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| England Capitulate to Leave Vaughan at His Lowest Ebb England's defeat was a reflection of the team's lack of ambition, with the honorable exception of Ryan Sidebottom, says... |
Europe-wide Radio Net in Aliens Search Project will pick up clues from space on possible extraterrestrials and data on the early universe |
| Robot Car: Streets Ahead in Cities of the Future Architects and engineers rethink auto technology· 'Easy to drive, stackable vehicle for people to share' |
Discovery of Space Soot Casts Doubt on Dark Energy Theory Interstellar soot undermines the theory that a mysterious force is accelerating the expansion of the universe |
| Branson's Party for High Fliers Andrew Clark samples the razzmatazz as Virgin Galactic's clients gather at New York's planetarium |
Nasa for the Myspace Generation The Nasa website was recently relaunched to appeal to young adults. Jack Schofield took it for a spin |
| Japanese Scientists Create Mice With No Fear of Cats Tom and Jerry would never have been the same - Japanese scientists have created mice with no fear of cats |
Apple Plugs Website Leak in Deal With Student The technology group Apple has come in for criticism after forcing a website dedicated to reporting on the company's... |
| What Happened to ... The Observer Updated Robin McKie: Despite the powerful solar radiation that has battered Venus Express, the craft has operated flawlessly since... |
Warning Shots Turn Into Lethal New Development As Violence Drifts North Analysis: Warnings have been coming for months, publicly from independent commentators, privately by concerned officials... |
| Farewell to a Classic Design As Jobs Unveils the Ipod Touch With its eye-catching white plastic design, the iPod has become a landmark of 21st century living in just a few years. But... |
Ice-free Arctic Could Be Here in 23 Years The Arctic ice cap has collapsed at an unprecedented rate this summer and levels of sea ice in the region now stand at a... |
| Ancient Urban Sprawl Surrounded Angkor Wat The famous medieval temple at Angkor Wat in Cambodia was once surrounded by a giant urban sprawl of settlements, according... |
Astronauts to Check Damage to Shuttle Astronauts aboard the shuttle Endeavor will today scrutinize a 3in-square gouge in the spacecraft's heat shield to... |
| Blow for Virgin Space Program As Prototype Rockets Go Up in Smoke · Propulsion system for hybrid craft blows up · Three workers killed and three wounded in blast |
Drunk Astronauts Go From Right Stuff to the Hard Stuff · Intoxicated shuttle crew members allowed to fly · Nasa hit by separate computer sabotage plot |
| We Hacked Into Apple's Iphone, Claim Security Researchers It arrived in a blaze of publicity and had frenzied gadget fans queuing for days before its launch last month. But just... |
Teacher's Shuttle Voyage Fulfils Dream More than two decades after witnessing fellow schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe's fiery death in the Challenger space shuttle... |
| Scientists Warn of Ipod's Shock Value Beware: listen to an iPod outdoors during a thunderstorm, and the last thing you hear could be great balls of fire. |
Largest Telescope Starts Gazing The world's largest telescope starts using its complex structure of mirrors today to scour the outer reaches of the... |
| Thousands Apply for 520-day Journey to Nowhere Moscow 'space flight' to simulate voyage to Mars - Britons seek places in cramped static cabin |
Complete Baby Turns Up in Siberia Scientists were yesterday hailing the sensational discovery of a perfectly preserved baby woolly mammoth, which died around... |
| Climate Change 'is Ravaging Everest' Sons of first two men to scale mountain say so much ice has melted that their fathers would not recognise terrain. |
DNA Discovery Reveals Greenland's Warm Past Scientists have uncovered evidence that within the past million years southern Greenland was warmer than previously thought... |
| Eden Blossoms in Saudi Desert King's super-dome to hold a prehistoric 'garden'. |
Robocops Ready to Take on Terrorists Real-life Robocops, robots armed with lethal weaponry and a programmed-in determination to eliminate foes, could become a... |
| iPhone Causes Big Apple Swarm in Big Apple Storms Queues surround Apple stores in New York as consumers wait to be among the first to sample the new iPhone. |
Apple Faithful Queue for an Act of Techo-worship in New York Dozens camp out to be first in line for iPhone - Stakes could not be higher for computer giant |
| Robot Cop: Coming to a City Near You Soon Real-life Robocops, robots armed with lethal weaponry and a programmed determination to eliminate foes, could become a key... |
First Genome Transplant Turns One Species Into Another Research is aimed at producing green fuel - Critics warn of terrorists creating new bioweapons |
