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4 February 2013 Last updated at 13:47 ET

Arctic oil spill plan 'useless'LNG plant Snoehvit

Environmental campaigners say that a draft plan to respond to an oil spill in the Arctic ocean is inadequate and vague.

Richard III's skullCar park skeleton is Richard III

A skeleton found beneath a Leicester car park is confirmed by archaeologists as that of English king Richard III.

Hammer markMars rover hammers down into rock

The US space agency's Curiosity Mars rover uses its drill for the first time, hammering down briefly into a flat slab of rock on the floor of Gale Crater.

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Jonathan Amos, Science correspondent Article written by Jonathan Amos Jonathan Amos Science correspondent
Matt McGrath Article written by Matt McGrath Matt McGrath Environment correspondent

GM spuds withdrawn in EU

01:03 UK time, Saturday, 2 February 2013

Our correspondent Matt McGrath looks as the consequences stemming from BASF's decision to halt the development of all its GM potato varieties in Europe.

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David Shukman Article written by David Shukman David Shukman Science editor

Legacy of Britain's great flood

02:40 UK time, Thursday, 31 January 2013

The lessons learned from the great flood of 1953 are still important 60 years later, says David Shukman.

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