Alok Sharma to be president of UN climate conference
The UK government's new business secretary will also lead this year's big UN climate meeting.
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Nasa ‘re-masters’ classic ‘Pale Blue Dot’ image of Earth
The US space agency reprocesses the Voyager probe's iconic "Pale Blue Dot" picture of Planet Earth.
Car-sized turtle fossils unearthed
The turtle is believed to have lived in northern South America between 13 and seven million years ago.