| Nasa Probes to Study Black Holes and Dark Energy Nasa probes to study black holes and dark energy - Main mission will search for gravitational waves |
Tooth Solves Hatshepsut Mummy Mystery Archaeologists today identified the long-lost mummy of Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt's most famous female pharaoh. |
| Mystery Mummy May Be Female Pharoah Top archaeologist to identify elusive remains; Technology could solve case of mistaken identity. |
Pick Up a Penguin? Not This One You Wouldn't Evidence of giant bird found by fossil hunters - Creature may have used 18cm beak as spear |
| Barnacle-busting Paint Makes Ships' Voyages Greener Scientists have developed a novel way to combat one of the world's stickiest and most expensive maritime problems: the... |
Scientists Try to Solve Mystery of Vanished Lake in Chile A glacial lake on the southern tip of Chile has vanished, leaving behind a dry crater and a scientific mystery. |
| Wanted: Crew for 18-month 'trip' to Mars Bored with your job? Fancy a challenge for the next 520 days? A new fixed-term position from the European Space Agency may... |
The Enigma of Italy's Ancient Etruscans is Finally Unravelled Genetic research DNA tests on their Italian descendants show the 'tuscii' came from Turkey. |
| Timeline: the Story of the Planets Science correspondent Alok Jha observes the rise and fall of Pluto. |
New Bird-like Dinosaur Unearthed The remains of an enormous, flesh-eating dinosaur that roamed the Earth 70m years ago have been discovered in a remote... |
| Iceman Bled to Death, Scientists Say Archaeologists think they have solved the longstanding mystery of how Otzi, the world's most famous iceman, met his end: an... |
Pierre-gilles De Gennes Obituary: Nobel-prizewinning physicist hailed for his pioneering research into soft matter. |
| Vatican Decides Its Power Must Come From Sun The Vatican City State is to get a solar energy installation, craftily sited on the roof of one its few large modern... |
Tabletop Touch Screen Tipped As Next Big Thing It seems almost a throwback; but software giant Microsoft hopes a £5,000 coffee table bristling with technology could be... |
| Microsoft's Coffee Table: the Future of Computing? In an era when computers get ever smaller and more portable, it seems almost a throwback, but software giant Microsoft... |
Diamonds Tell Tale of Comet That Killed Off the Cavemen Scientists will outline dramatic evidence this week that suggests a comet exploded over the Earth nearly 13,000 years ago,... |
| Scientists Pave Way for Good Hair Day Research findings on hair-producing follicles claimed as major step forward in quest for a cure for baldness. |
Organisers to Give Olympic Clouds a Silver Lining Chinese metereologists are preparing one of mankind's greatest ever assaults on the heavens next August, which the... |
| New Fabric Sees Wearers Dressed to Kill - Germs Ever felt your clothes could be doing more for you? Help may be at hand from a collaboration between American scientists... |
Nasa Sees Brightest Supernova The brightest supernova ever seen has been observed by Nasa's orbiting Chandra x-ray telescope. |
| US Firm Applies to Test 'incredible' Stem Cell Technique on Humans A company based in Massachusetts has applied for permission from US authorities to begin trials on humans of a new stem... |
Hopes Rise of a Mate for Uniquely Rare Lonesome George Lonesome George, conservation icon of the Galapagos islands, celibate pensioner and officially the rarest living creature... |
| Hawking Prepares for Weightless 'bliss' Renowned Cambridge professor to experience weightlessness of space on zero gravity trip over Atlantic. |
Hawking Set to Fly in Space The sight of Stephen Hawking, scientist and best-selling author, bouncing about weightless in space is about to become a... |
| Body Double Robot Designed in Maker's Image If you have ever wanted to be in two places at once, the answer may be sitting in a Japanese laboratory, muttering,... |
China Claims to Have Created First Artificial Snowfall Chinese weather experts claim to have triggered the first artificial snow showers by releasing tiny particles into clouds... |
| Death in the Rainforest: Fragile Creatures Give the World a New Climate Warning Amphibian and reptile numbers fall by 75% in reserve meant to save them. |
How Trees Might Not Be Green in Carbon Offsetting Debate Planting may worsen warming, say scientists - Environmental gestures 'useless' outside tropics |
| Scientists' Stark Warning on Reality of Warmer World Hundreds of millions may be put at risk, says report - Complaints of political interference with findings |
Power Tower Reflects Well on Sunny Spain Europe has gained a new source of renewable energy with the inauguration of the continent's first-ever "power... |
| Astronaut to Run Marathon at 17,500 Mph An astronaut who was determined not to lose her place in the Boston marathon will run next month's race in space, and... |
