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Fighting plastic pollution in British waters: How to make a difference

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Fighting plastic pollution in British waters: How to make a difference

Pollution specialist Alex McGoran on how problems associated with plastic and microplastics are affecting aquatic ecosystems close to home, plus what we can do to help.

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Jon Copley

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Join a virtual 6000km trek across the deep ocean

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Chris Budd

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Sea sums: How we're keeping whales safe using maths

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life artwork

Life

Why the hunt for alien life is under way far beneath Earth's surface

Features

DNA emerging on early earth

Life

Life may have begun with simple genes made out of urine

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The key to a long life may be genes that protect against stress

Life

The key to a long life may be genes that protect against stress

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BBC coverage of the Martian invasion will follow shortly

Space

BBC coverage of the Martian invasion will follow shortly

Culture

Artist's impression of a watery exoplanet

Space

Ocean worlds with a thick atmosphere may be better for life than Earth

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Stromatolite formation from Australia

Life

Fossilised microbes from 3.5 billion years ago are oldest yet found

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91av Live 2019 highlights: Aliens, jet packs and Homo naledi

91av Live

91av Live 2019 highlights: Aliens, jet packs and Homo naledi

Talks that the 91av editorial team are most looking forward to at 91av Live, the world's greatest science festival, 10-13 October 2019

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Space

Does alien life have to look like us? Or even be intelligent?

Culture

Space

This watery planet is the best place to hunt life we've seen so far

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Space

Are there any aliens out there? We are close to knowing for sure

Features

Space

We could find alien life on exoplanets by looking for its glow

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