Environmental groups call on Australia to classify the Coral Sea as a marine park to…
Category: Science
Concern over DNA database access
Controls are needed to ensure genetic information for research is not used by outside parties,…
UN desertification budget setback
The UN agrees a 10-year plan to tackle desertification but fails to reach an accord…
Warming opens Northwest Passage
A fabled Arctic shipping route from the Atlantic to Pacific is now open due to…
Ten ‘most polluted places’ named
A list of the world’s 10 most polluted towns and cities is published by a…
Second foot and mouth outbreak
Cattle culled from a second farm in Egham, Surrey, tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease, it…
Dark matter clues in oldest stars
The earliest stars may hold clues to the nature of the Universe’s mysterious dark matter,…
UN boss calls Africa crisis talks
The UN calls an emergency meeting as Africa fails to make progress on its Millennium…
US aide says warming man-made
The US chief scientist John Marburger says climate change is almost certainly down to human…
Scientists warn of ‘vocal terror’
Computer simulations of the voice are becoming so good that they might pose security concerns,…