Russia's Scientists Shun Putin's Embrace Prestigious academy defies Kremlin takeover - Thousands vote against rule by bureaucrats |
| New Theory Downplays Effect of Dinosaur Extinction The long-held belief that ancient humans and modern mammals inherited the Earth only because the dinosaurs were wiped out... |
Death of a Predator: Big Sharks Are Disappearing - and World's Fisheries Are Suffering As a Result Scientists sound alarm as marine food chain is hit - Shellfish being devastated by thriving prey species |
| Tiny, Blind Creatures Halt £5bn Australian Mining Project Five new species of troglobite unearthed - Rio Tinto subsidiary to appeal against decision |
Global Warming Study Warns of Vanishing Climates Scientists warn of disaster in biodiversity hotspots - Species 'must evolve or migrate' to survive |
| Pill Stops Cow Burps and Helps Save the Planet Cut down on flying, sell the car and recycle your bottles. But if you really want to tackle global warming, you should stop... |
It Took 100 Years, But Key Maths Conundrum is Finally Cracked A mathematical problem that remained unsolved for more than a century has finally been cracked by an international team of... |
| Nasa Grounds Its Ideas Factory Lack of funds forces closure of brainstorming institute that dreamed up space elevator and crops on Mars. |
Google Joins Apple in Race to Launch Mobiles in Europe Several leading European mobile phone companies are being courted by Apple and Google as the American technology giants... |
| Climate Change Expert Slates Us 'interference' in Research The Bush administration's interference in climate change science has revealed "flaws that have developed in the... |
Hidden Fossil, Flying Dragon Around 120m years ago, as the dinosaurs neared the climax of their dominion, high above their heads an extraordinary... |
| Malaria: Gm Mosquitoes Offer New Hope for Millions Controversial strategy would mean releasing laboratory-created insects into wild. |
Plague of Beetles Raises Climate Change Fears for American Beauty Colorado's distinctive lodgepole pine trees are under attack from a beetle infestation described by scientists as a... |
| World Breaks Temperature Records The world experienced its warmest period on record during this year's northern hemisphere winter, the US government said... |
Scientist Plans to Crack Genetic Secrets of the Deep - From Comfort of His 100ft Yacht Controversial human genome sequencer aims to map DNA of microbes. |
| 160,000-year-old Jawbone Redefines Origins of the Species North African fossil hints at ties to humans today - Find shows growth of complex society |
Death in the Desert: How Families Are Consoled When Bodies Are Found Scientists set up DNA scheme to identify remains of Mexicans fleeing to US. |
| Big Blasts or Tiny Tugs: How to Stop an Asteroid Catastrophe Collision with Earth is seen as inevitable, but scientists are meeting to find solution. |
Emails Shed Light on Astronaut's Love Triangle The love triangle that lay behind a NASA astronaut's 900-mile drive and alleged attempt to kidnap the other woman has been... |
| New Species, Warm Water and Whales: the Antarctic's Secrets Revealed By Melting Ice Scientists research world sealed off for 12,000 years - Marine life transformed by rapid climate change |
Forensic Scientist Uses Dna to Explore Dali's Bizarre Genius Samples taken from nasal feeding tubes could also help to authenticate works. |
| Brain Cells Clue to Genius of Einstein Scientists may be a step closer to understanding one of the most brilliant minds ever to grace the field, that of Albert... |
Robot Car Tests Street Skills in Us Contest A prototype robot car that can navigate in built up environments and moving traffic has been unveiled by scientists hoping... |
| Good Skiing on the Moon, Says Apollo Veteran Nasa seeks self-sufficiency at Mars mission base - Settlers will search for lunar fuel resources |
Climate Change: Scientists Warn It May Be Too Late to Save the Ice Caps A critical meltdown of ice sheets and severe sea level rise could be inevitable because of global warming, the world's... |
| A 'bionic Eye' Has Helped Six Blind People Regain Limited Sight But Doctors Hope It Can Be Developed. Six blind patients have had their sight partially restored by a "bionic eye" surgically implanted onto their... |
New Images Show Evidence of Water on Mars A high-resolution camera mounted on a spaceship orbiting Mars has found evidence that water once ran under the planet's... |
| Water Found Under Antarctic Ice to Raise Sea Level Forecasts Scientists have detected a network of lakes and rivers of rapidly moving water under the thick ice sheet of West Antarctica... |
Into the Aurora: Nasa Craft Probe Mysteries of the Northern Lights Project will help predict damaging space storms - Satellites will line up in orbit to measure effect |
