- BBC Science/Nature
- 09/10/26 18:07
A rocket designed to replace the aging space shuttle is set for its first test-flight, despite questions over its future.
A rocket designed to replace the aging space shuttle is set for its first test-flight, despite questions over its future.
A map designed to show the predicted effects of a 4C rise in average temperature have been unveiled by the UK government.
Scientists suspect a large crater found in a field in northern Latvia was not caused by a meteorite.
The web tools transforming life in the lab
Red squirrels found on the isle of Anglesey have crossed over to the mainland for the first time in decades, say experts.
Sustaining the ocean and the bounties it provides
Scientists are planning to develop a paint coating for military vehicles which would soak up a chemical warfare agent and then decontaminate itself.
A South Korean court convicts disgraced cloning scientist Hwang Woo-suk of fraud over his stem cell research.
US scientists say they have discovered an antibody that could minimise the damage caused by major traumas.
Millions of adults across the world think evolutionary theories should be taught alongside creationism in schools, a survey suggests.
SUNDAY 25. OCTOBER 2009
The prospects of saving coral reefs now appear so bleak that plans are being made to freeze samples for the future.
Sharks produce pups with super-sized livers that provide them with a source of nutrients to survive early life.
SATURDAY 24. OCTOBER 2009
Legislators from 16 major economies meet to hammer out climate policies ahead of December talks in Copenhagen.
FRIDAY 23. OCTOBER 2009
The TVs that save power every time you look away
A former Tomorrow's World presenter brands the system used to assess how energy efficient new homes are as "insane".
An undercover investigation by an environmental campaign group reveals the continuing trade in tiger skins in China.
Drama of change along China's Yangtze River
A spectacle in Norfolk as thousands of birds fly in for their winter roost.
About 300 people have gathered at a South Tyneside quarry after the first reported UK sighting of a rare bird.
A startlingly-coloured grasshopper that jumped a flight from India is the first of its kind to be seen in the UK.
Biggest might not be best for China's rural homes
The greatest of all animal battles is filmed in its entirety for the first time by a BBC crew.
THURSDAY 22. OCTOBER 2009
Experts reviewing the US space programme back using commercial services to launch astronauts.
Scientists unravel the mechanism by which the lethal frog disease sweeping the world kills its victims.
Radar-absorbing wind turbine blades could help solve the radar interference issues that preclude some new wind farms.