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Cosmic blast sets distance mark
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8022917.stm
The cataclysmic explosion of a giant star is the most distant single object ever detected by telescopes.
Wed, 29 Apr 09
Genes 'have key role in autism'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/8020837.stm
Scientists produce the most compelling evidence to date that genetics play a key role in autism and related conditions.
Wed, 29 Apr 09
Telescopes flight given 'go' date
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8022612.stm
Europe's premier space launch of 2009 - the twin flight of the Herschel and Planck telescopes - is set for 14 May.
Wed, 29 Apr 09
Mexico imposes swine flu measures
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/8023820.stm
Mexico City bans restaurants and cafes from serving all food except takeaways as cases of deadly swine flu virus continue to rise.
Wed, 29 Apr 09
Scientists 'prove' face cream can beat wrinkles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/8022644.stm
Scientists say they have clinical proof that a face cream available on the High Street does reduce wrinkles.
Wed, 29 Apr 09
Swine flu
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/8022102.stm
Medical expert views on the scale of the threat
Tue, 28 Apr 09
Engineered corn's vitamin boost
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8020925.stm
European researchers genetically modify a white corn to produce three vitamins.
Tue, 28 Apr 09
'Too late' to contain swine flu
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/8021827.stm
The deadly swine flu virus can no longer be contained, says a WHO official, as the health agency raises its alert level.
Tue, 28 Apr 09
UK funds sea acidification study
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8021459.stm
The UK government is funding research into ocean acidification, saying it is one of the century's "biggest environmental concerns".
Tue, 28 Apr 09
Science cash 'to beat food riots'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8020589.stm
Food riots are a real threat in some developing countries unless agricultural research funds are boosted, says a UK scientist.
Tue, 28 Apr 09
Central Asia to hold water summit
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8021900.stm
The presidents of five Central Asian republics are due to discuss the contentious issue of regional water supplies.
Tue, 28 Apr 09
Obama vows investment in science
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8020930.stm
President Barack Obama has set a goal of devoting 3% of gross domestic product to US science research.
Tue, 28 Apr 09
Optical disc offers 500GB storage
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8021012.stm
An optical disc that can store 500GB of data, equivalent to 100 DVDs, is announced by General Electric.
Tue, 28 Apr 09
Kenya poachers admit ivory haul
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/africa/8021094.stm
Two men caught with dozens of elephant tusks plead guilty in a Kenyan court to illegal possession of ivory.
Tue, 28 Apr 09
Plan to recreate 16th Century Chinese voyage sinks on last leg
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8020206.stm
A replica 16th-Century junk sinks off Taiwan's coast, one day short of completing an epic return voyage across the Pacific.
Tue, 28 Apr 09
Highlands 'wilderness' mulls electric car plan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8020439.stm
Residents living in a remote part of the Highlands are looking at using electric or hybrid power vehicles to reduce carbon emissions.
Tue, 28 Apr 09
Forest friends
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8020573.stm
Keeping the dream of saving tropical forests alive
Tue, 28 Apr 09
Testing times
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8021778.stm
Polar bear casts shadow over climate scientists
Tue, 28 Apr 09
Task ahead
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/8021167.stm
What UK scientists are doing to combat swine flu
Mon, 27 Apr 09
World moves to contain flu spread
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/8019882.stm
Governments around the world rush to contain a new flu virus suspected of killing more than 100 people in Mexico.
Mon, 27 Apr 09
Shark fins protection welcomed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/8018284.stm
Plans for new curbs on the practice of removing fins from sharks have been welcomed by wildlife campaigners.
Mon, 27 Apr 09
Money game
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8017553.stm
Experts spar over the true cost of climate change
Sun, 26 Apr 09
Doctors welcome malaria microchip
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8015241.stm
Scientists create a microchip that can detect if someone is infected with the malaria parasite within minutes.
Sun, 26 Apr 09
EU acts to save 'hungry vultures'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/8018115.stm
European MPs vote to allow farmers leave dead livestock in their fields - to help starving vultures.
