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Wednesday, 10. March 2010
Science & Environment
The UN secretary general asks the world's leading science academies to review the UN's climate science body.
Wednesday, 10. March 2010
Science & Environment
EU nations decide to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stocks recover.
Wednesday, 10. March 2010
Science & Environment
Deforestation has revealed what could be a giant impact crater in Central Africa, according to Italian scientists.
Wednesday, 10. March 2010
Science & Environment
The Large Hadron Collider must be shut down for a year starting in late 2011 to address design flaws, the BBC has learned.
Wednesday, 10. March 2010
Science & Environment
The eggshells of long-dead and extinct species are a particularly good source to find preserved DNA, researchers say.
Wednesday, 10. March 2010
Science & Environment
The science spokesmen of the three main political parties cross swords on the issue of UK research funding.
Tuesday, 09. March 2010
Science & Environment
Research shows some EU countries "import" about a third of their carbon emissions from developing countries.
Tuesday, 09. March 2010
Science & Environment
A plant-eating predator that preys on aggressive superweed Japanese knotweed is to be given a trial release in England.
Wednesday, 10. March 2010
Earth News
The largest meat-eating plant in the world is designed not to eat small animals, but small animal poo, scientists discover.
Tuesday, 09. March 2010
Science & Environment
A never-before-seen reaction in nanotubes could make for batteries that pack a mighty punch, say researchers.
