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EU to back bluefin tuna trade ban

date: 2010-03-10 20:57:43

EU nations decide to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stocks recover.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta

date: 2010-03-10 15:19:03

Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta by the photojournalist Ed Kashi documents the consequences of fifty years of oil extraction in the Niger deltaEric HilaireShiona Tregaskis

source: www.guardian.co.uk

Ancient eggshell yields its DNA

date: 2010-03-10 00:22:57

The eggshells of long-dead and extinct species are a particularly good source to find preserved DNA, researchers say.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Collider to shut for year to fix faults

date: 2010-03-10 00:19:18

The Large Hadron Collider must be shut down for a year starting in late 2011 to address design flaws, the BBC has learned.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Lords in science investment call

date: 2010-03-09 00:29:11

Former Labour and Conservative science ministers challenge the next UK government to maintain investment in science.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Superweed predator to be released

date: 2010-03-09 00:25:22

A plant-eating predator that preys on aggressive superweed Japanese knotweed is to be given a trial release in England.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Tory review urges science boost

date: 2010-03-08 23:47:05

A Tory-backed report urges incentives for schools and tax breaks for researchers to raise the profile of science.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Bonobos opt to share their food

date: 2010-03-08 08:58:19

One of our closest primate relatives, the bonobo, prefers to share its food rather than dine alone, scientists report.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Probe may have found cosmic dust

date: 2010-03-05 21:28:20

Scientists may have identified the first specks of interstellar dust in material collected by the Nasa Stardust spacecraft.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Met Office ends season forecasts

date: 2010-03-05 11:04:53

The Met Office stops publishing seasonal forecasts after it came in for criticism for failing to predict extreme weather.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Panel confirms dino crater link

date: 2010-03-04 23:49:53

An international panel of experts has strongly endorsed the idea that an asteroid impact was responsible for killing off the dinosaurs.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Monitoring greenhouse gases: Highs and lows

date: 2010-03-04 14:09:07

You might think that measuring the levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere would be a priority. If you did think that, though, you would be wrongIN NEGOTIATIONS on nuclear weapons the preferred stance is “Trust but verify”. In negotiations on climate change there seems little ...

source: www.economist.com

Promise made on UK physics woes

date: 2010-03-04 12:51:13

The government is promising to put in place measures to protect the future funding of physics and astronomy in the UK.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

EU to back bluefin tuna trade ban

date: 2010-03-10 20:57:43

EU nations decide to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stocks recover.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta

date: 2010-03-10 15:19:03

Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta by the photojournalist Ed Kashi documents the consequences of fifty years of oil extraction in the Niger deltaEric HilaireShiona Tregaskis

source: www.guardian.co.uk

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February 2010
Ancient eggshell yields its DNA

date: 2010-03-10 00:22:57

The eggshells of long-dead and extinct species are a particularly good source to find preserved DNA, researchers say.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Collider to shut for year to fix faults

date: 2010-03-10 00:19:18

The Large Hadron Collider must be shut down for a year starting in late 2011 to address design flaws, the BBC has learned.

source: news.bbc.co.uk


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Palaeontology: Do the locomotion

date: 2010-03-04 11:17:22

The earliest animal tracks yet found have been unearthed in CanadaONE of the greatest mysteries of the history of life is the Cambrian explosion. Prior to 560m years ago, animal fossils are rare. Then, in a ...

source: www.economist.com

Sexual selection: Horny ladies

date: 2010-03-04 11:17:22

If females must compete, evolution will furnish them with weapons to do soWHEN a species evolves traits that seem to have little to do with individual survival—bright colours, say, or oversize horns, it ...

source: www.economist.com

Weather forecasting: Flaky science

date: 2010-03-04 11:17:22

How to predict the consistency of snow“THE wrong type of snow” became famous as a lame excuse in Britain in February 1991 when, caught out by a cold snap, British Rail blamed severe disruption to ...

source: www.economist.com

Correction: Alien life

date: 2010-03-04 11:17:21

In "Signs of life" (February 27th) we said that the Square Kilometre Array radio-telescope collaboration planned to build its grid over a square kilometre of land. In fact, it is the combined collecting area ...

source: www.economist.com

Clues to Antarctica space blast

date: 2010-03-03 16:55:21

A large space rock may have exploded over Antarctica thousands of years ago, according to new research.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Cleaning up the River Thames

date: 2010-03-03 16:51:08

To mark the lowest daytime tide in five years, London waterways charity Thames21 led a clean-up volunteering event along the Thames

source: www.guardian.co.uk

Satellite eye on Earth

date: 2010-03-02 11:30:00

Breakaway glaciers, submarine volcanos and multicoloured lakes were among the images captured by European Space Agency and Nasa satellites last month

source: www.guardian.co.uk

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