Sun, 26 Apr 09
Rare albino buffalo spotted in Kenyan game park
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/africa/8017328.stm
An albino buffalo is spotted for the first time in a game park in Kenya's Rift Valley, prompting concerns for its safety.
Sun, 26 Apr 09
Pollution link?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8012852.stm
Is dirty air in Shanxi province the cause of birth defects
Sun, 26 Apr 09
Bees in business
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/8015136.stm
How honey bees contribute £200m to the UK economy
Sat, 25 Apr 09
World premiere of brain orchestra
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8016869.stm
An orchestra that plays music based on measuring brain waves has made its debut.
Sat, 25 Apr 09
Gray whales granted rare reprieve
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8017291.stm
Oil firms shelve plans to carry out undersea seismic work to ensure the gray whales' breeding season is undisturbed.
Sat, 25 Apr 09
More magic in gamma ray astronomy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8007897.stm
Greater insights into some of the most violent stellar events could come from expansion of the Magic telescope.
Fri, 24 Apr 09
Cow genome 'to transform farming'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8014598.stm
The full sequence of a cow's genome has been published, revealing coded secrets that could revolutionise agriculture.
Fri, 24 Apr 09
Orchard losses 'threaten species'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/8014873.stm
The disappearance of traditional fruit orchards from England's landscape threatens wildlife species, conservationists warn.
Fri, 24 Apr 09
World first for strange molecule
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8013343.stm
A type of molecule that until now only existed in theory has finally been made, proving a Nobel prize-winner was right.
Fri, 24 Apr 09
Mara wildlife in serious decline
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/africa/8008700.stm
Numbers of giraffe, impala and topi have halved since 1979 in Kenya's Masai Mara wildlife reserve, scientists estimate.
Fri, 24 Apr 09
'Clean' coal plants get go-ahead
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8014295.stm
Ministers give the go-ahead for a new generation of coal power plants, if they can show they can reduce emissions.
Fri, 24 Apr 09
Vanishing habitat
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/in_pictures/8015045.stm
Endangered wildlife of disappearing orchards
Fri, 24 Apr 09
Sum chance
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8014484.stm
How maths can plot a path to planetary salvation
Thu, 23 Apr 09
'Missing link' fossil seal walked
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8012322.stm
The earliest known fossil of a seal-type mammal suggests the family evolved in the Arctic and walked on land.
Thu, 23 Apr 09
Pollution 'fights global warming'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8013709.stm
Scientists say air pollution may be helping the fight against global warming by making plants absorb more carbon dioxide.
Thu, 23 Apr 09
'Space blob' baffles astronomers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8007844.stm
A cosmic blob, as big as a galaxy and from way back in the Universe's history, has space scientists puzzled.
Thu, 23 Apr 09
Ministers to announce CO2 plans
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/8013586.stm
Ideas for a new generation of coal-fired power plants to stave off a potential energy crisis are expected to be announced
Thu, 23 Apr 09
Black hole spews water vapour
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8012501.stm
Astronomers have found the most distant evidence of water in the Universe, a major conference has been told.
Thu, 23 Apr 09
Oldest Nobel laureate turns 100
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/8012376.stm
The world's oldest living Nobel laureate, Italian scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini, is celebrating her 100th birthday.
Thu, 23 Apr 09
Afghanistan creates its first national park
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8013017.stm
Afghanistan creates its first national park in a spectacular mountainous region of deep blue lakes and natural dams.
Thu, 23 Apr 09
Are ants better than people at finding a home?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/bristol/8011998.stm
The house-hunting techniques of ants are revealed by Bristol researchers who attached radio tags to the insects.
Thu, 23 Apr 09
Green Darling?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8012185.stm
UK Budget turns out 'more beige than green'
Thu, 23 Apr 09
Brain waves
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8012496.stm
The era of 'virtual brains' comes a step closer
Thu, 23 Apr 09
Testing terror
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/8011329.stm
Watch scientists simulate truck bomb attack
Wed, 22 Apr 09
Ancestor of T rex found in China
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8010292.stm
Clues to the evolution of Tyrannosaurus rex have come to light following a fossil find in China.
