Guitarist Brian May makes final preparations to submit a PhD thesis he abandoned in 1971,…
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Great Bustard lays eggs in wild
A bird once extinct in the UK lays eggs in the wilderness for the first…
Court review for animal testing
The UK government is taken to court over the fate of lab animals, as figures…
Oceans: Exploring the last frontier
Underwater laboratories will push the boundaries of our understanding of the oceans.
MPs support carbon offset schemes
People need to be encouraged to offset carbon emissions despite recent criticism of some schemes,…
Mars dust storms threaten rovers
Dust storms raging on Mars pose the worst threat yet to Nasa’s robot rovers, the…
Saturn’s 60th moon is discovered
A new moon is spotted orbiting Saturn, bringing the planet’s latest moon tally up to…
Dinosaurs’ slow rise to dominance
Dinosaurs might have gone out with a sudden bang, but their rise to dominance was…
Computers crack board game
A computer program is created that will never lose a game of draughts, scientists say.
Power cut fears after Japan quake
Japan fears power shortages, as the scale of earthquake damage to a nuclear power plant…