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Storm Gertrude: Snow hits Scotland and heavy rain forecast as 144mph winds batter UK

Parts of Scotland have been hit by snow as the country feels the effects of Storm Gertrude which brought gusts of more than 140mph. Police...

Work begins to remove dead whales from Skegness beach

Work has begun to remove three dead whales which washed up on the Lincolnshire coast. The sperm whales were found on the beach at Skegness...

Cold snap blamed for up to 85 deaths in Taiwan

An unusually cold weather front has been blamed for killing up to 85 mostly elderly people in Taiwan. The semi-official Focus Taiwan news website reported...

Britain set for a taste of spring as a big freeze hits the US

Britons will bask in unseasonably warm weather of 15C (59F) this weekend – while across the Atlantic 50 million Americans face a massive winter...

Seven dead as massive snow storm hits eastern United States

At least seven people have died in a massive snow storm that has hit the eastern United States. Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, the...

Stephen Hawking believes scientific progress will threaten humans and destroy Earth

Scientific progress is almost certain to bring disaster to planet Earth within the next few thousand years, according to Professor Stephen Hawking. The world-renowned cosmologist...

Ocean-monitoring satellite launched from California coast

An Ocean-monitoring satellite that launched from the California coast has separated from its SpaceX rocket and been sent toward orbit. With the Falcon 9 rocket’s...

Nasa scraps next mission to Mars

Nasa has called off its next Mars mission because of a leak in a science instrument. The Insight spacecraft was supposed to take off in...

The search for dark matter just got a major boost

A sophisticated instrument that helps scientists gain new insights into the make-up of the universe has been upgraded, with the help of researchers from...

Barack Obama: Climate deal needs legally binding periodic reviews

US president Barack Obama has said the emerging global climate agreement must have transparency provisions and periodic reviews of carbon-cutting targets that are legally...

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