Wed, 22 Apr 09
UK to bid for Mars sample centre
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8011299.stm
Rocks from Mars could be brought to the UK within the next 20 years, if a bid to host a study facility is successful.
Wed, 22 Apr 09
World's major rivers 'drying up'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/8011497.stm
Water levels in some of the world's most important rivers have fallen sharply over the past 50 years, US researchers say.
Wed, 22 Apr 09
Lightest exoplanet is discovered
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8008683.stm
Astronomers announce the discovery of the lightest planet ever detected outside our Solar System.
Wed, 22 Apr 09
Complex molecules seen in space
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8009014.stm
Astronomers detect two of the most complex carbon-rich molecules ever found in interstellar space.
Wed, 22 Apr 09
EU funding push in blue-sky tech
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8010075.stm
The European Commission announces a large initiative to fund blue-sky technology research.
Wed, 22 Apr 09
Hawking 'to make full recovery'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/8010058.stm
Professor Stephen Hawking is expected to make a full recovery after being admitted to hospital with chest problems.
Wed, 22 Apr 09
All the buzz
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8010067.stm
UK apiarists say research money is the bees' knees
Wed, 22 Apr 09
Stephen Hawking
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/8009804.stm
His form of debilitating motor neurone disease
Wed, 22 Apr 09
Mass hysteria
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/8007895.stm
Nicaraguan 'madness virus' baffles science
Wed, 22 Apr 09
Palestinian water crisis deepens
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8007801.stm
Bad management by the Palestinian Authority and restrictions by Israel have led to severe water shortages, says a World Bank report.
Tue, 21 Apr 09
EU commission urges fishing cuts
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8008939.stm
EU fishing fleets need major cuts if stocks are to be managed sustainably, the European Commission says.
Tue, 21 Apr 09
Great Wall of China 'even longer'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8008108.stm
The Great Wall of China is even longer than once thought, after the first detailed government study to establish its length.
Tue, 21 Apr 09
Oxfam warns of climate disasters
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8009412.stm
The number of people hit by climate-related disasters worldwide could rise 50% within six years, Oxfam says.
Tue, 21 Apr 09
Rocky clues from dirty dead stars
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8008340.stm
A survey of dead stars finds that many are probably surrounded by the rocky remains of asteroids and planets.
Tue, 21 Apr 09
Scientist Hawking ill in hospital
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/8008767.stm
Professor Stephen Hawking, one of the world's leading scientists, is 'very ill' in hospital, Cambridge University has said.
Tue, 21 Apr 09
Bottling moonshine... do lunar cycles affect the taste of wine?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/magazine/8008167.stm
Supermarkets are arranging wine tasting sessions around "good" and "bad" days as dictated by the lunar calendar. So does the moon really change the taste of wine?
Tue, 21 Apr 09
Following the Bronze Age DNA trail from the Mediterranean to Wales
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/wales/north_west/8007969.stm
Researchers hope to use DNA to prove Mediterranean workers came to find copper in north Wales in the Bronze Age.
Tue, 21 Apr 09
Star dimmed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8008473.stm
Why the sun is showing little activity
Tue, 21 Apr 09
Garden impossible
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/magazine/7934406.stm
How to grow trees in one of the driest places on Earth?
Tue, 21 Apr 09
Unsung heroes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8004152.stm
Why local activists are showing us the way forward
Mon, 20 Apr 09
Switch-on success for superscope
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7828174.stm
One of the world's most powerful telescope arrays, which will provide a new view of the Universe, gets under way.
Mon, 20 Apr 09
'Green Nobel' for forest champion
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8000936.stm
A campaigner who fought a mining deal in the Gabonese rainforest receives an international environmental prize.
Mon, 20 Apr 09
Cancer brake 'could halt disease'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/8007023.stm
Genetic "brakes" which could slow down or stop diseases like MS and cancer are found by scientists in Edinburgh.
Mon, 20 Apr 09
Why human and planetary doctors are urging a return to the 1970s
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/8004257.stm
Getting back to the slim, trim days of the 1970s would help to cut carbon emissions and tackle climate change, researchers say.
