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03/18/2010 08:44 PM |
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UN body rejects bluefin tuna ban |
A proposal to ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna, which is a sushi mainstay in Japan, has been rejected by a UN wildlife meeting.
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03/18/2010 04:40 PM |
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'Hobbit' island's deeper history |
New tool discoveries push back the date for the earliest human occupation of Flores Island, home of the famous hobbit species.
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03/18/2010 12:57 AM |
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Planck spies massive dust clouds |
Europe's Planck space telescope pictures the colossal swathes of cold dust that spread through the Milky Way galaxy.
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03/17/2010 11:49 PM |
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New exoplanet like 'one of ours' |
A new temperate planet, found 1,500 light-years away from Earth, has similarities to planets within our own Solar System.
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03/18/2010 12:46 AM |
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Limits of quantum world stretched |
Scientists have created the largest-ever "quantum state", a result that has implications for quantum physics and computing.
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03/17/2010 04:26 PM |
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Monkeys learn more from females |
Groups of monkeys pay more attention to females than to males when learning a task, say scientists.
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03/17/2010 03:34 AM |
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'Arrogance' undid climate talks |
The "disappointing" outcome of December's UN climate summit was largely down to rich nations not listening, says Lord Stern.
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03/17/2010 02:35 PM |
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Ads 'exaggerated climate change' |
Two government press adverts aimed at raising awareness of climate change are banned for overstating the risks.
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03/18/2010 05:18 PM |
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Guess who's a sucker for high-definition television? The octopus |
Octopuses respond to high-definition television (HDTV), but seem to ignore normal standard television, scientists discover.
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03/16/2010 08:37 PM |
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Why the world's fastest car will no longer take off |
Engineers designing the world's fastest car believe they now have a solution to stop it flying off the ground.
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12/09/2009 09:34 PM |
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Richard Black on what's happening to our shared environment |
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01/20/2010 04:06 PM |
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Earth Watch |
Complex climate message of UK ads and African divinity
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03/17/2010 05:58 PM |
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Subconscious sell |
Can brain scanning tell companies how to sell us more?
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03/17/2010 04:50 PM |
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In pictures |
Behind the scenes at London's Natural History Museum
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03/16/2010 07:22 PM |
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Springing late |
Harsh winter delays this year's spring blooms
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03/16/2010 02:38 PM |
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Don't give up |
More reason than ever to deal with the climate debacle
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03/12/2010 06:50 PM |
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Beauty and power |
What Saturn's rings tell us about the entire Solar System
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03/09/2010 02:50 PM |
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Hailing the arrival of alien predators |
Europe is set to release its first non-native "biological control" species to curb the spread of Japanese knotweed.
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03/02/2010 06:18 PM |
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Aboriginal whaling rights slipping |
Commercial and political interests are abusing historical whaling rights of indigenous people.
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03/17/2010 09:52 PM |
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In pictures: Arctic peril |
Populations of many species living in the high Arctic have declined by one quarter, according to a new assessment measuring how the wildlife there is responding to environmental change.
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03/15/2010 03:47 PM |
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Bee swarms follow 'pied pipers' |
A few "pied piping" bees trigger swarms, report scientists.
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03/17/2010 04:26 PM |
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Crimean ship found off Balaclava |
Ukrainian archaeologists say they have found the HMS Prince, a British naval vessel sunk during the Crimean War.
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03/15/2010 10:30 PM |
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Mars moon Phobos seen in detail |
The European Mars Express probe releases new pictures from its close flybys of the Martian moon Phobos.
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03/16/2010 01:01 AM |
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Blind soldier 'sees' with tongue |
A soldier blinded by a grenade in Iraq says his life has been turned around by technology that allows him to "see" with his tongue.
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03/13/2010 09:04 AM |
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Apollo men on Obama Moon plans |
Nasa Moon astronauts tell the BBC President Barack Obama's decision to cancel the US lunar programme is "catastrophic".
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03/11/2010 10:37 PM |
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Scan 'can distinguish memories' |
Scientists say they have been able to tell which past event a person is recalling using a brain scan.
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03/17/2010 07:05 AM |
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Africans 'take blame for climate' |
Many Africans blame themselves for climate change despite relatively low emissions from the continent, a survey of 1,000 people suggests.
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03/16/2010 05:30 PM |
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'Milestone' for wave energy plans |
Seven companies are to push forward plans to generate 1.2 gigawatts of electricity from wave and tidal power.
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03/16/2010 08:34 AM |
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Toxic troubles for climate 'fix' |
Spreading iron in the oceans as a climate "fix" could poison marine mammals and birds, scientists show.
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03/16/2010 07:23 AM |
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Home improvement 'hitting swifts' |
A survey of swifts suggests the species is at risk from improvement work being undertaken on old houses.
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03/15/2010 07:17 PM |
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Tiger decline 'sign of failure' |
Governments need to crack down on the illegal trade in tiger parts if the big cats are to be saved from extinction, the UN warns.
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