raccoon on her ship; 7 years later, her Mississippi rescue has 76 orphaned kits