- BBC Science/Nature
- 09/2/11 16:54
The UK's plans to cut emissions by 80% by 2050 are almost certain to fail, according to a US scientist.
The UK's plans to cut emissions by 80% by 2050 are almost certain to fail, according to a US scientist.
How much do you know about the precious resource?
The rate of illegitimate births in the population is lower than many people believe, according to a major study of male ancestry.
Documents suggest a German archaeologist used trickery to smuggle home a famous sculpture of Queen Nefertiti.
From the word's loneliest tortoise to bizarre sea lizards - meet the inhabitants of Darwin's Galapagos
RAF's new spy plane takes to the Afghan skies
TUESDAY 10. FEBRUARY 2009
Why we are failing to solve the world's water woes
Fishermen rescue about 200 dolphins stranded in shallow waters off the Philippines.
The great Jumbo - four decades of the Boeing 747
Spectacular footage of elusive narwhal is captured by a BBC team.
MONDAY 9. FEBRUARY 2009
The Hadron Collider could be switched back on in September - a year after it shut down and months later than expected.
Science minister answers your funding questions
Retracing Darwin's footsteps in the Galapagos Islands
Darwin's Kent home restored for his bicentenary
The European Space Agency's Herschel observatory is finished and ready to go into orbit, to study the processes that form stars and galaxies.
SUNDAY 8. FEBRUARY 2009
Chinese scheme to divert Yangtze River is four years late
Zimbabwe shows health hazards of unclean water
Composer imagines the music that Neanderthals rocked out to
A call is made for more to be done to help Scottish communities benefit from energy efficiency measures.
SATURDAY 7. FEBRUARY 2009
Schools can send their questions to the Galapagos
Using ultra-short laser pulses, scientists hope to understand how plants harvest the Sun's energy.
FRIDAY 6. FEBRUARY 2009
Understanding a region's climatic history can help conservationists find new species, a study suggests.
What's E.coli done for us? Much more than food poisoning
Scientists have perfected a highly sensitive test to detect vCJD-causing proteins on surgical instruments.
A gene for dark coat colour in wolves was introduced through mating with domestic dogs, scientists report.