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• Cosmic explosion is 'brightest yet', and other stories - our morning round-up

• The battle lines are drawn on the UK’s shale gas debate

  Predictions about the benefits and threats of fracking in the UK based on US experiences can lead to misinformation and inaccuracies in the debate, warn Joseph Dutton & Michael Bradshaw.

• Neanderthal viruses found in modern humans, and other stories - our morning round-up

• Extracting shale gas: a political perspective

  The fracking debate cuts to the heart of key questions on environmental targets and the UK's economic future. It's vital that political decisions are based on a rational assessment of the evidence, says Labour MP Angela Smith

• Fracking and shale gas: what do we want to know?

  Adam Smith has some questions for people on both sides of the argument.

• NASA's Maven Mars mission to launch today, and other stories - our morning round-up

• 2013 'one of warmest ' on record, and other stories - our morning round-up

• 'King of Gore' joins T rex family tree, and other stories - our morning round-up

• India's Mars rocket blasts off, and other stories - our morning round-up

• NASA spacecraft finds 104 potentially habitable worlds, and other stories - our morning round-up