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-gbWed, 10 Feb 2010 14:24:16 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.stmThe US space agency will shortly attempt to launch its latest Sun probe from Cape Canaveral, Florida.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8506140.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8506140.stmWed, 10 Feb 2010 10:27:47 GMTScience & EnvironmentThe Sundaland clouded leopard, a new recently described species of big cat, is caught on camera in the wild for the first time.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8505000/8505785.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8505000/8505785.stmWed, 10 Feb 2010 09:12:29 GMTEarth NewsThe UK space industry could be employing thousands more skilled workers and turning over up to £40bn a year, a report claims.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8506141.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8506141.stmWed, 10 Feb 2010 04:05:47 GMTScience & EnvironmentNew research suggests that badger culling is unlikely to be a cost-effective way of controlling bovine tuberculosis in cattle.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/wales/8507010.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8507010.stmWed, 10 Feb 2010 01:00:58 GMTWalesLeaders from Baltic countries meet in Finland to discuss how to clean up what is said to be the world's most polluted sea.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/8507764.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8507764.stmWed, 10 Feb 2010 10:30:13 GMTEuropeIndia defers the cultivation of what would have been its first genetically modified vegetable crop because of safety concerns.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8506047.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8506047.stmTue, 09 Feb 2010 13:48:04 GMTSouth AsiaThe earlier arrival of spring in the UK appears to be throwing food chains out of synchronisation, a study suggests. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8506363.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8506363.stmTue, 09 Feb 2010 19:32:15 GMTScience & EnvironmentThe spray of subatomic particles from the Large Hadron Collider's record-smashing December experiments has been analysed.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8505203.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8505203.stmTue, 09 Feb 2010 11:04:19 GMTScience & EnvironmentClimate change will make the world more fragrant, as warming temperatures make plants release more chemicals, according to a major scientific review.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8503000/8503823.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8503000/8503823.stmTue, 09 Feb 2010 09:49:48 GMTEarth NewsA quantum physics trick is set to give smartphones and hand-held devices pressure-sensitive switches and touchscreens.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8504373.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8504373.stmTue, 09 Feb 2010 01:04:36 GMTScience & Environmenthttp://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/blogs/thereporters/richardblack/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/richardblack/Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:04:17 GMTAmericasHow communities can lead the way on climate changehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8505854.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8505854.stmTue, 09 Feb 2010 18:50:42 GMTScience & EnvironmentEco-towns earmarked for government cashhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8504050.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8504050.stmMon, 08 Feb 2010 17:58:53 GMTPoliticsCan 'well-behaved' robots make the battlefield safer?http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/8495946.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/8495946.stmMon, 08 Feb 2010 01:36:36 GMTWorldAmerica ponders the options for a big rockethttp://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/blogs/thereporters/jonathanamos/2010/02/a-big-rocket-is-still-a-us-pri.shtmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/jonathanamos/2010/02/a-big-rocket-is-still-a-us-pri.shtmlSun, 07 Feb 2010 21:03:02 GMTScience & EnvironmentThe troubles faced by the world's largest amphibianhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8500486.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8500486.stmSat, 06 Feb 2010 07:54:10 GMTScience & EnvironmentColourful images of plankton in the world's oceanshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8498786.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8498786.stmThu, 04 Feb 2010 15:50:15 GMTScience & EnvironmentThe Copenhagen Climate Accord was a "failure of historic proportions" and hardly worth the paper it's printed on.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8490935.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8490935.stmTue, 02 Feb 2010 16:36:24 GMTScience & EnvironmentGlobal economic growth, in its current form, cannot continue if nations are serious about curbing climate change.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8479508.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8479508.stmTue, 26 Jan 2010 12:14:21 GMTScience & EnvironmentThe secrets that allow spider webs to capture water from the air. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8496559.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8496559.stmThu, 04 Feb 2010 16:20:13 GMTScience & EnvironmentThe first evidence of a sloth that has been killed by a owl.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8486000/8486128.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8486000/8486128.stmThu, 04 Feb 2010 12:33:06 GMTEarth NewsThe Cassini probe returns yet more data to back up the idea of a sub-surface sea on Saturn's moon Enceladus.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8495663.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8495663.stmMon, 08 Feb 2010 17:16:47 GMTScience & EnvironmentThe US space agency (Nasa) has launched its shuttle Endeavour on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS).http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8503690.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8503690.stmMon, 08 Feb 2010 09:17:24 GMTScience & EnvironmentScientists say they have pinpointed gene variants that might show how fast people's bodies are ageing.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/8500761.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8500761.stmMon, 08 Feb 2010 00:23:34 GMTHealthImages from the Hubble Space Telescope reveal that the icy dwarf planet Pluto undergoes dramatic seasonal changes.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8498455.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8498455.stmFri, 05 Feb 2010 12:47:48 GMTScience & EnvironmentScientists in China say they have discovered more than 3,000 dinosaur footprints, all facing in the same direction.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8502076.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8502076.stmSat, 06 Feb 2010 15:29:03 GMTScience & EnvironmentScientists film the giant serpent-like oarfish in its natural deep-sea habitat for the first time, as well as the rare manefish. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8501000/8501251.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8501000/8501251.stmMon, 08 Feb 2010 13:23:07 GMTEarth NewsBirds may use their feathers for touch - to feel their surroundings just as cats use their whiskers, scientists find.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8500000/8500620.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8500000/8500620.stmFri, 05 Feb 2010 17:49:16 GMTEarth NewsThe British public has become increasingly sceptical about climate change, a poll for BBC News suggests.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8500443.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8500443.stmSun, 07 Feb 2010 12:02:29 GMTScience & EnvironmentThe Russian military dumped nuclear waste into the Baltic Sea in the early 1990s, Swedish media reports say.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/8499762.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8499762.stmFri, 05 Feb 2010 08:31:27 GMTEuropeIndia gives its full support to embattled climate change chief Rajendra Pachauri, under attack over recent scientific errors.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8499702.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8499702.stmFri, 05 Feb 2010 12:08:51 GMTScience & Environment