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Minister backs adviser autonomy (07 November 02:54) |
| The government will produce guidelines on the independence of its scientific advisers, Science Minister Lord Drayson says. |
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Leaders likely to go to summit (07 November 02:20) |
| At least 40 world leaders are likely to attend December's UN climate summit in a bid to secure a new global treaty. |
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Yucatan wonders (06 November 10:43) |
| Photos highlight the wildlife at risk in the Central America |
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Studies overstate species risks (06 November 09:55) |
| Some large-scale studies appear to overestimate the threats of climate change on biodiversity, a study suggests. |
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The quest to save worlds rarest duck - the Madagascar pochard (06 November 04:55) |
| Conservationists have taken the first step in their mission to save the critically endangered Madagascar pochard. |
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Spirit bears become invisible (06 November 04:53) |
| Being invisible to fish is what helps a rare white morph of black bear, known as a spirit bear, survive, scientists discover. |
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How spirit bears use their appearance to fish successfully (06 November 04:53) |
| Being invisible to fish is what helps a rare white morph of black bear, known as a spirit bear, survive, scientists discover. |
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Babies cry in mothers tongue (06 November 04:08) |
| German researchers say babies begin to pick up the nuances of their parents' accents while still in the womb. |
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Getting warm (06 November 02:27) |
| Where key players stand on a deal to halt climate change |
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Scientists urge respect on advice (06 November 05:32) |
| Senior academics call on the UK government to respect the independence and freedom of its scientific advisers. |
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Horse genome unlocked by science (06 November 04:11) |
| The genome of a domestic horse has been successfully sequenced by an international team of researchers. |
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Climate deal unlikely this year (06 November 02:56) |
| The UK government has admitted that a new legally-binding global treaty on climate change is highly unlikely to be agreed this year. |
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Scientists seek clues to bare bears mystery (05 November 11:54) |
| Bears in an eastern German zoo have lost their fur, but international experts cannot work out why. |
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Tiny tech sparks cell signal find (05 November 11:40) |
| Tiny metal particles have been shown to cause damage to DNA across a cellular barrier - without having to cross it. |
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F1 designer unveils electric car (05 November 08:34) |
| A new sustainable electric car designed for city or town use is the result of a £9m investment programme. |
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Flexetarian (05 November 04:23) |
| Can you eat fish and still be a vegetarian? |
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Swallowed whole Pelicans filmed gobbling gannet chicks (05 November 03:31) |
| In a bizarre reaction to dwindling fish stocks, great white pelicans have turned to eating live gannet chicks. |
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Pelicans filmed gobbling gannets (05 November 03:31) |
| In a bizarre reaction to dwindling fish stocks, great white pelicans have turned to eating live gannet chicks. |
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Harrabins Note (05 November 07:17) |
| Latest assault against carbon trading assessed |
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Major quakes could be aftershocks (05 November 01:15) |
| Many earthquakes may be aftershocks of large quakes that occurred hundreds of years ago, say scientists. |
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Rocket and roll (04 November 09:39) |
| Land speed team starts to see plans come together |
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Light down a wire for solar power (04 November 09:18) |
| A modification to commercial optical fibre could be a promising route to solar power without large arrays, say researchers. |
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GPS used to preserve ants nests (04 November 06:33) |
| GPS satellite technology is used to record the locations of rare ants' nests ahead of work to fell thousands of trees. |
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Rare whale gathering sighted (04 November 05:54) |
| In a rare sight, marine biologists spot 60 enigmatic Arnoux's beaked whales gathering off the Antarctic coast. |
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Breathing In (04 November 04:41) |
| Artist seeks out planet's most, and least, polluted air |
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Messenger spies iron at Mercury (04 November 04:27) |
| The Nasa Messenger probe's observations of Mercury show the planet is even more of an "iron planet" than scientists thought. |
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Messenger spies iron on Mercury (04 November 04:27) |
| The Nasa Messenger probe's observations of Mercury show the planet is even more of an "iron planet" than scientists thought. |
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Raising a wreck - HMS Victorys golden secrets could be revealed (04 November 03:34) |
| An American salvage company hopes it will be allowed to raise the wreck of the original HMS Victory, which lies in the English Channel. |
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US praises Chinas space progress (04 November 02:54) |
| A US general says that China has made amazing strides on improving its military capabilities in space |
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The greatest scientific invention The x-ray machine (04 November 02:40) |
| The public votes the x-ray machine as the best invention over the Apollo 10 space capsule and Stephenson's rocket. |
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X-rays top scientific invention (04 November 02:40) |
| The public votes the X-ray machine as the best invention over the Apollo 10 space capsule and Stephenson's rocket. |
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Oldest T rex relative identified (04 November 07:37) |
| Scientists identify the most ancient fossil relative of the predatory dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex. |
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Meet T rexs most ancient relative (04 November 07:37) |
| Tyrannosaurus rex. |
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Obama urges new effort on climate (04 November 06:40) |
| Barack Obama urges the US and EU to re-double efforts to achieve success at the climate change summit in Copenhagen. |
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Smos satellite unfurls instrument (04 November 02:33) |
| A European satellite launched to study the Earth's water cycle unpacks its antenna system. |
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Anthropologist Levi-Strauss dies (03 November 10:27) |
| Anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, one of the most influential French thinkers of the 20th Century, dies aged 100. |
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Science chief backs cannabis view (03 November 07:12) |
| A breakdown of trust was behind the sacking of the UK's chief drugs adviser, according to the government's chief scientist. |
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Adviser sacked over lost trust (03 November 06:51) |
| A breakdown of trust was behind the sacking of the UK's chief drugs adviser, according to the government's chief scientist. |
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Amazon road trip (03 November 03:55) |
| BBC team make their way along controversial road |
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Basketball player gets rabies vaccine after catching a bat (03 November 02:44) |
| San Antonio's Manu Ginobili is vaccinated against rabies after catching a bat during an NBA game on Halloween. |
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A marvellous hummingbird display (03 November 02:43) |
| The amazing mating display of the marvellous spatule hummingbird is filmed in super slow motion for the first time. |
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Hummingbirds slow motion display (03 November 02:43) |
| The amazing mating display of the marvellous spatuletail hummingbird is filmed in super slow motion for the first time. |
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Species extinction threat grows (03 November 05:47) |
| More than a third of species assessed by a global biodiversity study are threatened with extinction, scientists warn. |
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In the mix (02 November 11:30) |
| Cannabis row puts spotlight on scientific advisers |
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Counting carbon (02 November 11:24) |
| Distant targets will not halt dangerous climate change |
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Saving the trillionth tonne of coal (02 November 11:24) |
| Policy makers must never allow human activity to allow the trillionth tonne of carbon dioxide to be emitted into the atmosphere. |
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Green or black (02 November 08:58) |
| America's dilemma on its climate and energy policy. |
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Sahara Sun to help power Europe (02 November 07:47) |
| A sustainable energy initiative that will start with a huge solar project in the Sahara desert is announced by a consortium of 12 European businesses. |
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Logging caused Nazca collapse (02 November 04:34) |
| New evidence suggests the fate of the ancient Nazca society of Peru was entwined with that of the huarango tree. |
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Climate change will burn Yosemite (02 November 03:47) |
| Scientists unravel how warming temperatures will trigger more wild fires in California's Yosemite National Park. |
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