- BBC Science/Nature
- 08/7/28 11:48
'I paid £500 to have my genome analysed'
'I paid £500 to have my genome analysed'
Incarcerated in a mental hospital - for carrying typhoid
Watch key moments in US space exploration
SUNDAY 27. JULY 2008
Four giant panda cubs are born within 14 hours in China, boosting the population of the endangered species.
The RSPB says reported attacks on birds of prey, including shootings and poisonings, hit a record high in 2007.
SATURDAY 26. JULY 2008
More than 120 endangered baby short-snouted seahorses are born at a Hampshire aquarium as part of a breeding programme.
The puffin population on England's biggest colony falls by a third in five years, a survey shows.
FRIDAY 25. JULY 2008
The sudden flare-ups and rapid movement sometimes seen in the Northern and Southern Lights can now be explained in fine detail, say scientists.
Wetlands risk conversion to farmland as demand for food and biofuel grows, a conference in Brazil is told.
Scientists suggest microbes from Venus could be blown to Earth by powerful winds.
Could water really have a memory?
Hewlett Packard's nanotech lab plans to build a central nervous system for the earth and help businesses at the same time.
Nature protected rare fossils for millions of years, but humans are now destroying them, says the BBC's Salman Ravi in eastern India.
Volunteers wanted to identify basking sharks off Cornwall
Life expectancy for people with HIV increases by 13 years on average since the late 1990s, survey finds.
THURSDAY 24. JULY 2008
The Arctic holds some 90bn barrels of oil, equal to Russia's known reserves, according to US government data.
Bletchley's role in the computer revolution
UK computer scientists sign a letter criticising the ongoing neglect of Bletchley Park - home of the wartime codebreakers.
Green groups accuse the UK government of trying to sabotage Europes rules on renewable energy.
A regular diet of even modest amounts of food containing soy may halve sperm concentrations, scientists suggest.
WEDNESDAY 23. JULY 2008
Bottlenose dolphins whistle more to their newborns, perhaps to stop theft by other females, researchers say.
Newsnight's Susan Watts joins a team of scientists travelling to the Arctic to carry out crucial climate research.
Tiny fossils time the climate shift which gave rise to Antarctica's Dry Valleys, a landscape akin to Mars.
Blood vessel changes linked to poor health later in life can be spotted within a few years in boys born small, say scientists.
The decision not to cull badgers in England to control tuberculosis in cattle is flawed in the short-term, say MPs.