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EU states agree on Iter funding

Tue, 07/13/2010 - 21:01
Additional funds needed to construct the Iter fusion reactor will have to come from the EU budget, member states say.

Red hot seeds arrive at Arctic's 'doomsday' vault

Tue, 07/13/2010 - 18:58
Seeds from some of the hottest food crops arrive in the Arctic to be stored in a "doomsday" seed vault.

Badger cull halted after appeal

Tue, 07/13/2010 - 15:42
A cull of around 1,500 badgers in south-west Wales has been halted after protesters won their legal challenge to stop it.

In pictures

Tue, 07/13/2010 - 13:11
Simple ways of helping Indians water their crops

EU to let states rule on GM crops

Tue, 07/13/2010 - 12:47
EU officials plan to give the 27 member states the freedom to grow, restrict or ban genetically modified (GM) crops.

'Monastic' bat mystifies experts

Tue, 07/13/2010 - 12:43
Only male sucker-footed bats of Madagascar are discovered by scientists, suggesting an extreme form of sexual segregation.

Highs and lows

Tue, 07/13/2010 - 11:36
Finding out if Japan is as hi-tech as it appears to be

Stealthy striker

Tue, 07/13/2010 - 11:12
The UK unveils its unmanned combat aircraft prototype

Thousands see S Pacific eclipse

Tue, 07/13/2010 - 09:49
Thousands of tourists and scientists on Chile's Easter Island see a total solar eclipse as it crosses the South Pacific.

Businesses 'profit from nature'

Tue, 07/13/2010 - 08:16
Companies as well as governments will reap dividends from paying for nature, a UN-sponsored report concludes.

BP installs new cap on oil well

Tue, 07/13/2010 - 08:16
BP places an improved cap on a ruptured Gulf of Mexico well, raising hopes that all leaking oil could soon be captured.

Losing battle

Tue, 07/13/2010 - 07:04
Efforts to protect biodiversity could make things worse

Counting the cost

Tue, 07/13/2010 - 06:45
How much damage has Gulf oil spill done?

Norwegian ship-tracker launched

Mon, 07/12/2010 - 19:48
Norway launches the innovative AISSat-1 spacecraft to monitor shipping in its economically vibrant territorial waters.

Earth could be 70 million years younger than previously estimated

Mon, 07/12/2010 - 09:15
Planet Earth could be 70 million years younger than previously estimated, according to a new geological study.

Wet defence

Mon, 07/12/2010 - 09:02
Liquid armour displays its bullet- stopping potential

Choir to sing the 'code of life'

Mon, 07/12/2010 - 06:56
Scientists and composers produce a new choral work in which singers sing parts of their own genetic code.

Feeling the heat

Mon, 07/12/2010 - 06:05
The impact of a warming Arctic region

Population concerns Royal Society

Mon, 07/12/2010 - 05:58
The UK's top science academy begins a major review into scientific aspects of human population growth.

Tags reveal puffin food 'hotspot'

Mon, 07/12/2010 - 04:38
GPS trackers trace puffins to food 'hotspots'

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