| Nasa to Review Staff Screening The space agency went into damage limitation mode over the arrest of one of its active duty astronauts for the attempted... |
Junk From China Missile Test Raises Fear of Satellite Collision Space debris at critical mass, scientists say - Explosion put hundreds more pieces in orbit |
| Spacewoman Falls to Earth on Charge of Trying to Kill Love Rival Shuttle astronaut arrested after alleged airport attack - Male colleague said to be at centre of love triangle |
Worse Than We Thought Report warns of 4C rise by 2100 - Floods and food and water shortages likely. |
| The Scientists Spoke Cautiously But the Graphs Said It All This is how the world ends: not with a bang, nor with a whimper, but with a PowerPoint presentation. |
Why the News About Warming is Worse Than We Thought: Feedback Oceans, soil and trees will become worse at absorbing carbon dioxide as temperatures rise. |
| Woman With the Golden Arm That Points to a Surgical Breakthrough A former US marine has been given a bionic arm in a pioneering operation. |
Scientists Offered Cash to Dispute Climate Study Scientists and economists have been offered $10,000 each by a lobby group funded by one of the world's largest oil... |
| Bush Administration Accused of Doctoring Scientists' Reports on Climate Change Inconvenient conclusions censored, hearing told - Researchers warned not to talk about global warming |
Experts Split Over Climate Danger to Antarctica Serious disagreement has broken out among scientists over a United Nations climate report's contention that the world's... |
| Safety Fears As Us Demonstrates Crowd Control Heat-ray Weapon How the wave device works. It looks like a table top stuck on a Humvee, but to the US military it is a revolutionary new... |
Ray Gun Brings Some Zap to the Battlefield The American military has unveiled its latest hi-tech weapon - a virtual flame-thrower on top of a Humvee that microwaves... |
| Marsupial Lion Among Finds in Treasure Trove of Fossils in Oz A treasure trove of fossils unearthed in southern Australia has been described by scientists as the 'find of the century'. |
Dinosaur Beat Wright Brothers By 125m Years, Say Researchers More than 125m years before the Wright brothers made their first powered flight, a dinosaur called Microraptor gui used two... |
| Charity is Uppermost in the Brain Neuroscientists have found the brain's charity spot: a region that determines whether we put others before ourselves. |
China Hails Satellite Killer - and Stuns Its Rivals in Space International outcry over first such test since 1985 - Scientists have warned of dangers of debris in orbit |
| Scientists Aim to Save Lesser-known Mammals at Risk of Extinction Public urged to back British campaign for animals such as pygmy hippopotamus. |
Mystery of Poisoning in Antarctic Deepens As Suicide is Ruled Out In a few weeks coroner Richard McElrea, based in Christchurch, New Zealand, will produce a report that may resolve one of... |
| Melting Glaciers Will Destroy Alpine Resorts Within 45 Years, Says Report The grandchildren of today's skiers are likely to know the white peaks of Switzerland only from the wrappers of chocolate... |
Gates Says Day of the Home-help Robot is Near An office worker checks her home-gadget webpage from her work computer. The tasks she set for her home robots in the... |
| Amazon Founder Joins Budget Space Race As the founder of the internet bookstore amazon.com, Jeff Bezos made a fortune selling cheaply to the online masses. Now... |
Scientists Find Way to Slash Cost of Drugs Indian-backed approach could aid poor nations and cut NHS bills. |
| Giant Ice Island Breaks Off Arctic Shelf An island the size of a small city is adrift in the Arctic after breaking free from one of Canada's largest ice shelves,... |
Stem Cell Research: The 'untouchables' of Us Science When George Bush banned funding he effectively put researchers into quarantine. |
| Seals' Huge Appetite Puts Penguin Lives at Risk Wildlife in the Antarctic needs to feed on the shrimp-like krill, but stocks are under major threat. |
US's Online Geographers Don't Look Out of Place For those armchair travellers who delight in sneering at the average American's appalling knowledge of basic geography: sit... |
| Stardust May Be Basis of Life on Earth Comets could have brought the basic ingredients of life to Earth, scientists revealed yesterday. |
Ocean Pumps 'could Cut Carbon Dioxide' An inventor has claimed he can solve some of the world's most serious environmental problems using plankton and lengths of... |
| Mars Rover Set for Final Trip Nasa's Mars rover Opportunity, the indomitable mobile science laboratory that has survived 10 times longer than expected,... |
Discovery Could Lead to Mining of Solid Gas for Fuel The discovery of a mysterious solid form of natural gas off the east coast of Canada could bring one of Earth's biggest... |
