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- Aborted lift-off for spaceship May 19, 2012The US firm SpaceX aborts the lift-off of its Falcon rocket and Dragon ship to the International Space Station. […]
- Whale meeting heads for discord May 18, 2012Whale hunts and sanctuaries could make this year's whaling meeting a hot one […]
- Contamination at Kinloss probed May 18, 2012RAF Kinloss is the focus of a new probe into radioactive contamination, linked to the use of "glow in the dark" paint on WWII aircraft. […]
- VIDEO: Barn owl love knows no borders May 18, 2012Barn owls used to catch mice and rats in the fields of Jordan and Israel are breeding in specially set-up nesting boxes. […]
- What caused the mystery of the Dark Day? May 18, 2012What caused the mystery of the Dark Day? […]
- Silicon trick for next-gen memory May 18, 2012Researchers reveal details of a promising way to make a fundamentally different kind of computer memory chip. […]
- VIDEO: Should Britain build a spaceport? May 18, 2012A new report is recommending that the UK builds its own spaceport, to enable tourists to go into space. […]
- Japan urges cuts in power usage May 18, 2012Japan urges businesses and households to cut electricity use by up to 15% to avoid possible blackouts. […]
- VIDEO: Nature in turmoil from wet spring May 18, 2012The warm March weather and the wettest April in more than a century have been playing havoc with some of the UK's wildlife. […]
- Rhino poaching risk at UK zoos May 18, 2012The threat rhinos face from poachers in some parts of Africa and Asia is now spreading to the UK. […]
Latest from Nature
- Misplaced childhood May 16, 2012The US National Institutes of Health should rethink plans to limit a nationwide study of children. It must not miss a rare opportunity to probe the causes of childhood diseases. […]
- Needless conflict May 16, 2012Independent experts should be kept from undue suspicion as well as undue influence. […]
- Honest opinions May 16, 2012Proposals for a UK law on defamation highlight the power of scientific protest. […]
- Reach out to defend evolution May 16, 2012Creationists seize on any perceived gaps in our knowledge of evolutionary processes. But scientists can and should fight back, says Russell Garwood. […]
- Planetary science: Planet-like asteroid May 16, 2012The giant asteroid Vesta resembles a planet more than it does other asteroids, according to Christopher Russell at the University of California, Los Angeles, and his colleagues. In six separate studies, the researchers report their analysis of data from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, which has been […]