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Technique to trace persistent CFCs

September 2, 2010 - 16:49
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.
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Openness urged on UK's emissions

September 2, 2010 - 16:49
The government's chief environment scientist calls for more openness in admitting the UK's cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are an illusion.
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Amazon river level at 40-year low

September 2, 2010 - 16:49
The River Amazon has dropped to its lowest level in 40 years in north-eastern Peru, leaving boats stranded.
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Once bitten

September 2, 2010 - 15:42
Why bed-bugs are on the march again
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Did the Universe need a creator?

September 2, 2010 - 15:27
There is no place for God in theories on the creation of the Universe, the physicist and mathematician Professor Stephen Hawking has said.
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Creation was Godless says Hawking

September 2, 2010 - 14:25
There is no place for God in theories on the creation of the Universe, Professor Stephen Hawking concludes in a new book.
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'Lights out' help migratory birds

September 2, 2010 - 09:52
A growing number of New York sky-scrapers switch off their lights at night to help reduce the number of migratory birds hitting the buildings.
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Ants protect trees from elephants

September 2, 2010 - 08:34
A species of acacia tree found in Eastern Africa seems to be protected from elephant damage - by the ants that live on it.
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Worm brain clue to evolution

September 2, 2010 - 08:29
Researchers map the nervous system of worms to try and understand how the human cerebral cortex evolved.
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Memristor revolution backed by HP

September 2, 2010 - 07:33
A potentially revolutionary circuit component, once a laboratory curiosity, is to be mass-produced for the first time.
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Rare tree flowers after 23 years

September 2, 2010 - 06:29
A rare Chinese tree has flowered for the first time in 23 years at Kew's country estate in West Sussex.
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Free kick study boost for footballers

September 2, 2010 - 06:25
Dr Andy Harland of Loughborough University analyses what new free-kick trajectory findings mean for footballers.
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Rare Roman lantern found in field

September 1, 2010 - 23:20
A metal detecting enthusiast finds what is believed to be the only intact Roman lantern made out of bronze ever discovered in Britain.
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Making money from Peruvian bird poo

September 1, 2010 - 21:24
An island off Peru is making money from selling bird poo to use as organic fertiliser.
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Let it snow

September 1, 2010 - 16:34
Rare weather events caused last winter's freak snow storms
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Miracle free-kick 'was no fluke'

September 1, 2010 - 16:15
Physicists explain one of football's most spectacular free-kicks, showing that Roberto Carlos's 1997 "impossible goal" was not a fluke.
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Old star wallows in 'steam bath'

September 1, 2010 - 09:46
Europe's Herschel space telescope spies an aging star that has surrounded itself in hot water vapour.
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Stone Age funeral feast unearthed

September 1, 2010 - 06:17
The remains of a huge 12,000 year old feast have been found in a cave in Northern Israel.
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Fishermen welcome new sole quota

September 1, 2010 - 05:48
Fishermen from Suffolk and Essex have welcomed a new quota agreement which allows smaller boats to start catching sole again.
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Video reveals Titanic's condition

September 1, 2010 - 04:58
New pictures have emerged of the shipwreck of the Titanic, almost 25 years since it was first discovered.
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