http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science_and_environment/ The latest stories from the Science & Environment section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:25:52 GMT Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse. http://www.bbc.co.uk/syndication/ 15 Physicists explain one of football's most spectacular free-kicks, showing that Roberto Carlos's 1997 "impossible goal" was not a fluke. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-11153466 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11153466 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:15:06 GMT A growing number of New York sky-scrapers switch off their lights at night to help reduce the number of migratory birds hitting the buildings. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-11141196 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11141196 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:52:21 GMT A species of acacia tree found in Eastern Africa seems to be protected from elephant damage - by the ants that live on it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-11168039 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11168039 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:34:46 GMT The collision of two major weather events can explain unusually large snowfall in the US and Northern Europe, researchers say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-11152077 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11152077 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:34:00 GMT Researchers map the nervous system of worms to try and understand how the human cerebral cortex evolved. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-11167250 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11167250 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:29:50 GMT An ancient reef may provide scientists with clues about what will happen to coral when sea temperatures rise. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-11153193 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11153193 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:58:41 GMT Some 57,000 people have been forced from their homes because of dramatic floods in south-western Sudan over the past month, officials say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-11150357 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11150357 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:53:14 GMT A metal detecting enthusiast finds what is believed to be the only intact Roman lantern made out of bronze ever discovered in Britain. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-suffolk-11161686 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-11161686 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:20:11 GMT Scientists have found evidence for an ancient sea passage linking currently isolated areas of Antarctica. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-11138207 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11138207 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:13:42 GMT Areas along the US East Coast declare states of emergency as Hurricane Earl churns towards the region, forecast to brush land on Thursday night. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11154296 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11154296 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:08:18 GMT A further test ignition takes place on the giant booster intended to power Nasa's next big rocket. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-11143355 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11143355 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:09:11 GMT An earthquake is recorded in the North Sea about 155 miles east of Aberdeen. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-11151963 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-11151963 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:31:19 GMT Europe's Herschel space telescope spies an aging star that has surrounded itself in hot water vapour. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-11153086 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11153086 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:46:11 GMT A potentially revolutionary circuit component, once a laboratory curiosity, is to be mass-produced for the first time. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-11165087 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11165087 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:33:44 GMT There is no place for God in theories on the creation of the Universe, Professor Stephen Hawking concludes in a new book. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-11161493 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11161493 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:25:32 GMT The remains of a huge 12,000 year old feast have been found in a cave in Northern Israel. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-11153902 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11153902 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:17:29 GMT The theory that the great beasts living in North America 13,000 years ago were killed off by a space impact can now be discounted, a new study claims. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-11142304 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11142304 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:08:28 GMT Fossils of a new type of dinosaur, which looks like a beefy version of the predatory Velociraptor, have been unearthed in Romania. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-11137905 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11137905 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:24:28 GMT A Tasmanian Devil who experts hoped was immune to a facial cancer that threatens the marsupial species is euthanised after developing tumours. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-pacific-11150532 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11150532 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:41:39 GMT The dinosaurs were wiped out by at least two space impacts rather than a single strike, say scientists. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-11112417 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11112417 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:36:42 GMT Drinking a glass of milk can stop garlic breath, scientists discover. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-11138979 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11138979 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:58:34 GMT The UN's climate science body needs stricter checks to prevent damage to its credibility, an independent review concludes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-11131897 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11131897 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:00:12 GMT The vast majority of biofuels sold on UK forecourts are imported and do not conform to environmental standards, figures show. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-11112837 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11112837 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:04:23 GMT The draft sequences of the wheat genome released by UK scientists may prove to be a vital contribution to the efforts of securing global food supply. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-11099378 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11099378 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:25:18 GMT Plants are able to summon insects to their aid to avoid being eaten by caterpillars, scientists discover. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-11101536 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11101536 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:31:37 GMT Brazil's government approves the controversial construction on a tributary of the Amazon of the world's third biggest hydroelectric dam. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-latin-america-11101842 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11101842 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:49:59 GMT DNA study of the Indonesian mimic octopus reveals how its ability to impersonate other sea life evolved. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-11109496 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11109496 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:29:42 GMT Great apes play tag in similar way to humans, an international team of scientists finds. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/10617311 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10617311 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:00:38 GMT There is no place for God in theories on the creation of the Universe, the physicist and mathematician Professor Stephen Hawking has said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-11172158 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11172158 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:27:04 GMT A rare Chinese tree has flowered for the first time in 23 years at Kew's country estate in West Sussex. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-11167682 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11167682 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:29:30 GMT One of the giant booster rockets intended to power the first stage of flight on Nasa's next rocket has been tested in the US. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-11145935 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11145935 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:52:58 GMT Researchers working on trials of genetically modified crops in Norfolk have grown potatoes which resist disease. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-norfolk-11151927 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-11151927 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:27:52 GMT Dr Andy Harland of Loughborough University analyses what new free-kick trajectory findings mean for footballers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-11166332 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11166332 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:25:05 GMT An island off Peru is making money from selling bird poo to use as organic fertiliser. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11156842 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11156842 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:24:26 GMT New pictures have emerged of the shipwreck of the Titanic, almost 25 years since it was first discovered. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-11152753 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11152753 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:58:06 GMT Fishermen from Suffolk and Essex have welcomed a new quota agreement which allows smaller boats to start catching sole again. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-11152732 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11152732 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:48:30 GMT Why Darwin's little-known "project" in the South Atlantic is still causing debate today http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-11137903 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11137903 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:39:19 GMT Surveying the world's first 1,000mph race track http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-11142660 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11142660 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:38:45 GMT Where now for the UN's climate science body? http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-11131399 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11131399 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:38:44 GMT Swarms of turbines could tap energy from Gulf Stream http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-10914462 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10914462 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:21:50 GMT