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19 June 2013 Last updated at 23:45 ET

Government leads new GM crops pushGM maize

Environment Secretary Owen Paterson is set to reopen the debate about genetic modification by calling for the reform of crop licensing at EU level.

Brown lipped snail (Cepaea nemoralis)Snail genes reveal human migration

A genetic similarity between snail fossils found in Ireland and the Eastern Pyrenees suggests humans migrated from southern Europe to Ireland 8,000 years ago.

A pair of Lear's macawBirds 'show value of conservation'

The plights of the world's threatened birds show the value of investing in conservation, according to an international report. BBC Nature

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What's going on with the weather?

00:50 UK time, Wednesday, 19 June 2013

Experts met this week to examine our recent weather - but there remains much they still do not understand.

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