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Last Updated: Sunday, 25 July, 2004, 09:40 GMT 10:40 UK
The smallest, lightest animal with a backbone - a fish from Australia's Great Barrier Reef - is described for the first time by scientists.

A recently launched satellite is conducting a global survey of mysterious lights in the upper atmosphere called sprites, jets and elves.
The Cassini-Huygens mission recently arrived at Saturn makes the first direct observation of lightning in the ringed planet's atmosphere.
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