Mon, 20 Apr 09
Tasmania's wombat poo paper proves to be a hit
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8006042.stm
Paper made out of wombat droppings is helping a local industry in Tasmania to buck the economic trend, the BBC's Phil Mercer reports.
Mon, 20 Apr 09
In pictures
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/08/sci_nat_the_goldman_prize_2009/html/1.stm
Campaigner wins Goldman Environmental Prize
Mon, 20 Apr 09
New model robots
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8002850.stm
Exhibition unveils the next generation of hi-tech help
Sun, 19 Apr 09
Key role of forests 'may be lost'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8004517.stm
The ability of forests to act as massive carbon sinks is under threat as a result of climate change stress, scientists warn.
Sun, 19 Apr 09
African aid 'needs science focus'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7998169.stm
A leading physicist says aid to Africa needs to be focused on higher education, especially sciences.
Sat, 18 Apr 09
Obama to regulate 'pollutant' CO2
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8004975.stm
The US government is to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, having decided they pose a danger to human health and well-being.
Sat, 18 Apr 09
New limits to Antarctic tourism
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8005467.stm
Parties to the Antarctic Treaty adopt limits to tourism in the region, in a bid to protect the fragile ecosystem.
Fri, 17 Apr 09
MI5 set to recruit science chief
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8001825.stm
MI5 is to appoint a chief scientific adviser, whose brief will include work on combating the terror threat, BBC News has learned.
Fri, 17 Apr 09
West Africa faces 'megadroughts'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8003060.stm
Droughts lasting centuries occur regularly in West Africa, scientists find - and another one is coming, climate change or not.
Fri, 17 Apr 09
Pandas opt for low-cal sweeteners
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8002978.stm
Red pandas have shown a preference for artificial sweeteners that has puzzled researchers.
Fri, 17 Apr 09
Plan to boost electric car sales
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/8001254.stm
Motorists will be offered subsidies of up to £5,000 to encourage them to buy electric and hybrid cars under government plans.
Fri, 17 Apr 09
Governments fall out over nuclear
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/8001526.stm
Battlelines have been drawn between the UK and Scottish governments over future energy provision and nuclear power.
Fri, 17 Apr 09
Patent for meatier pigs gets European trotters in a mix
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/8002503.stm
German pig farmers urge the EU to revoke the patent for a genetic method used to breed meatier pigs.
Fri, 17 Apr 09
Tricky prediction
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/magazine/8000402.stm
How can a population graph be so very wrong?
Fri, 17 Apr 09
The new Q?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8002434.stm
It's not all ejector seats - MI5 seeks science chief
Fri, 17 Apr 09
Here, little piggy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/magazine/7998780.stm
I lived with pigs, as a pig - and I still eat bacon
Thu, 16 Apr 09
Pet trade puts orangutans at risk
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8000909.stm
The trade in orangutans, particularly babies, is taking the Sumatran species towards extinction, a report concludes.
Thu, 16 Apr 09
Bank chief 'wrong' about science
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7986315.stm
The head of Imperial College London says the Bank of England governor was wrong to caution against more science spending.
Thu, 16 Apr 09
Dig 'may reveal' Cleopatra's tomb
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8000978.stm
Archaeologists are to search three sites in Egypt that they say may contain the tomb of doomed lovers Anthony and Cleopatra.
Thu, 16 Apr 09
Apples' autumn colour change clue
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7998932.stm
Domesticated apple trees' green leaves have re-ignited the debate surrounding autumn leaf colour change.
Thu, 16 Apr 09
African lark soon to be extinct
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8000199.stm
The Sidamo lark could soon be the first bird on mainland Africa to die out since modern records began, a survey shows.
Thu, 16 Apr 09
Shedding light on exoplanet hunt
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7998685.stm
Measurements of light reflected off the Earth show how to look for evidence of oceans on exoplanets.