| Life on Mars? Scientists Say Pictures Are First Evidence of Flowing Water Scientists have discovered tantalising evidence of water gushing down gullies on Mars, dramatically boosting the chances... |
Watery Discovery Boosts Hopes of Life on Mars Water has flowed on the surface of Mars during the past seven years, Nasa scientists who had studied tens of thousands of... |
| A Manned Moon Base Within 20 Years - Nasa's Bold Plan First extraterrestrial living site would be used to launch missions to Mars. |
What's Your Handicap? Well, Apart From the Lack of Gravity and Dirty Great Space Suit ... Company's golf stunt on International Space Station faces criticism. |
| WWF Award for Nasa Scientist Who Sounded Climate Alarm A leading Nasa researcher who pioneered the case for tough action to combat climate change in the US has been awarded the... |
New Stem Cell Treatment Shows 'unambiguous' Benefits Stem cell therapy has received a major boost from tests of an experimental treatment for an inherited muscle-wasting disease. |
| Wanted: Man to Land on Killer Asteroid and Gently Nudge It From Path to Earth It is the stuff of nightmares and, until now, Hollywood thrillers. A huge asteroid is on a catastrophic collision course... |
Neanderthal Dna Reveals Human Divergence Fragments of DNA plucked from a 38,000-year-old Neanderthal fossil have pinpointed the time when modern humans split from... |
| Hi-tech T-shirt Turns Air Guitar Into the Real Thing Scientists have cranked it all the way up to 11 thanks to a new hi-tech take on the air guitar. |
On a Wing and a Whisper: the Airliner to End Runway Noise · 'Flying wing' could be in the air by 2030 · Design would reduce fuel use, say engineers |
| Philippa Rakusen Obituary: Philippa Rakusen, who has died aged 84, was a noted Yorkshire horticulturalist who served on the national gardens... |
India Ponders Moon Landing India yesterday held out the possibility of sending astronauts to the moon by 2020 and called for a national debate on... |
| Shuttle Mission to Save Camera That Snapped the Dawn of Time Nasa is to launch an audacious deep-space mission to save the ailing Hubble telescope, the giant orbiting camera that has... |
Britain to Push for Global Climate Deal By 2008 The UK is to use the warnings of irreversible climate change and the biggest economic slump since the 1930s, outlined in... |
| Figures Reveal Europe Falling Far Short of Climate Targets Seven countries set to break emission limits, says environment commissioner. |
Nasa to Bring Sun Into Third Dimension Two spacecrafts have been launched from the same rocket for the first time in a mission to capture the first... |
| Australians Fight Fear of Power Crisis With Giant Solar Site · Shortfalls lead to search for alternative sources · 154MW project to provide power for 45,000 homes |
Blogs in Space Another First for Soyuz Tourist "A long, long time ago in a country far, far away ... there was a young girl who had her eyes fixed on the twinkling... |
| Methane Levels to Rise Again After Slowdown Scientists have uncovered evidence that levels of the greenhouse gas methane will rise sharply in the next few years,... |
First Weightless Operation Will Aid Astronauts · Pioneering procedure by French surgeons · Cyst removed from arm aboard converted Airbus |
| Catastrophic Mudslide Could Last 100 Years, Say Scientists · Land in East Java likely to collapse as thousands flee · Attempts to seal channels will 'probably not succeed' |
Shuttle Return Delayed By Debris Nasa called off the space shuttle's return to Earth last night amid fears it might have been struck by a chunk of debris... |
| Global Warming to Wash Away Beaches, Warns Spanish Study The fight for space on Spain's beaches looks set to grow fiercer over the next four decades as the sand starts to disappear... |
Siberian Thaw to Speed Up Global Warming The release of trapped greenhouse gases is pushing the world past the point of no return on climate change. |
| Nasa Hopes to Catch an Elevator to Space US scientists compete to find technology that could replace costly rockets. |
$100bn Later, Star Wars Hits Its First Missile The Pentagon claimed a victory for America's missile defence system last night when a mock warhead was successfully... |
| Lockheed Martin Wins $4bn Spaceship Race Lockheed Martin has emerged as the surprise winner of a $4bn (£2.1bn) contract to build a manned craft to replace the... |
Giant Leap for Mankind ... or Just a Big Crash? · Europe's £80m space probe to collide with moon · Plume of dust may be visible from UK |
| Stone Age Andaman Tribe at Risk From Outsiders, Experts Warn An isolated jungle tribe that dates back to the Stone Age could be wiped out on islands off India's eastern coast because... |
Cities in Peril As Andean Glaciers Melt Ice sheets expected to last centuries could disappear in 25 years, threatening water supplies. |
