- BBC Science/Nature
- 09/4/13 18:52
The ancient process of making palm oil in Nigeria
The ancient process of making palm oil in Nigeria
Japan's annual whaling season falls short of its target catch due to disruptions by activists, officials say.
The film-maker Sir David Attenborough becomes a patron of a group seeking to cut the growth in human population.
Scientists in the US and Sweden say they understand more about how the body responds to pleasurable touch.
SUNDAY 12. APRIL 2009
US study looks at air quality's impact on life expectancy
On the edge of Uganda's Impenetrable Forest, a team offers state of the art medical care for HIV positive patients.
A group of about 1-2,000 orangutans has been discovered on the south-east Asian island of Borneo.
The UK's oldest breeding pair of ospreys have produced a record-breaking 53rd egg in time for Easter.
Failure to control type 2 diabetes may have a long-term impact on a person's memory and brain power, research suggests.
FRIDAY 10. APRIL 2009
Europe's space agency is forging ahead on a system designed to protect its space-based systems.
An egg collected by Charles Darwin has been rediscovered at Cambridge University's Zoology Museum
Archaeologists discover the earliest evidence of human beings in Scotland at a ploughed field in South Lanarkshire.
THURSDAY 9. APRIL 2009
A solar cooker made from a cardboard box, invented in Africa, wins a competition for bright environmental ideas.
The "baby-boomer Universe" is seen in unprecedented detail by a telescope slung beneath a balloon.
It has emerged that British explorers studying the Arctic are struggling with a series of technical problems.
A search gets under way for the next generation of graduates who are able to communicate science to the public.
Research relating the venom of poisonous snakes to their diet could lead to improved treatment for bites.
The US government admits the power grid is vulnerable, following media claims it has been breached by foreign spies.
The year's first round of UN climate talks ends with developing countries and the UN itself calling for more ambition.
Exposure to traffic pollution could affect the development of babies in the womb, US researchers have warned.
WEDNESDAY 8. APRIL 2009
A revolution is promised by US scientists who plan to read the genetic codes of thousands of individuals.
EU moves to aid fish farms hit by foreign competition
Russian capsule carrying a US space tourist and two astronauts lands safely in Kazakhstan, Russian officials say.
What rising sea levels could mean for the Americas
Trials of electric cars are among measures to be announced in this month's Budget, Gordon Brown reveals.