Thu, 16 Apr 09
Stem cells 'can treat diabetes'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7999760.stm
An experimental stem cell treatment has enabled patients with Type 1 diabetes to go for as long as four years without insulin injections, researchers say.
Thu, 16 Apr 09
Market force
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8000156.stm
Trading carbon can curb warming - if leaders are brave
Thu, 16 Apr 09
In pictures
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/08/europe_russian_space_school/html/1.stm
Inside Star City, Russia's school for cosmonauts
Thu, 16 Apr 09
Bumper brood
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7999568.stm
World's rarest parrot is now not quite so rare
Thu, 16 Apr 09
DNA founder criticises database
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/8000126.stm
The inventor of the science behind the national DNA database says it risks losing support because it holds the records of innocent people.
Wed, 15 Apr 09
New nuclear site options unveiled
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7999471.stm
A list of 11 sites where industry and the government think new nuclear power stations are feasible is published.
Wed, 15 Apr 09
Ants inhabit 'world without sex'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7998931.stm
A species of ant in the Amazon has abandoned sex and become female-only, say researchers - the first such species discovered.
Wed, 15 Apr 09
Ancient medicines were alcoholic
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7992575.stm
Bottles discovered in an Egyptian pharaoh's tomb test positive for traces of 5,000 year-old medicinal wine.
Wed, 15 Apr 09
'First camel clone' born in Dubai
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7998505.stm
Scientists in Dubai say they have created the world's first cloned camel using DNA harvested from an adult camel.
Wed, 15 Apr 09
Arctic team gives up on ice radar
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7998501.stm
Technical failures lead UK explorers studying Arctic sea-ice to resort to old-fashioned research techniques.
Wed, 15 Apr 09
Famed Nature editor Maddox dies
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7997867.stm
Sir John Maddox, who transformed the journal Nature through two stints as its editor, has died aged 83.
Wed, 15 Apr 09
Nasa Sun probes watch over Earth
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7998867.stm
Scientists say they have demonstrated the principle of a very effective early warning system that would give notice of huge eruptions on the Sun.
Wed, 15 Apr 09
Why drivers may soon be riding a 'green wave' of traffic lights
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/7998182.stm
Motorists should face more sequences of green traffic lights after the government relaxed guidance on traffic flow.
Wed, 15 Apr 09
In pictures
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/08/africa_nigerian_palm_oil/html/1.stm
The ancient process of making palm oil in Nigeria
Tue, 14 Apr 09
Elephant hair reveals competition
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7992786.stm
Dietary and behavioural clues in the tail hairs of elephants shows how they compete for resources and time their reproduction.
Tue, 14 Apr 09
Thieving dwarves cause supernovae
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7996852.stm
Researchers suggest that a common type of supernova occurs early because it steals mass from a nearby helium star.
Tue, 14 Apr 09
Activists thwart Japan whale hunt
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7996950.stm
Japan's annual whaling season falls short of its target catch due to disruptions by activists, officials say.
Tue, 14 Apr 09
Biomass 'could be major emitter'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7997398.stm
Biomass power could become one of the worst emitters of greenhouse gases by 2030, the Environment Agency warns.
Tue, 14 Apr 09
Drug offers hope on Alzheimer's
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7989814.stm
A new drug which shows promise as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease has been developed by UK scientists.
Tue, 14 Apr 09
Green revolution
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7976495.stm
Brazil's green reputation under threat
Tue, 14 Apr 09
City pollution
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7946838.stm
US study looks at air quality's impact on life expectancy
Mon, 13 Apr 09
Mobile technology battles HIV
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7989856.stm
On the edge of Uganda's Impenetrable Forest, a team offers state of the art medical care for HIV positive patients.
Mon, 13 Apr 09
Attenborough warns on population
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/7996230.stm
The film-maker Sir David Attenborough becomes a patron of a group seeking to cut the growth in human population.
Mon, 13 Apr 09
Scientists find 'pleasure nerves'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7992299.stm
Scientists in the US and Sweden say they understand more about how the body responds to pleasurable touch.
Mon, 13 Apr 09
Diabetes 'impact on brain power'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7937947.stm
Failure to control type 2 diabetes may have a long-term impact on a person's memory and brain power, research suggests.
