Science ‘is a key election issue’

Mar 10th, 2010 Posted in Science & Environment | No comments

The science spokesmen of the three main political parties cross swords on the issue of UK research funding.

World’s largest meat-eating plant prefers to eat… small animal poo

Mar 10th, 2010 Posted in Earth News | No comments

The largest meat-eating plant in the world is designed not to eat small animals, but small animal poo, scientists discover.

Ring may be giant ‘impact crater’

Mar 10th, 2010 Posted in Science & Environment | No comments

Deforestation has revealed what could be a giant impact crater in Central Africa, according to Italian scientists.

Galapagos tension

Mar 10th, 2010 Posted in Americas | No comments

Can all species live side by side in unique ecosystem?

Collider to shut for year to fix faults

Mar 10th, 2010 Posted in Science & Environment | No comments

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

Lighting a fuse just millionths of a millimetre across makes a battery

Mar 9th, 2010 Posted in Science & Environment | No comments

A never-before-seen reaction in nanotubes could make for batteries that pack a mighty punch, say researchers.

Third of EU emissions ‘imported’

Mar 9th, 2010 Posted in Science & Environment | No comments

Research shows some EU countries “import” about a third of their carbon emissions from developing countries.

Ballistic tongue beats the cold

Mar 9th, 2010 Posted in Earth News | No comments

Chameleon have a hidden advantage as hunters, a ballistic tongue that works well in the cold.

Skynet satellite system extended

Mar 9th, 2010 Posted in Science & Environment | No comments

Skynet 5, the UK’s single biggest space project, is to get a fourth satellite to up the bandwidth available to British forces.

Hailing the arrival of alien predators

Mar 9th, 2010 Posted in Science & Environment | No comments

Europe is set to release its first non-native “biological control” species to curb the spread of Japanese knotweed.