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Antarctic lake success 'uncertain'


BBC News - Science & Environment Feb 7, 2012 | 7:11 am CST
It is not yet clear whether Russian scientists have succeeded in their quest to drill into an Antarctic sub-glacial lake, reports suggest.

VIDEO: How plants warn each other of danger


BBC News - Science & Environment Feb 7, 2012 | 5:15 am CST
Professor Iain Smith shows how researchers have captured the process by which plants alert each other to potential threat.

Gabon: Surfing hippos, lacking tourists


BBC News - Science & Environment Feb 7, 2012 | 2:02 am CST
Why has Gabon failed to become tourist hot-spot?

Five killer whales 'sue' SeaWorld


BBC News - Science & Environment Feb 6, 2012 | 9:34 pm CST
Five killer whales are named as plaintiffs in a lawsuit which argues that they deserve the same constitutional protection from slavery as humans.

'Invader' drives ladybird decline


BBC News - Science & Environment Feb 6, 2012 | 7:23 pm CST
Fast declines in some UK and European ladybirds are being caused by the spread of the invasive harlequin species, scientists show.

Skydiver planning 36km record bid


BBC News - Science & Environment Feb 6, 2012 | 7:03 pm CST
Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian planning to sky dive from a record-breaking altitude, has announced he will make the attempt later this year.

Jurassic cricket's song recreated


BBC News - Science & Environment Feb 6, 2012 | 5:33 pm CST
The "love song" of a 165-million-year-old insect is recreated from a tiny and remarkably intact fossil, say scientists.

Climate consensus cracking open - or not...


BBC News - Science & Environment Feb 6, 2012 | 11:05 am CST
The "consensus on climate change" is said to be cracking - again - but what's the evidence?

Contador given two-year drug ban


BBC News - Science & Environment Feb 6, 2012 | 9:20 am CST
Alberto Contador is handed a two-year ban for a doping offence - and is stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title.

Mars co-operation near collapse


BBC News - Science & Environment Feb 6, 2012 | 8:56 am CST
US space agency officials let their European counterparts know that it is now highly unlikely that America will participate in joint missions to the Red Planet in 2016 and 2018.

Clan chief joins conservation row


BBC News - Science & Environment Feb 6, 2012 | 8:40 am CST
A clan chief is accusing the Scottish government and SNH of not listening to islanders' concerns about a conservation area.

Transplant jaw made by 3D printer


BBC News - Science & Environment Feb 6, 2012 | 8:07 am CST
An 83-year-old woman is fitted with a jaw made by a 3D printer in what doctors say is the first operation of its kind.

In pictures: Making charcoal from Liberian rubber trees


BBC News - Science & Environment Feb 6, 2012 | 2:03 am CST
Pictures reveal how charcoal keeps Liberia cooking

China in EU carbon scheme 'ban'


BBC News - Science & Environment Feb 5, 2012 | 10:24 pm CST
China tells its airlines not to pay charges to the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme, aimed at cutting carbon emissions.

In pictures: Deep sea discoveries


BBC News - Science & Environment Feb 5, 2012 | 7:04 pm CST
Scientists find two species of colourful worms

PM urged to cut wind farm subsidy


BBC News - Science & Environment Feb 5, 2012 | 9:15 am CST
More than 100 Conservatives are among MPs who have written to the prime minister calling on him to slash subsidies for onshore wind turbines.

VIDEO: Birds' paradise lost in Kashmir?


BBC News - Science & Environment Feb 5, 2012 | 7:31 am CST
Nearly a million migratory birds visit Kashmir's wetlands every year, but this time the severe winter has made it nearly impossible for them to find food.

VIDEO: MPs urge PM to cut wind farm subsidy


BBC News - Science & Environment Feb 5, 2012 | 3:07 am CST
More than 100 Conservative MPs have written to David Cameron calling on him to slash subsidies for onshore wind turbines.

Anti-fracking demo in Enniskillen


BBC News - Science & Environment Feb 4, 2012 | 12:10 pm CST
About 100 people gather in Enniskillen to demonstrate against the use of fracking to extract gas from shale rock in County Fermanagh.

Oil spurs Canadian PM China visit


BBC News - Science & Environment Feb 3, 2012 | 9:03 pm CST
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will visit China next week to discuss Canada's oil products, after the US blocked a key pipeline.

 

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