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Astronomers uncover a haul of new objects in our Solar System - including an unusual icy object.
View original post here: Sky survey yields new cosmic haul

The Daresbury Synchrotron Radiation Source is switched off after 28 years of pioneering X-ray science.
Credit:Lights out for pioneer machine

Scientists describe what they say is the world’s smallest snake - a creature just 10cm long and as thin as a spaghetti noodle.
Credit:Smallest snake discovered

Russian cosmonauts complete a spacewalk to remove an explosive bolt from a Soyuz capsule attached to the International Space Station.
Read more here: ISS crew recover explosive bolt

Marine biologists plan to tie mini computers to jellyfish to track them off the coasts of north and west Wales.
Go here to read the rest: How is it possible to tag a jellyfish?

Motown becomes Growtown as urban farming takes root
See more here: Digging Detroit

Why we will never know how many whales there are
Original post: Counting whales

Plastic bottles get recycled as bottles, right? Not until now
Originally posted here: Full circle

A pioneering research organisation that has produced 13 Nobel Prize winners gets the go-ahead for a new

The organisation that looks after some of the biggest science facilities in the UK is to commission an independent review of its operations.
See original here: Physics agency instigates review