- BBC Science/Nature
- 09/2/18 16:57
How forensics finally led police to 1996 killer
How forensics finally led police to 1996 killer
Europe's top court rules that EU governments have no right to conceal the location of field trials of genetically modified crops.
Is it selfish to have more than two children?
Underwater cameras reveal how grizzly bears use their feet to collect dead salmon from the bottom of pools.
A boy treated with foetal stem cells for a rare disease develops tumours, raising questions over the therapy's safety.
TUESDAY 17. FEBRUARY 2009
The US space agency will incorporate British detectors on its Kepler mission due to launch in just a few weeks' time.
The battle against climate change can only be won "in the hands of the many, not the few", warns a top scientist.
Climate battle 'needs hands of the many, not the few'
Europe's Cern is losing ground in the race to identify one of the fundamental particles of matter, its US rival claims.
Are farmers being forced to use GM seeds?
MONDAY 16. FEBRUARY 2009
Alien life-forms may be thriving right here on Earth, a physicist tells a major science conference.
Farmers could be paid once again to set aside uncultivated land for wildlife, the government says.
The possibility of using star power on Earth
Situation improving for scientists in Islamic countries
The Amazon rainforest may be less vulnerable to severe drying as a result of global warming than previously thought, a study suggests.
Scientists believe a common heart medicine may be able to banish fearful memories from the mind.
Researchers will look into whether bird and bat life can be affected by micro-turbines on homes.
The illegal ivory trade in Vietnam is threatening the survival of South East Asia's elephants, a wildlife monitoring group says.
Farmers' battle against illegal metal detector users
A scientist says she has been unable to extract DNA for analysis from ancient Scottish bear remains.
One of the first attempts to use gene therapy to treat HIV produces promising results in preliminary clinical trials.
SUNDAY 15. FEBRUARY 2009
A marine census finds that at least 235 species live in both polar regions, despite being 12,000km apart.
A "danger receptor" that may kick-start an immune reaction to cancer in the body has been found by UK researchers.
Rather than compete for females, male long-tailed manakins pair up to perform their courtship song and dance.
There could be one hundred billion Earth-like planets in the Milky Way galaxy, a US conference is told.