Mon, 13 Apr 09
New rare orangutan find in Borneo
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7995970.stm
A group of about 1-2,000 orangutans has been discovered on the south-east Asian island of Borneo.
Sun, 12 Apr 09
Veteran osprey lays Easter egg
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7995491.stm
The UK's oldest breeding pair of ospreys have produced a record-breaking 53rd egg in time for Easter.
Fri, 10 Apr 09
Standing watch over a crowded space
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7916582.stm
Europe's space agency is forging ahead on a system designed to protect its space-based systems.
Fri, 10 Apr 09
Charles Darwin's egg rediscovered
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7992911.stm
An egg collected by Charles Darwin has been rediscovered at Cambridge University's Zoology Museum
Fri, 10 Apr 09
Signs of earliest Scots unearthed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7992300.stm
Archaeologists discover the earliest evidence of human beings in Scotland at a ploughed field in South Lanarkshire.
Fri, 10 Apr 09
Balloon telescope's star vision
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7990595.stm
The "baby-boomer Universe" is seen in unprecedented detail by a telescope slung beneath a balloon.
Fri, 10 Apr 09
Prize for 'Sun in the box' cooker
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7991654.stm
A solar cooker made from a cardboard box, invented in Africa, wins a competition for bright environmental ideas.
Fri, 10 Apr 09
Arctic team: 'we have a problem'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7991801.stm
It has emerged that British explorers studying the Arctic are struggling with a series of technical problems.
Fri, 10 Apr 09
Snake diet find aids anti-venom
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/wales/north_west/7990317.stm
Research relating the venom of poisonous snakes to their diet could lead to improved treatment for bites.
Fri, 10 Apr 09
US government admits its power grid is vulnerable to cyber attack
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7990997.stm
The US government admits the power grid is vulnerable, following media claims it has been breached by foreign spies.
Fri, 10 Apr 09
FameLab talent search begins
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7988236.stm
A search gets under way for the next generation of graduates who are able to communicate science to the public.
Fri, 10 Apr 09
Pollution link with birth weight
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7988619.stm
Exposure to traffic pollution could affect the development of babies in the womb, US researchers have warned.
Thu, 9 Apr 09
UN demands more climate ambition
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7991039.stm
The year's first round of UN climate talks ends with developing countries and the UN itself calling for more ambition.
Thu, 9 Apr 09
Era of personalised medicine awaits
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7954968.stm
A revolution is promised by US scientists who plan to read the genetic codes of thousands of individuals.
Thu, 9 Apr 09
PM heralds 'green economy' Budget
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/7989015.stm
Trials of electric cars are among measures to be announced in this month's Budget, Gordon Brown reveals.
Thu, 9 Apr 09
Beach rubbish problem 'piling up'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/7988726.stm
The BBC's Alex Bushill talks to volunteers helping to clean up a beach in Devon.
Thu, 9 Apr 09
More than a full deck... inside the brain of a memory champion
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/magazine/7982327.stm
It takes less than 30 seconds for the reigning World Memory Champion to recall the sequence of a pack of playing cards. In an hour, he can memorise 26 more packs. But can the secrets of grand memory masters help the rest of us find our car keys?
Thu, 9 Apr 09
Fishy battle
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7989295.stm
EU moves to aid fish farms hit by foreign competition
Thu, 9 Apr 09
Rising threat?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/7977263.stm
What rising sea levels could mean for the Americas
Wed, 8 Apr 09
Chimpanzees swap meat for sex
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7988169.stm
Chimpanzees enter into long-term deals, exchanging meat for sex, say researchers who studied behaviour in Ivory Coast.
Wed, 8 Apr 09
US space tourist lands on Earth
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/7989226.stm
Russian capsule carrying a US space tourist and two astronauts lands safely in Kazakhstan, Russian officials say.
Wed, 8 Apr 09
Butterflies hit by damp summers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7988232.stm
Recent wet summers have hit the UK butterfly population hard, say conservationists.
