BBC News - Science/Nature
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2 hours ago Huge growth at largest wind farm
Europe's largest onshore wind farm is to be expanded further, Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond announces.
5 hours ago Nasa plans for solar 'close encounter'
Nasa is aiming to get closer to the Sun than ever before, with plans to plunge a car-sized unmanned spacecraft into the star's outer atmosphere.
5 hours ago ME 'virus link' found in children
ME, or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, in children could be caused by a virus, scientists say.
14 hours ago Inbred bees 'facing extinction'
Some of the UK's rarest bumblebees are at risk of becoming extinct as a result of inbreeding, research suggests.
14 hours ago 'No climate link' to African wars
A study suggests climate change is not responsible for civil wars in Africa, challenging widely held assumptions.
20 hours ago Death of a star
The Hubble telescope re-images supernova first seen in 1987
20 hours ago Century man
How likely is it that you'll live to be 100 years old?
Yesterday Death of a star
The Hubble telescope returns to supernova first seen in 1987
Yesterday Brilliant ideas
The secrets behind some of the UK’s newest inventions
Yesterday Insect brains to fight MRSA
Cockroach and locust brains are a rich source of antibiotics powerful enough to tackle MRSA, researchers say.
Yesterday Red Planet 'may not be lifeless'
Carbon-rich organic molecules, which serve as the building blocks of life, may be present on Mars after all, say scientists.
Yesterday Blair in climate inaction warning
Former UK Prime Minster Tony Blair warns world leaders they may pay a heavy price in history if they fail to tackle global warming.
Yesterday Island 'super-sized' mice studied
Researchers begin a study of the "super-sized" mice found on a tiny Scottish island in the Outer Hebrides.
Yesterday Tiny solar cells fix themselves
A mix of chemicals borrowed from plants with tiny tubes of carbon can spontaneously create tiny, self-repairing solar cells.
Yesterday Now you see it...
Inside the Royal Navy's powerful and stealthy attack submarine
Yesterday Danish rocketeers postpone launch
A group of Danish rocket enthusiasts trying to launch a dummy 30km into the sky abort the mission when a valve on their rocket freezes up.
Sep 5, 2010 Danish rocketeers go for lift-off
A group of Danish rocket enthusiasts are set to launch a dummy 30km into the sky as part of their quest to develop a private launch system.
Sep 5, 2010 Hubble re-shoots 1987 star blast
The Hubble space telescope returns to view one of its favourite subjects - a giant stellar explosion first seen from Earth in 1987.
Sep 3, 2010 Reading Arabic 'hard for brain'
Israeli scientists believe they have identified why Arabic is particularly hard to learn to read.
Sep 3, 2010 Panda twins delight Japanese zoo
New-born twin giant pandas made their first public appearance at a zoo in Japan on Friday in Shirahama.
Sep 3, 2010 Plans for solar 'close encounter'
Nasa is aiming to get closer to the Sun than ever before, with plans to plunge a car-sized unmanned spacecraft into the star's outer atmosphere.
Sep 3, 2010 Wolves fail to halt aspen decline
The re-introduction of wolves to a US National Park has not helped re-establish quaking aspens, as many researchers had hoped.
Sep 3, 2010 Let it snow
Rare weather events caused last winter's freak snow storms
Sep 3, 2010 Mighty mouse study on St Kilda
Researchers begin a three-year study to uncover the secrets of St Kilda's super-sized field mice.
Sep 3, 2010 Sharks swarm off Australian coast
Hundreds of sharks have been spotted off the Queensland coast.
Sep 3, 2010 Amazon river level at 40-year low
The River Amazon has dropped to its lowest level in 40 years in north-eastern Peru, leaving boats stranded.
Sep 3, 2010 BP says oil spill cost up to $8bn
BP says the cost of its Gulf of Mexico oil spill has risen to $8bn - a rise of more than $2bn in the last month alone.
Sep 3, 2010 Miracle free-kick 'was no fluke'
Physicists explain one of football's most spectacular free-kicks, showing that Roberto Carlos's 1997 "impossible goal" was not a fluke.
Sep 3, 2010 Technique to trace persistent CFCs
Ultrafine measurements of atmospheric gases could help scientists track down the last sources of CFCs thought to be slowing the recovery of the ozone layer.
Sep 2, 2010 Darwin's secret
Darwin's artificial rainforest in the South Atlantic