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A NEW revolutionary 'plastic-eating' vessel which could clean up the Pacific ocean in four decades has been revealed in a world first. Known as the Ocean Saviour project, the self-powering 70m tri-deck clean-up vessel is the world's first boat to find which will find and recycle plastic from the ocean. The vessel works by collecting plastic waste, which is finely chopped, milled and processed using plasma gasification, with the end product becoming fuel for the yacht. It is estimated her...

A researcher from the University of Plymouth has been awarded £990,000 from an American defence agency for the idea

The minerals were discovered on the Isle of Skye last year, and had never previously been found on Earth

the rise in global temperatures means previously year-round frozen soil is melting faster than thought

The finding adds to previous studies suggesting men with wide faces have higher levels of testosterone - and are more likely to consider cheating on their partners.

Hundreds of one millimetre long roundworms will be launched into the cosmos by scientists

The find - at Blombos Cave in the Southern Cape area of South Africa - predates previous drawings from Africa, Europe and Southeast Asia by at least 30,000 years

The stunning flower is an especially rare discovery as it belongs to a group called mycoheterotrophs

The evolutionary development enabled our ancestors to come out of the forests and survive the arid savannahs of Africa, say scientists.