- BBC Science/Nature
- 08/4/15 09:44
A Scottish landowner has reintroduced moose to his estate in a bid to return it to the natural state of hundreds of years ago.
A Scottish landowner has reintroduced moose to his estate in a bid to return it to the natural state of hundreds of years ago.
John Wheeler, the US physicist who coined the term "black hole", dies at the age of 96.
New rules have come into force requiring all petrol and diesel sold in UK garages to contain biofuels.
Modern-day elephants are descended from an early ancestor that lived in water, say scientists.
China has already overtaken the US as the world's biggest polluter, according to a new report by US scientists.
A vet is urging owners of pet cats to have them neutered and vaccinated to help protect wildcats.
MONDAY 14. APRIL 2008
Hormone surges among City traders could be partly responsible for driving "boom and bust" economics, say researchers.
UK space policy faces a major revamp with civil servants being moved out of London and stripped of responsibilities.
A virtual walk around ancient Pompeii will be made possible this week thanks to an omni-directional treadmill.
The European Space Agency (Esa) orders the latest spacecraft in a major global monitoring programme.
Scientists say it is unlikely same-sex couples would be able to use artificial eggs and sperm as a way to create their own biological child.
France calls for an EU initiative on food security, amid alarm about unrest linked to rising prices.
Action by protesters has prevented the Japanese whaling fleet from meeting its quota, Japanese officials say.
SUNDAY 13. APRIL 2008
A musician from Mozambique who campaigns for clean water and sanitation gets a top environmental prize.
FRIDAY 11. APRIL 2008
Scientists develop a technique that reveals biodiversity hotspots, which they say will help protect vulnerable species.
The German parliament votes to ease restrictions on embryonic stem cell research, after a heated debate.
The BBC Scotland news website examines the challenges involved in decommissioning the Dounreay plant.
THURSDAY 10. APRIL 2008
Research by IBM scientists could result in gadgets with vastly bigger memory capacities from current levels.
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter takes stunning images of the Red Planet's biggest moon Phobos.
A Russian capsule carrying South Korea's first astronaut docks with the International Space Station.
Scientists use X-rays to find the lost rear limb of a fossil snake locked in 92-million-year-old Lebanese limestone.
WEDNESDAY 9. APRIL 2008
Newsnight's Susan Watts talks to scientists who claim a funding shortfall threatens UK research.
Archaeologists say they have broken through to a layer which could help to explain why Stonehenge was built.
US doctors have carried out what is believed to be the world's first simultaneous six-way kidney transplant.
People's attitudes to relationships could be given away by just the look of their face, researchers claim.