http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/default.stmGet the latest BBC Science and Environment News: breaking news, analysis and debate on science and nature in the UK and around the world.en-gbSat, 14 Nov 2009 19:36:27 GMTCopyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reusehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/syndication/15http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gifhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/default.stmNasa's experiment last month to find water on the Moon was a major success, agency scientists have announced.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8359744.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8359744.stmFri, 13 Nov 2009 17:30:39 GMTScience & EnvironmentBrazil and France agree a common position on fighting global warming before the UN climate change conference.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/8360738.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8360738.stmSat, 14 Nov 2009 19:35:23 GMTAmericasMoney invested in protecting nature can bring huge financial returns, according to a study backed by the UK.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8357723.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8357723.stmFri, 13 Nov 2009 11:12:38 GMTScience & EnvironmentEurope's Rosetta probe makes its final Earth flyby, a manoeuvre designed to position it to chase down a comet in 2014.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8358754.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8358754.stmFri, 13 Nov 2009 21:13:16 GMTScience & EnvironmentSatellites, models and ground stations give scientists a better view than ever before of how the Greenland icecap is melting.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8357537.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8357537.stmThu, 12 Nov 2009 20:29:27 GMTScience & EnvironmentThe FOXP2 "language gene" in humans is barely different from the one in chimpanzees, but has massively different effects.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8355541.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8355541.stmFri, 13 Nov 2009 16:20:32 GMTScience & EnvironmentUK government plans to make carbon emission cuts of 80% by 2050 are impossible to achieve, according to an analysis.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8358077.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8358077.stmFri, 13 Nov 2009 01:17:36 GMTScience & EnvironmentThe rate of deforestation in the Amazon drops by 45% to the lowest on record, Brazil's government says.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/8358094.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8358094.stmFri, 13 Nov 2009 00:38:41 GMTAmericasThe deepest living fish ever spotted in the southern hemisphere are caught on camera.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8353329.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8353329.stmThu, 12 Nov 2009 11:07:52 GMTScience & EnvironmentA coral is recorded eating a jellyfish for the first time, in intriguing photographs taken by scientists.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8350000/8350972.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8350000/8350972.stmFri, 13 Nov 2009 10:07:04 GMTEarth NewsThe key to preserving old, treasured books is contained in the compounds that produce their smell, say scientists. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8355888.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8355888.stmThu, 12 Nov 2009 09:42:05 GMTScience & EnvironmentEurope moves forward with its sat-nav systemhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8351457.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8351457.stmThu, 12 Nov 2009 11:24:51 GMTScience & EnvironmentCould Obama's Asia trip hold the key to climate summit?http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/blogs/thereporters/richardblack/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/richardblack/Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:45:56 GMTCopenhagen summitHow the Marine Bill could affect one area in Dorsethttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8355116.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8355116.stmWed, 11 Nov 2009 17:07:40 GMTScience & EnvironmentWhy humanity needs a 'space race' for this planethttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8351318.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8351318.stmTue, 10 Nov 2009 15:14:14 GMTScience & EnvironmentLauncherOne: Virgin Galactic's other projecthttp://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/blogs/thereporters/jonathanamos/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/jonathanamos/Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:37:51 GMTScience & EnvironmentVulnerable species found in the UK's coastal watershttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8352000/8352549.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8352000/8352549.stmWed, 11 Nov 2009 04:55:19 GMTseparatorPolicy makers must never allow human activity to allow the trillionth tonne of carbon dioxide to be emitted into the atmosphere.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8334770.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8334770.stmMon, 02 Nov 2009 17:54:15 GMTScience & EnvironmentGovernments and the fishing industry must collaborate in developing legislation to protect both fish and the seas in which they live.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8320983.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8320983.stmMon, 26 Oct 2009 11:02:31 GMTScience & EnvironmentIn a rare example of a species killing each other en masse, male Dawson's bees are filmed in deadly combat in a bid to mate with females.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8354000/8354788.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8354000/8354788.stmThu, 12 Nov 2009 10:08:34 GMTEarth NewsHow a white morph of black bear, known as a spirit bear, survives.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8344000/8344367.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8344000/8344367.stmFri, 06 Nov 2009 11:23:29 GMTEarth NewsAstronomers tell the journal Nature that Sun-like stars with orbiting planets tend to be depleted in the element lithium.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8354522.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8354522.stmWed, 11 Nov 2009 21:23:52 GMTScience & EnvironmentPoor nutrition is still causing major problems in the developing world - despite some progress being made.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/8353594.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8353594.stmWed, 11 Nov 2009 16:09:23 GMTHealthScientists discover a fossilised dinosaur skeleton that is the missing link between the earliest dinosaurs and giant sauropods. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8353114.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8353114.stmWed, 11 Nov 2009 01:11:32 GMTScience & EnvironmentThe DNA of most innocent people arrested in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will not be kept for more than six years, the Home Office says.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8354850.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8354850.stmWed, 11 Nov 2009 16:52:48 GMTPoliticsAn anti-toxin that protects against ricin poisoning is to move into production for the first time, after eight years of research.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8351666.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8351666.stmWed, 11 Nov 2009 01:16:19 GMTScience & EnvironmentThe last year has seen a big increase in illegal ivory trade with organised crime involved, says the world's monitoring agency. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8355527.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8355527.stmWed, 11 Nov 2009 23:32:38 GMTScience & EnvironmentThe Central Zoo Authority in India confirms to the BBC that elephants will no longer be allowed to be kept by zoos or circuses in the country.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8356553.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8356553.stmThu, 12 Nov 2009 16:01:30 GMTSouth AsiaPoor countries vulnerable to climate change plot a low-carbon future and challenge richer states to match them.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8354872.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8354872.stmWed, 11 Nov 2009 15:09:08 GMTScience & EnvironmentDeep under the ocean, a species of crab survives by eating wood that has sunk to the sea floor, scientists discover.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8353000/8353068.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8353000/8353068.stmWed, 11 Nov 2009 11:31:11 GMTEarth NewsLeatherback turtles prefer use their right rear flipper rather than their left when laying eggs, scientists discover.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8352000/8352113.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8352000/8352113.stmTue, 10 Nov 2009 12:18:53 GMTEarth News