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Study calls for EU waste enforcer

date: 2010-02-02 14:04:32 | Study, calls, waste, enforcer

The EU needs a dedicated agency to oversee and enforce EU waste legislation, a study recommends.

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Shoot second in gunfight, study finds

date: 2010-02-03 00:29:54 |

Study sheds light on the shoot-out

date: 2010-02-03 00:29:54 |

Study hints at dark matter action

date: 2010-02-11 20:50:31 |

UK returns nuclear waste to Japan

date: 2010-01-20 11:26:50 |

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

Insects migrate in wind highways

date: 2010-02-05 14:47:33

Migrating insects use highways in the sky to speed their journey, according to a study published in Science magazine.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Dynamic Pluto revealed in images

date: 2010-02-05 12:47:48

Images from the Hubble Space Telescope reveal that the icy dwarf planet Pluto undergoes dramatic seasonal changes.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Embattled climate chief supported

date: 2010-02-05 12:08:51

India gives its full support to embattled climate change chief Rajendra Pachauri, under attack over recent scientific errors.

source: news.bbc.co.uk


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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 ...

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

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 geological ...

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 is ...

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 its ...

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 of the ...

source: www.economist.com

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