| Scientists Take to Air to Learn Storm Secrets · Missions will help identify dangerous weather pattern · Shuttle launch at risk as Hurricane Ernesto flies in |
The Car Behind is Hitting a Toyota A hi-tech safety device developed by Toyota means accident-prone motorists will no longer be able to use the excuse that... |
| In the News: No Prizes for Guessing This week the Russian mathematician Grigory Perelman turned down a prestigious Fields medal and said he would also reject a... |
Pluto Loses 'battle of the Planets' Astronomers today voted to create the first scientific definition of the word "planet", and Pluto did not make... |
| Scientists Make Human Stem Cells Without Destroying the Embryo · Breakthrough hailed as answer to ethical doubts · Critics raise questions about new technique |
Maverick Genius Turns Down Maths 'nobel' In a move that has stunned the world of mathematics, one of the winners of the discipline's most coveted prize has refused... |
| One Giant Blip for Mankind As Moon Landing Tapes Are Mislaid Houston, we have a problem. Houston, we have a problem. The Apollo 11 moon landings were one of the defining moments of the... |
Blow to Plan for Polar Conservation Zone As India Joins the Cold Rush New research base would add to human pressure on isolated area, environmentalists fear. |
| New Observatory to Reveal History of the Universe The Atacama Large Millimetre Array observatory in Chile will be the world's largest and most expensive and will probe the... |
British Search for Brown Dwarfs In the heart of Oxfordshire, plans are being readied to ship the final and most crucial parts of another telescope, an... |
| Extremely Large Telescope Could Reveal Secrets of Life, the Universe and Everything Is anybody out there? New instrument would increase chances of finding other Earth-like planets. |
American Astronomers Claim That Black Holes May Not Exist They swallow everything that comes their way and exercise the world's finest minds, but the portrayal of black holes as... |
| EU Reaches Deal on Stem Cell Research European Union science ministers reached a 'historic' compromise this afternoon on the highly charged issue of research... |
US Faces Science Brain Drain After Europe Backs Stem Cell Funding · Disillusioned researchers could move to UK · Debate divides members but ends in compromise |
| EU Ministers Prepare for Stem Cell Debate European ministers were meeting this morning to decide whether to follow the lead of the United States and ban funding for... |
Maverick Medic Reveals Details of Baby Cloning Experiment A maverick fertility expert has revealed hard evidence of a controversial attempt to produce the world's first cloned human... |
| Bush Vetoes Stem Cell Funding George Bush has used his presidential veto for the first time to defeat a bill that would have greatly expanded government... |
Gates Foundation Gives Aids Scientists $287m Three British scientists looking for an Aids vaccine will be among the collaborators receiving a massive $287m (£156m)... |
| Simulator Could Predict Long-term Weather Patterns People in a hurry who leave the house on a sunny morning minus their umbrella only to find themselves drenched by an... |
Unlikely Bestseller Heralds the Return of Lightness and Humour to German Literature Author, 31, rivals Rowling and Brown with tale of two eccentric scientists. |
| Safe Landing Puts Shuttle Programme Back on Track · Nasa cautiously optimistic after orbiter touches down · Successful mission clears way to finish space station |
Loss of Mangroves Threatens Pacific Islands Rising sea levels caused by global warming are posing a threat to mangroves and therefore communities in Pacific island... |
| Wanted: Small Asteroid for Use As Slingshot to Slay a Goliath Scientists at the French space agency, CNES, have calculated how to capture an asteroid and manoeuvre it into a near-Earth... |
Launch of Inflatable Spacecraft Brings Dream of Orbiting Hotel Closer to Reality Robert Bigelow, the Las Vegas property magnate and space entrepreneur, moved a step closer to his dream of opening an... |
| Killer Kangaroos Once Roamed Outback Killer kangaroos with wolf-like fangs roamed the Australian outback 10m years ago, according to paleontologists who... |
The Cutting Edge of Space-age Technology: Duct Tape · Astronaut's jet backpack is patched up for spacewalk · Nasa's favourite repair tool used on several missions |
| Cloning: Hwang Woo-suk What happened to the 'king of cloning', Hwang Woo-suk. |
British Astronaut Breaks Space Walk Record Astronaut Piers Sellers became a record breaker in a narrow field 213 miles above Earth last night when he logged the most... |
| Vast Chunk of Rock Threatens to Fall From Eiger As Global Warming Opens Up Crack A vast chunk of Europe's most ill-famed mountain threatens to break loose and crash down in the next few days, a geologist... |
