Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:57:26 GMT
The "deepest ever" living fish are discovered 7.5km down, scientists say.
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:54:55 GMT
The Nobel Prize in physics is shared by two Japanese citizens and an American, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announces.
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:24:21 GMT
The UK's official climate advisers say an 80% emissions cut by 2050 should include international aviation and shipping.
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:57:30 GMT
An alternative fusion project is initiated in Europe that would seek abundant clean energy using a colossal laser.
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:56:06 GMT
Researchers develop a potential new method of making plants significantly more resistant to pests.
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:07:58 GMT
The European planet-hunter Corot has spotted an object orbiting a star that is quite unlike anything seen before.
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:03:17 GMT
About 25% of the world's mammal species are at risk of extinction, according to a global assessment.
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:57:48 GMT
The discovery of HIV and work linking a virus to cervical cancer jointly win the Nobel Prize for Medicine.
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:00:21 GMT
The EU's attempt to lead the world on climate change will crumble unless its current policy crisis is resolved, a study warns.
Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:32:50 GMT
Hundreds of penguins lost along Brazil's coast are returned to native territory in the south Atlantic ocean by an air force plane.
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:00:07 GMT
Why wires tie themselves in knots and other astonishing research are honoured with Ig Nobel Prizes.
Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:44:11 GMT
Why economic problems must not derail progress on the Millennium Development Goals, which the UN assesses this week.
Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:33:42 GMT
The Atlantic bluefin tuna is in a parlous state - does it represent a oceans-wide legacy of overfishing?
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:57:17 GMT
Richard Black on the bleak outlook for mammals
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:02:07 GMT
Why climate change is good news for conservationists
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:42:32 GMT
Has human evolution stopped short?
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:33:50 GMT
Korean astronaut Yi So-Yeon describes her rocky return
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:48:15 GMT
A hard look at the green revolution in Malawi
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:00:38 GMT
Carcass of 25th victim discovered in gorilla park
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:00:53 GMT
A major study has proved a single dose of chemotherapy is the best way to cure testicular cancer in many patients.
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:18:25 GMT
Staff missing work for psychiatric reasons face twice the risk of death from cancer as healthier people, a study suggests.
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:43:52 GMT
Racing driver and businessman Lord Drayson becomes the UK's third science minister in two years.
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:40:58 GMT
The arrival of colonial cities in sub-Saharan Africa at the dawn of the 20th Century may have sparked the spread of HIV.
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:30:58 GMT
UK physics is in good shape but faces a number of challenges ahead, a major report says.
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:29:34 GMT
Businesses must change their attitude to green issues, the World Conservation Congress is told as it opens.
Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:53:02 GMT
BBC webcams in Kenya's Masai Mara Reserve catch some remarkable pictures of lions in action.
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:38:39 GMT
Green groups welcome the creation of a new energy and climate department in Gordon Brown's government reshuffle.
Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:25:21 GMT
Conservationists urge the public to report sightings of red squirrels in an attempt to protect them from a deadly virus.
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:06:44 GMT
Groundbreaking projects at the Millennium Seed Bank could be axed because of a £100m shortfall.
