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By Jill Dando News The Ghost Orchid, Britain's rarest plant, has been rediscovered for the first time since 2009 by Richard Bate, a member of the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI). Richard, inspired by a childhood encounter with a Bee Orchid, spent 30 years searching for
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By Science Reporter, Jill Dando News Super astronomy photos have won photographers prestigious awards. Scientists are now investigating the giant object in a transnational collaboration. It could be the largest such structure nearest to us in the Universe. The image will be on display alongside the winners of the other
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By Science Correspondent, Jill Dando News Space and the universe has kept many a scientist in awe and baffled for the longest time. Now they are buzzing after the possible discovery of evidence of a new Earth-like planet - Planet Nine. The team behind the research say the planet may
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By Denis, 13, Jill Dando News If you have ever wanted to know more about the mysterious planet Saturn, help is on the way. In a groundbreaking move, NASA is doing tests on an ultra clever slithering robot designed to explore the treacherous terrains of Saturn's icy moon,
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By Denis, 13, Jill Dando News Scientists could be even nearer to finding out the secret of how life evolved after their latest discovery. They have recently identified giant fossilized trunks, known as Prototaxites, as mushrooms which could give even more insight into how life evolved. This new understanding of
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By Denis, 13, Jill Dando News @ Worle Community School Academy A unique lightning strike has created a brand new material seen on Earth ‘for the first time’. How life began has always been a mystery to baffle the best of brains including Einstein, Pascal and Hawkins. Yet now a new
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By Denis, 13, Jill Dando News @ Worle Community School Academy Astronomers were left stunned after the Hubble Space Telescope accidentally filmed an off-the-scale gigantic black hole speeding through the universe at an eye-popping speeds. They saw the triggering of new star formation in a nearby dwarf galaxy. This incredible event
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By Jill Dando News It is said that laughter is the best medicine and now it has been proved to be true. Angie Belcher, a comic with a background in psychology, has teamed up with the National Health Service (NHS)-backed Wellspring Settlement Social Prescribing unit in Bristol to prescribe
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By Jill Dando News One of Britain’s biggest space experts wowed student astronomers with an excellent talk on the sun, moon and stars. Dr Robert Massey the Deputy Director of the Royal Astronomical Society visited Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. He further inspired the students with sensational
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By Jill Dando News Pupils at Castle Batch Primary School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset had fantastic fun during a visit to the Aerospace Museum. They were able to learn about examples of great innovation, such as Concorde and space flight. Pupils were inspired by fun practical science interactives and amazing
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By Jill Dando News Everyone knows that even thinking about chocolate can lift the mood. Now a group of children in Somerset have been enjoying all about science by predicting and discovering the melting temperature of dark, milk and white chocolate. Pupils at Pawlett Primary School Academy did team-building exercises
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By Jill Dando News A high-flying university medical student is to return to mentor current students at her former school-based sixth form Outstanding Sophie Fenegan (pictured left) is thriving as a medical student at the University of Exeter. She is conducting brain dissections, community placements at a brain injury centre