Wed, 8 Apr 09
French claim full face transplant
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7987746.stm
A French surgeon says he has now effectively carried out a full face transplant after two operations in a fortnight.
Wed, 8 Apr 09
Arctic ice shows winter thinning
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7987354.stm
Arctic winter sea-ice reaches a larger maximum area than in 2008 but is still in long-term decline, say scientists.
Wed, 8 Apr 09
Soyuz successor contract awarded
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7987399.stm
RSC Energia is selected to lead the development of a next-generation Russian manned spacecraft.
Wed, 8 Apr 09
Caution urged on green tax effect
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7987287.stm
The think-tank IPPR warns the UK Chancellor not to use green taxes to plug the hole in government finances.
Wed, 8 Apr 09
Digital model could relaunch one of the world's iconic ships
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7987220.stm
The Cutty Sark is being restored using computer models which may also answer questions about her original speed.
Wed, 8 Apr 09
Bankrupt planet
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7988648.stm
Banks are bailed out, but ecological debt rises
Wed, 8 Apr 09
The future of 999
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7986460.stm
Ejector seats a possibility for hi-tech ambulances
Wed, 8 Apr 09
Pristine land
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7951182.stm
Battle over Amazon oil exploration heats up
Wed, 8 Apr 09
Tremor history
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7985753.stm
Italy has to live with its quake threat
Wed, 8 Apr 09
Tiny rock excites astrochemists
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7985788.stm
A micrometeorite with a "unique" chemical composition is broadening ideas of how planets can form.
Wed, 8 Apr 09
Row over Italian quake 'forecast'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/7986585.stm
A scientist's claim to have forecast an earthquake that killed dozens of people in central Italy is challenged by authorities and experts.
Tue, 7 Apr 09
Gravity satellite feels the force
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7986406.stm
Europe's Goce satellite switches on the super-sensitive instrument that will make ultra-fine measurements of Earth's gravity.
Tue, 7 Apr 09
Early warning clue for dementia
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7986289.stm
Hyperactivity in a part of the brain that deals with memory may give an early warning of dementia decades later, UK research suggests.
Tue, 7 Apr 09
Bone-repairing stem cell jab hope
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7985142.stm
Doctors may soon be able to patch up damaged bones and joints anywhere in the body with a simple shot in the arm.
Tue, 7 Apr 09
Security cameras clue to fireball
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/northern_ireland/7985093.stm
Security cameras in Northern Ireland may shed some light on the cause of a massive fireball in the sky on Sunday.
Tue, 7 Apr 09
UK biodiversity still in decline
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7982461.stm
Conservationists criticise the government for failing to provide the resources to protect dwindling species.
Tue, 7 Apr 09
BBC science wins 'Arthur' awards
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7986309.stm
The BBC wins two Sir Arthur Clarke awards for its coverage of space.
Tue, 7 Apr 09
Welsh pine marten DNA 'different'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/wales/7985169.stm
DNA testing shows Welsh pine martens have genetic differences to those in other parts of the UK and Ireland, experts find.
Tue, 7 Apr 09
Solved at last - why scratching relieves an itch
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7976606.stm
A scientific study has discovered why scratching helps relieve the irritation of an itch.
Tue, 7 Apr 09
Data creep
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7985664.stm
Battle lines drawn over who stores our data
Tue, 7 Apr 09
Sweet dreams?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7985524.stm
Columnist Bill Thompson on the pervasive net
Sun, 5 Apr 09
Ice bridge ruptures in Antarctic
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7984054.stm
An ice bridge that holds in place an ice shelf the size of Jamaica snaps, heightening concern over the impact of global warming.
Sat, 4 Apr 09
Russia to unveil spaceship plans
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7980824.stm
The Russian space agency is expected to unveil development plans for a next-generation manned spacecraft on Monday.
Sat, 4 Apr 09
Polar footsteps
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7979798.stm
Team retraces Shackleton's journey
Sat, 4 Apr 09
Albanian jewel
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/7978443.stm
Bringing an ancient gem into 21st Century
Fri, 3 Apr 09
US to be 'pragmatic on climate'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7980441.stm
America's lead climate negotiator tells the BBC that the US will only do what is politically and technologically achievable.
