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Mars methane ‘not from meteors’
Written on 9 Dec, 2009 at 11:25 in Nature and Science | viewed 89 views times | 0 Comments
The methane found on Mars is not brought to the planet by meteor strikes, scientists say. Meteoritic material subjected to high temperatures did not release enough methane to account for the amount believed to be released on Mars. ... (Continue reading)
Poor nations await UN Kyoto cash
Written on 9 Dec, 2009 at 11:01 in Nature and Science | viewed 86 views times | 1 Comment
By Rob Young Business reporter, BBC World Service Poor countries suffering from the effects of climate change are yet to receive a penny from a flagship United Nations fund, the BBC has learnt. In 2001, Kyoto Protocol signatories decided... (Continue reading)
New way to die
Written on 9 Dec, 2009 at 7:24 in Nature and Science | viewed 63 views times | 0 Comments
By Michelle Roberts Health reporter, BBC News If inmate Kenneth Biros is executed as planned later on Tuesday, he will become the first person in the US to die by a new lethal injection. Ohio overhauled its procedure after... (Continue reading)
Gibbon ‘dating agency’ saves apes
Written on 9 Dec, 2009 at 3:19 in Nature and Science | viewed 68 views times | 0 Comments
A gibbon dating agency is helping to successfully reintroduce once-captive apes into the forests of southeast Asia ... (Continue reading)
Testosterone ‘breeds fair play’
Written on 9 Dec, 2009 at 0:38 in Nature and Science | viewed 79 views times | 0 Comments
Giving women more of the male hormone testosterone can turn them into fairer and more amiable game players, according to tests. A single dose of testosterone was enough to have this effect, European scientists found, but only if the... (Continue reading)
Science body confirms review
Written on 8 Dec, 2009 at 20:04 in Nature and Science | viewed 60 views times | 0 Comments
By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent, BBC News The UK's Royal Institution (RI) has confirmed that it is reviewing the post of its director - currently held by Baroness Susan Greenfield. It follows a report in The Guardian newspaper that... (Continue reading)
Battery made of paper shows future of energy storage
Written on 8 Dec, 2009 at 16:38 in Nature and Science | viewed 60 views times | 0 Comments
Batteries made from plain copier paper could make for future energy storage that is truly paper thin. The approach relies on the use of carbon nanotubes - tiny cylinders of carbon - to collect electric charge. While small-scale nanotube... (Continue reading)
Rivers wash otters out of homes
Written on 8 Dec, 2009 at 16:07 in Nature and Science | viewed 65 views times | 0 Comments
A Somerset wildlife charity has taken in a record number of otters this winter as higher than normal river levels have threatened their habitat. A Secret World spokesperson said record rainfall has caused baby otters to be washed out... (Continue reading)
Hubble sees most distant galaxies
Written on 8 Dec, 2009 at 15:46 in Nature and Science | viewed 64 views times | 0 Comments
By Victoria Gill Science reporter, BBC News Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has captured its deepest view of the Universe, producing images of galaxies that have never been seen before. The pictures were acquired by the HST's new Wide... (Continue reading)
Forensic market
Written on 8 Dec, 2009 at 14:49 in Nature and Science | viewed 58 views times | 0 Comments
By Paul Burnell File on 4 'Luke' (not his real name) was sentenced to three years in jail when a court decided he had "kicked another man's head like a football". Part of the evidence heard in court was... (Continue reading)
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