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Science & Environment

Page last updated at 11:24 GMT, Saturday, 3 January 2009

Artist's impression of a Mars rover (Nasa)
Mars rovers roll on to five years
The US space agency's Mars rovers celebrate a longer-than-expected five years investigating the Red Planet.

Artist's impression of a comet strike, BBC Diamond clues to beasts' demise
The controversial idea that space impacts may have wiped out woolly mammoths and early human settlers in North America receives new impetus.

Porites corals, Great Barrier Reef, Australia Coral reef growth is slowest ever
Growth of corals in the Great Barrier Reef has slowed to the most sluggish rate in 400 years, researchers say.

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