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The Story of S*** by Midas Dekkers is out now (£12.99, Text Publishing)

Five reasons to be positive about poo

10 lazy ways to save the planet © Adam Gale

10 lazy ways to save the planet

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Top tips on how to photograph the Perseid meteor shower

Blood moon: lunar eclipse myths from around the world © Getty Images

Blood moon: lunar eclipse myths from around the world

Five incredible journeys by seabirds (and some unusual underwater behaviour) © Getty Images

Five incredible journeys by seabirds (and some unusual underwater behaviour)

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Jurassic Park: five things we now know about dinosaurs 25 years on

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Six animals that could power up the World Cup

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Alien invasion (of sorts)! 10 of the friendliest aliens in film

Jupiter's southern hemisphere © NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS

35 breathtaking pictures of Jupiter taken from the Juno spacecraft

How nature can help you predict the weather © Getty Images

How nature can help you predict the weather

How to fall to your death and live to tell the tale © Dave Imms

How to fall to your death and live to tell the tale

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17 of the weirdest dinosaurs to walk the planet

Here's what happens when your dead body is left to rot (plus a few, more practical, uses for it) © FBI Photo Library

Here’s what happens when your dead body is left to rot (plus a few, more practical, uses for it)

Amazing animal super senses © Getty Images

Amazing animal super senses

Five things you probably didn’t know about sleep © Getty Images

Five things you probably didn’t know about sleep