Astronauts Carry Out Shuttle Inspection Discovery's astronauts were completing an intricate inspection of the space shuttle's vulnerable heat shield last night to... |
| Blastoff: Discovery's July 4 Gift to the Nation · Spacecraft's fiery flourish for Independence Day · Relief at Nasa after days of safety worries and delays |
Shuttle Launch Could Be Called Off Tomorrow's scheduled launch of the space shuttle Discovery could be called off because of a 20cm crack in the insulation... |
| Safety Fears Threaten More Delay to Launch of Discovery Nasa was facing the possibility of another humiliating delay to its space shuttle programme last night after safety... |
Thunderstorms Halt Shuttle Launch Again The space shuttle Discovery is set to make an Independence Day launch tomorrow after thunderstorms in Florida last night... |
| Nasa Takes a Giant Leap of Faith Shortly before four o'clock this afternoon, Florida's notoriously volatile summer weather permitting, the shuttle Discovery... |
Half of Global Car Exhaust Produced By Us Vehicles · Hummers and SUVs blamed for high emissions · Average US car does less than 20mpg, says study |
| Gravity, the Final Frontier A team of British and German scientists are developing a way of measuring the elusive force that makes up 96% of our... |
Smelly Yet Highly Sociable Mini-robot Proves Fatally Attractive to Cockroaches In a breakthrough for the battle against mankind's most diehard enemy - the cockroach - European scientists have hoodwinked... |
| US Scientists Back Manmade Warming Claim US scientists have endorsed the contentious findings of a global warming study that showed humans are drastically altering... |
Norway Launches Global Seed Bank An ambitious project to safeguard future food supplies began on Monday with the launch of a "Noah's ark" for the... |
| Deep in Permafrost - a Seed Bank to Save the World · Project aims to protect global food supplies · Three million samples to be housed in giant vault |
Shuttle Launch to Go Ahead Despite Risk of 'catastrophic' Faults · Decision ignores advice of safety officer and engineer · Failure could jeopardise space station programme |
| World's Oldest Bird Fossils Five beautifully preserved headless fossil skeletons discovered in China suggest modern birds evolved from aquatic... |
Spacewalking Briton Aims to Restore Nasa's Reputation Astronaut to take Scottish flag on shuttle mission working on flight safety. |
| Newly Found Mosaic is Optical Illusion Archaeologists studying an ancient mosaic found by workers laying cable south of Rome have been astonished to discover that... |
Eight Unknown Species Found in Sealed Cave Scientists say they have discovered eight previously unknown species of crustaceans and scorpion-like invertebrates living... |
| Europe's Colombus Lab Arrives in Us Europe's 20-tonne, billion-euro scientific laboratory, seen as a saviour for the much-derided International Space Station... |
Dust Clouds Transport Bacteria From Africa Around the World Giant clouds of dust whipped up by desert storms in Africa can carry infectious organisms to other continents, scientists... |
| Global Warming Predictions Are Underestimated Say Scientists Climate change models have dramatically underestimated the extent to which global warming will raise temperatures,... |
That's No Lady, But She's a Remarkably Lifelike Robot She is EveR-1, the world's second android and Seoul's latest attempt to crack the rapidly growing global market in... |
| Archaeologists Find Candidates for Cook's Ship Endeavour One of four 18th-century ships found on the sea bed off Rhode Island could be the Endeavour, the vessel Captain Cook... |
Nasa Seeks Help With Lunar Landing Help wanted: Nasa moon mission 2018 needs moon lander. Design and build spacecraft capable of taking off vertically,... |
| Trade Winds Weaken With Global Warming Trade winds that sweep around half the globe are weakening as global warming disrupts normal atmospheric circulation,... |
Nasa Cuts Bird Strike Risk With Roadkill Posse They landed a man on the moon; now Nasa's brainiest engineers are wrestling with a challenge much closer to home - how to... |
| BP Joins Bank in Record Solar-power Project A Spanish bank, Santander, and BP's solar energy branch have launched what they claim is Europe's largest single investment... |
Obituary: Ted Bellamy Making a high energy contribution to physics. |
| Global Warming Sparks a Scramble for Black Gold Under Retreating Ice Unlike the Antarctic continent spread around the south pole, the Arctic has no formal international treaty to regulate... |
In the 70s He Was a Tv Fantasy. Now the Bionic Man is Real - and He Even Plays Sax Replacement eyes and working hands created in race to build '$6bn human'. |
| Venus Express Prepares for Orbit With a 50 minute burn of its main engine, a wardrobe-sized probe will tomorrow morning swing into orbit around Venus,... |
