News from BBC- Antarctic lake success 'uncertain' February 7, 2012It is not yet clear whether Russian scientists have succeeded in their quest to drill into an Antarctic sub-glacial lake, reports suggest. […]
- VIDEO: How plants warn each other of danger February 7, 2012Professor Iain Smith shows how researchers have captured the process by which plants alert each other to potential threat. […]
- Gabon: Surfing hippos, lacking tourists February 7, 2012Why has Gabon failed to become tourist hot-spot? […]
- Five killer whales 'sue' SeaWorld February 7, 2012Five killer whales are named as plaintiffs in a lawsuit which argues that they deserve the same constitutional protection from slavery as humans. […]
- 'Invader' drives ladybird decline February 7, 2012Fast declines in some UK and European ladybirds are being caused by the spread of the invasive harlequin species, scientists show. […]
- Skydiver planning 36km record bid February 7, 2012Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian planning to sky dive from a record-breaking altitude, has announced he will make the attempt later this year. […]
- Jurassic cricket's song recreated February 6, 2012The "love song" of a 165-million-year-old insect is recreated from a tiny and remarkably intact fossil, say scientists. […]
- Climate consensus cracking open - or not... February 6, 2012The "consensus on climate change" is said to be cracking - again - but what's the evidence? […]
- Contador given two-year drug ban February 6, 2012Alberto Contador is handed a two-year ban for a doping offence - and is stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title. […]
- Mars co-operation near collapse February 6, 2012US space agency officials let their European counterparts know that it is now highly unlikely that America will participate in joint missions to the Red Planet in 2016 and 2018. […]
- Antarctic lake success 'uncertain' February 7, 2012