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News from at at 12:10 PM on Wednesday 3/10

The UN Secretary-General asks the world's leading science academies to review the UN's climate science body. More

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News from at at 11:10 AM on Wednesday 3/10

Mystery surrounds the deaths of 75 starlings which fell from the sky on to the driveway of a Somerset house. More

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News from at at 11:10 AM on Wednesday 3/10

Reports indicate that the EU has decided to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna. More

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News from at at 9:10 AM on Wednesday 3/10

The forward momentum of medical progress is manifest, it could be argued, in the $50 billion spent in 2008 on pharmaceutical research and development in the quest to bring new drugs to market. But little scientific or governmental infrastructure exists to ensure that each new treatment is actually More

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News from at at 6:10 AM on Wednesday 3/10

The science spokesmen of the three main political parties cross swords on the issue of UK research funding. More

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News from at at 5:10 AM on Wednesday 3/10

Every 30 minutes, all of the blood in our bodies is filtered through two fist-size kidneys. But diseases such as diabetes can cause them to fail, leading to a build-up of chemicals in the blood that without dialysis (mechanical blood filtration) or a kidney transplant would be fatal. And the wait  More

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News from at at 3:10 AM on Wednesday 3/10

The largest meat-eating plant in the world is designed not to eat small animals, but small animal poo, scientists discover. More

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News from at at 7:10 PM on Tuesday 3/9

Deforestation has revealed what could be a giant impact crater in Central Africa, according to Italian scientists. More

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News from at at 6:10 PM on Tuesday 3/9

The eggshells of long-dead and extinct species are a particularly good source to find preserved DNA, researchers say. More

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News from at at 6:10 PM on Tuesday 3/9

The Large Hadron Collider must be shut down for a year starting in late 2011 to address design flaws, the BBC has learned. More

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News from at at 3:10 PM on Tuesday 3/9

WASHINGTON--Every second, our bodies capture carbon dioxide in our tissues, transport it via the blood, and dump it in the lungs from where it is exhaled. This unconscious process is yet another way humans contribute to the accumulation of the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere--albeit in a miniscule More

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News from at at 11:10 AM on Tuesday 3/9

A never-before-seen reaction in nanotubes could make for batteries that pack a mighty punch, say researchers. More

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News from at at 6:10 AM on Tuesday 3/9

Research shows some EU countries "import" about a third of their carbon emissions from developing countries. More

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News from at at 5:10 AM on Tuesday 3/9

Chameleon have a hidden advantage as hunters, a ballistic tongue that works well in the cold. More

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News from at at 4:10 AM on Tuesday 3/9

One of the loneliest flowers on earth in all its glory More

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The UK's foray into bio-control breaks important ground More

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There are growing concerns about the future of the Lough Neagh eel fishery and the hundreds of jobs it supports. More

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News from at at 4:10 AM on Tuesday 3/9

Skynet 5, the UK's single biggest space project, is to get a fourth satellite to up the bandwidth available to British forces. More

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News from at at 6:10 PM on Monday 3/8

There are more genes in the microbial flora in our gut than in the rest of our bodies, scientists report. More

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News from at at 6:10 PM on Monday 3/8

A plant-eating predator that preys on aggressive superweed Japanese knotweed is to be given a trial release in England. More

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