- BBC Science/Nature
- 10/11/25 10:29
The nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way - Andromeda - was born when two smaller galaxies collided, say astronomers.
The nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way - Andromeda - was born when two smaller galaxies collided, say astronomers.
Gardens are able to sustain a greater number of bumblebee nests than farmed land, a study involving genetic analysis and modelling suggests.
Three quarters of British barn owls now live in human-made nest boxes, according to conservationists.
Dr Robert Mulvaney analyses the increase in greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere.
The US government designates a huge area in Alaska as a 'critical habitat' for polar bears, raising the hopes of environmentalists.
WEDNESDAY 24. NOVEMBER 2010
What really happened at the Copenhagen climate summit?
"Keeping the show on the road" may be all governments can hope for at next week's UN climate talks, the UK admits.
Researchers have developed a simple geometrical method to add weight to the idea that ours is a flat, dark-energy-rich Universe.
What might have gone wrong at Pike River mine?
The Science Museum aims to engage on climate science... but not to preach
A study of marsupial carnivores' skulls from the past 40 million years shows the creatures rose to the challenge of evolution just as their placental cousins did.
Governments of 13 countries where tigers still live have endorsed a plan to save the big cats from extinction.
There is a limit to how convincingly the common cuckoo can mimic other birds, according to new research.
Striking images shed light on the behaviour of fluids
New research ancient pterosaurs suggest their wing function may have been key to the creatures' large size.
TUESDAY 23. NOVEMBER 2010
Papers published by World War II codebreaker Alan Turing fail to sell - raising hopes they could be kept in the UK.
Scientists develop a method to estimate the age of a suspect from blood left at a crime scene.
Pro and anti-hunting groups debate the law, after the UK's first double conviction under the controversial hunting act.
A rare spider, thought to be extinct in the UK, has been photographed for the first time in a new colony in the Fens.
Promises countries have made to control carbon emissions will see temperatures rise by up to 4C during this century, a UN report concludes
Fish can shrink in length by as much as 10% during particularly harsh winters, according to scientists.
The technique of applying electrical impulses to stimulate the muscles of paralysed limbs can now fit inside an implantable device, researchers say.
A Californian animal shelter seeks adoptive homes for 1,000 rats rescued from a house the rodents had infested and virtually destroyed.
MONDAY 22. NOVEMBER 2010
The addition of a simple visor to soldiers' helmets could vastly reduce head injuries caused by explosions, say researchers.
Why having lots of moles may be a good thing, according to researchers.