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'More genes' needed for life - 03 Apr 2006 15:01:57 GMT Scientists trying to make artificial life forms in the lab may have a tougher job ahead than they had expected.
Environment 'key to aid policy' - 03 Apr 2006 14:35:54 GMT The UK must put the environment at the heart of its policy to eradicate poverty, aid charities say.
Space network to track rainfall - 03 Apr 2006 12:53:52 GMT The US and Japanese space agencies are to launch a satellite network to measure rainfall around the world.
Merged stars whip up super fields - 03 Apr 2006 07:39:42 GMT Two superdense stars merging would produce the strongest magnetic fields in the Universe, scientists say.
Boost for UK's superfast computer - 02 Apr 2006 23:45:48 GMT Britain's most powerful super computer receives a £52m boost from the government.
Fingerprints hide lifestyle clues - 02 Apr 2006 07:10:57 GMT Fingerprints could soon help police narrow down their list of suspects by giving clues about lifestyle.
Brazilian pioneer docks in space - 01 Apr 2006 04:58:03 GMT The first Brazilian in space docks at the International Space Station after a two-day journey.
Elephant is 'cut up and buried' - 31 Mar 2006 11:18:34 GMT Officials in the northern Indian state of Uttaranchal say a male elephant has been killed by villagers near a national park.
Human trials for bird flu vaccine - 31 Mar 2006 11:01:38 GMT Human trials of an experimental vaccine against the H5N1 bird flu virus have begun in Belgium.
Light shed on mysterious particle - 31 Mar 2006 10:05:21 GMT Physicists confirm neutrinos, the "ghost particles" that pervade the Universe, have mass.
Battle over green energy base - 31 Mar 2006 08:27:58 GMT A former World War II air base in Devon is at the centre of a new battle, over plans for a green energy plant.
Unexpected warming in Antarctica - 30 Mar 2006 18:39:59 GMT Dramatic increases in air temperature over Antarctica question the reliability of climate models to predict the future.
'Barren future' for Africa's soil - 30 Mar 2006 17:13:06 GMT African farmland is becoming barren and incapable of sustaining a hungry population, a report says.
UK CO2 emissions rise again - 30 Mar 2006 16:27:06 GMT Britain's carbon dioxide emissions rose between 2004 and 2005, provisional government figures show.
Nuclear clean-up 'to cost £70bn' - 30 Mar 2006 10:22:43 GMT The UK's nuclear plants may cost £70bn to clean up, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority says.
World marvels at total eclipse - 29 Mar 2006 12:34:44 GMT Skywatchers around the world were held in thrall as they caught a glimpse of the "ultimate astronomical show".
Deal saves £1m manuscript - 28 Mar 2006 18:58:01 GMT A last-minute deal saves a 17th Century science manuscript, which lay hidden for 50 years, from auction.
Doubt cast on 'ancient asexual' - 28 Mar 2006 16:48:56 GMT A shrimp-like creature may have to forfeit its claim to be the longest abstainer from sex in the animal kingdom, a new study finds.