Life Seeps Back Into the Aral Sea The Aral Sea, once described as the world's worst ecological disaster after Soviet-era irrigation plans reduced its size by... |
| Ancient Pyramid Unearthed in Mexico Archaeologists have discovered a previously unknown pyramid standing 22 metres high inside a hill on the outskirts of... |
Discovered: Missing Link That Solves a Mystery of Evolution Scientists say fossil fish explains transition to land-dwelling animals. |
| Car Giant Foresees the Non-polluting, Accident-proof Saloon Japanese leader in motor technology pours investment into environmentally friendly engineering. |
Prize for Mathematician Who Paved Way for Ipod A £500,000 prize that is considered the "Nobel" for mathematics has gone to an 80-year-old Swedish academic whose... |
| Pentagon's New Weapon - Cyborg Flies That Are Spies The Pentagon is trying to develop 'insect cyborgs' able to sniff out explosives, or 'bug' conversations by lurking unseen... |
Pollution Soaring to Crisis Levels in Arctic Scientists plead for action to save poles from 'tipping point' disaster. |
| Researchers Pinpoint Mammal Extinction Hotspots · Global map shows areas at risk from human activity · Conservationists urged to take preventive action |
Red Rain Could Prove That Aliens Have Landed There is a small bottle containing a red fluid on a shelf in Sheffield University's microbiology laboratory. The liquid... |
| Scientists Find Lost Civilisation Buried By Volcano · Indonesian eruption was largest in modern times · Village's 10,000 residents died in moments |
Species in Decline As Europe Fails to Meet Biodiversity Targets Europe's urban sprawl increased by an area three times the size of Luxembourg in the 1990s, highlighting the continent's... |
| The Prize: $10m. To Win, Just Solve These Science Problems · Billionaires offer cash to speed up research · Move follows success of spacecraft contest |
Floating Lab Tracks Sahara Sandstorms' Effect on Ecosystem UK oceanographers are trying to find out how dust and oceans interact. |
| South Africa Eyes Astronomy's Top Prize Karoo desert telescope points the way to capturing global scientific project. |
Wetlands Sucked Dry in China More than four-fifths of the wetlands along northern China's biggest river system have dried up because of over-development... |
| Up and Away on the Longest Non-stop Flight Steve Fossett, the 61-year-old millionaire adventurer, will circumnavigate the globe once before deciding whether to... |
Uganda Accused of 'pulling Plug' on Disappearing Waters of Lake Victoria · Scientist blames secret draining by dam complex · Power company says lower rainfall is cause |
| Lost World Found: New Species Unearthed in New Guinea A lost world teeming with previously unknown or presumed extinct wildlife that has remained untouched by humans and is as... |
Sweden Plans to Be World's First Oil-free Economy · 15-year limit set for switch to renewable energy · Biofuels favoured over further nuclear power |
| Robot Car's Desert Drive Scoops £1.1m Prize A driverless car which steered itself for 132 miles to win a race across the Nevada desert has been named the best robot of... |
Taxing Taxonomy Tim Radford on the problem of scientific names - still a thorny one 300 years after their advent. |
| Satellite Picture Shows Africa's Dying Lake Lake Chad is disappearing. Satellite images published this week showed that you could walk across an expanse of what was... |
Shuttle a Deathtrap, Says Astronaut One of America's most experienced astronauts has denounced the space shuttle as a deathtrap and accused US space officials... |
| Face Transplant Surgeon Plans More Operations The French surgeon who carried out the world's first face transplant last November said yesterday he had plans for five... |
Obituary: Raymond Sugg Controlling gases for anesthesia. |
| Respected Norwegian Scientist Faked Study on Oral Cancer A Norwegian cancer scientist has been exposed as a fake after falsifying a study on oral cancer published in the renowned... |
Neanderthal Man Floated Into Europe, Say Spanish Researchers Spanish investigators believe they may have found proof that Neanderthal man reached Europe from Africa not just via the... |
| Death of Nature's Man-made Haven For 100 years, the Salton Sea has been a sanctuary for birds and poor farmers alike. But now pollution threatens both - and... |
Disgraced Gene Scientist Puts Blame on Team The disgraced scientist Woo-suk Hwang asked fellow South Koreans to forgive him yesterday for fraudulent claims relating to... |
| France to Review Stem Cell Guidelines Scientists in France are today expected to receive clearer guidance on stem cell research... |
Disgraced Stem Cell Scientist Blames Researchers The disgraced South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-Suk today apologised for fabricating human stem cell breakthroughs, but... |