Fri, 3 Apr 09
Robo-scientist's first findings
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7979113.stm
A UK team unveils the first machine to have independently discovered new scientific knowledge.
Fri, 3 Apr 09
Virus battery could 'power cars'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7977585.stm
Scientists genetically engineer viruses to build the crucial components of batteries.
Fri, 3 Apr 09
Stem cell 'deafness cure' closer
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7974795.stm
Stem cells that could one day be used to restore hearing have been successfully created, scientists reveal.
Fri, 3 Apr 09
Sisters spread happiness - brothers breed distress
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7977454.stm
Sisters spread happiness in families while brothers breed distress as they internalise problems, experts believe.
Fri, 3 Apr 09
Putting up a fight
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7975930.stm
Row over nuclear waste dump in Australia's outback
Fri, 3 Apr 09
Tiger catchers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7972737.stm
The hunt for tigers killing local people in Sumatra
Fri, 3 Apr 09
Scientist to study plant stress
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7978450.stm
A Dundee scientist is given £1m to study plant stress and how they can survive things like climate change.
Thu, 2 Apr 09
Signals could be from dark matter
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7977102.stm
Streams of positron particles detected by a satellite could have been produced by dark matter, say researchers.
Thu, 2 Apr 09
Baby chicks do basic arithmetic
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7975260.stm
Newborn chicks are able to "count" objects as they are moved behind screens, say researchers.
Thu, 2 Apr 09
Clues to ancient invasion in DNA
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7976510.stm
Scientific evidence of an ancient movement of people from Ireland to Scotland are suggested by DNA techniques.
Thu, 2 Apr 09
Thin speaker offers 'crisp sound'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7976991.stm
A new way of delivering sound using flat speaker could be used in audio posters and make for clearer PA systems.
Thu, 2 Apr 09
Fanning the fires
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7968745.stm
Climate change blamed for Nepal forest fires
Thu, 2 Apr 09
Stock-take
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7977971.stm
Call to count the creatures hiding in the flower beds
Wed, 1 Apr 09
How infection may spark leukaemia
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7973678.stm
Scientists show how some common infections could be a trigger for childhood leukaemia.
Wed, 1 Apr 09
'Supersize' lions roamed Britain
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/7974948.stm
Giant lions were roaming Europe and North America as recently as 13,000 years ago, Oxford University scientists say.
Wed, 1 Apr 09
Mars 'journey' experiment begins
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/7974282.stm
Six European volunteers begin a simulated journey to Mars to see if humans could cope with the long isolation.
Wed, 1 Apr 09
Earth population 'exceeds limits'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7974995.stm
Science advisor in the US State Department Nina Fedoroff says humans have exceeded the Earth's "limits of sustainability".
Wed, 1 Apr 09
South Downs National Park agreed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/7973417.stm
UK ministers announce creation of a new national park for England, a mere 60 years after it was recommended.
Wed, 1 Apr 09
People who live in the tropics have more baby girls
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7972993.stm
People who live in the tropics have more baby girls, work reveals.
Wed, 1 Apr 09
Cold War-like stand-off over access to US space station toilet
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/7973747.stm
A Russian cosmonaut says the US toilet and exercise bike have been put out of bounds to non-American crew.
Wed, 1 Apr 09
Damaged goods
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7974972.stm
Carbon labels won't curb climate change but may hurt Africa
Wed, 1 Apr 09
Stem cells
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7961749.stm
Firms need to act now so patients will benefit in future
Wed, 1 Apr 09
Heavens above
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/today/hi/today/newsid_7972000/7972981.stm
Astronomers mark 400 years of Galilean star-gazing
Wed, 1 Apr 09
In pictures
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/sussex/7973624.stm
A look at the South Downs - the latest national park
Wed, 1 Apr 09
Hope for endangered bald ibis
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7973836.stm
Conservationists visiting Syria say there could be a chance of boosting a once sacred bird's numbers.