Earl weakens as it nears US coast
2010-09-03 00:16:25
Hurricane Earl weakens as it nears the US East Coast, though officials warn it remains 'large and powerful'.

Technique to trace persistent CFCs
2010-09-02 20:49:58
Ultrafine measurements of atmospheric gases could help scientists track down the last sources of CFCs thought to be slowing the recovery of the ozone hole.

Openness urged on UK's emissions
2010-09-02 20:49:34
The government's chief environment scientist calls for more openness in admitting the UK's cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are an illusion.

Once bitten
2010-09-02 19:42:04
Why bed-bugs are on the march again

Did the Universe need a creator?
2010-09-02 19:27:04
There is no place for God in theories on the creation of the Universe, the physicist and mathematician Professor Stephen Hawking has said.

Creation was Godless says Hawking
2010-09-02 18:25:32
There is no place for God in theories on the creation of the Universe, Professor Stephen Hawking concludes in a new book.

'Lights out' help migratory birds
2010-09-02 13:52:21
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.

Ants protect trees from elephants
2010-09-02 12:34:46
A species of acacia tree found in Eastern Africa seems to be protected from elephant damage - by the ants that live on it.

Worm brain clue to evolution
2010-09-02 12:29:50
Researchers map the nervous system of worms to try and understand how the human cerebral cortex evolved.

Rare tree flowers after 23 years
2010-09-02 10:29:30
A rare Chinese tree has flowered for the first time in 23 years at Kew's country estate in West Sussex.

Free kick study boost for footballers
2010-09-02 10:25:05
Dr Andy Harland of Loughborough University analyses what new free-kick trajectory findings mean for footballers.

Making money from Peruvian bird poo
2010-09-02 01:24:26
An island off Peru is making money from selling bird poo to use as organic fertiliser.

Hurricane prompts US evacuations
2010-09-02 00:07:29
Evacuations begin in areas of the US East Coast likely to be hit by Hurricane Earl, which has strengthened to a category four storm again.

Weather clash causes snowy winter
2010-09-01 20:34:00
The collision of two major weather events can explain unusually large snowfall in the US and Northern Europe, researchers say.

Let it snow
2010-09-01 20:34:00
Rare collision of two weather events caused freak snow storms in Winter 2009-2010, experts say

Greatest free kick 'was no fluke'
2010-09-01 20:15:06
Physicists explain one of football's most spectacular free kicks, showing that Roberto Carlos's 1997 'impossible goal' was not a fluke.

Greatest free-kick 'was no fluke'
2010-09-01 20:15:06
Physicists explain one of football's most spectacular free-kicks, showing that Roberto Carlos's 1997 'impossible goal' was not a fluke.

Old star wallows in 'steam bath'
2010-09-01 13:46:11
Europe's Herschel space telescope spies an aging star that has surrounded itself in hot water vapour.

Stone Age funeral feast unearthed
2010-09-01 10:17:29
The remains of a huge 12,000 year old feast have been found in a cave in Northern Israel.

Fishermen welcome new sole quota
2010-09-01 09:48:30
Fishermen from Suffolk and Essex have welcomed a new quota agreement which allows smaller boats to start catching sole again.