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Category: Science
Extinction threat to Scots bird
The Scottish Crossbill, the UK’s only endemic bird, faces extinction according to the RSPB.
MORE ROAD-BUILDING WOULD BE ENVIRONMENTAL MADNESS
Calls by a centre right think tank, Policy Exchange, for road-pricing to fund an expansion…
Dinosaurs ‘grew fast, bred young’
Dinosaurs bred as early as age eight, long before they reached adult size and maturity,…
Hubble peers into dark matter
The Hubble telescope reveal the effects of unseen dark matter as it tugs on galaxies…
Nasa spacecraft in Mercury pass
Nasa’s Mercury Messenger probe becomes the first spacecraft since 1975 to visit the innermost planet.
Italian farmers fight cloned food
Concerns about the safety of meat and milk from cloned animals prompt the EU to…
Biofuels ‘are not a magic bullet’
Biofuels may have a role in curbing climate change, Britain’s Royal Society says, but many…
ROYAL SOCIETY BIOFUELS WARNING WELCOMED
Today?s Royal Society report on biofuels [1] has been welcomed by Friends of the Earth….
Underwater city could be revealed
Britain’s own underwater “Atlantis” could be revealed for the first time with high-tech underwater cameras.