News from BBC- UN body rejects bluefin tuna ban March 18, 2010A US- and EU-backed bid to ban trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna fails, raising fears for the species' future. […]
- Invisibility cloak created in 3-D March 18, 2010Scientists create the first cloaking device to render an object invisible in three dimensions. […]
- Guess who's a sucker for high-definition television? The octopus March 18, 2010Octopuses respond to high-definition television (HDTV), but seem to ignore normal standard television, scientists discover. […]
- 'Hobbit' island's deeper history March 18, 2010New tool discoveries push back the date for the earliest human occupation of Flores Island, home of the famous hobbit species. […]
- Planck spies massive dust clouds March 17, 2010Europe's Planck space telescope pictures the colossal swathes of cold dust that spread through the Milky Way galaxy. […]
- Limits of quantum world stretched March 17, 2010Scientists have created the largest-ever "quantum state", a result that has implications for quantum physics and computing. […]
- New exoplanet like 'one of ours' March 17, 2010A new temperate planet, found 1,500 light-years away from Earth, has similarities to planets within our own Solar System. […]
- In pictures: Arctic peril March 17, 2010Populations of many species living in the high Arctic have declined by one quarter, according to a new assessment measuring how the wildlife there is responding to environmental change. […]
- Subconscious sell March 17, 2010Can brain scanning tell companies how to sell us more? […]
- In pictures March 17, 2010Behind the scenes at London's Natural History Museum […]