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, 09 Feb 2012 15:25:32 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://news.bbcimg.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gif http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science_and_environment/ 120 60 15 A zebra's unmistakeable stripes may have evolved to make the animals unattractive to blood-sucking flies, say scientists. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/16944753 http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/16944753 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:59:14 GMT Researchers build efficient lasers just 100 billionths of a metre across that may be used to make faster computer chips in the future. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-16925088 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16925088 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:09:20 GMT Researchers say most of the world's continents will merge somewhere over the Pacific "ring of fire" in 50-200 million years. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-16934181 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16934181 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:06:28 GMT Russian scientists are reporting success in their quest to drill into Lake Vostok, a huge body of liquid water buried under the Antarctic ice. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-16907998 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16907998 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:29:52 GMT Time-lapse footage reveals how mushroom corals inflate and deflate to free themselves from smothering sand. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/16843053 http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/16843053 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:38:33 GMT Fast declines in some UK and European ladybirds are being caused by the spread of the invasive harlequin species, scientists show. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-16916726 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16916726 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:23:47 GMT A study of hormones in whale faeces shows that right whales are stressed by propeller noise from shipping. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-16926005 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16926005 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:28:20 GMT Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian planning to sky dive from a record-breaking altitude, has announced he will make the attempt later this year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-16908004 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16908004 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:03:31 GMT Scientists in the US have successfully made human brain cells in the lab that are an exact replica of genetically caused Parkinson's disease. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-16913997 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16913997 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:57:01 GMT The data-crunching site unveils a premium service that allows users to upload data, photos and sounds for analysis. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-16926868 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16926868 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:51:38 GMT US space agency officials let their European counterparts know that it is now highly unlikely that America will participate in joint missions to the Red Planet in 2016 and 2018. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-16906740 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16906740 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:56:22 GMT The "love song" of a 165-million-year-old insect is recreated from a tiny and remarkably intact fossil, say scientists. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/16878292 http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/16878292 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:33:59 GMT For years scientists have been trying to explain the reason why a giant black hole at the centre of the Milky Way has bright flares coming out from its centre. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/newsround/16963160 http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/16963160 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:37:29 GMT A Martian meteorite, an incredibly rare object, is given to the Natural History Museum, London, to help unravel the secrets of the Red Planet. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-16943200 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16943200 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:20:34 GMT An 83-year-old woman is fitted with a jaw made by a 3D printer in what doctors say is the first operation of its kind. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-16907104 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16907104 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:07:11 GMT Alberto Contador is handed a two-year ban for a doping offence - and is stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/16905217 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/16905217 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:20:56 GMT Astronomers at the Paranal observatory combine four telescope to create the world's largest virtual device with a 130m-mirror. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-16869022 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16869022 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:15:02 GMT The number of deaths worldwide from malaria has been underestimated, according to data published in the medical journal the Lancet. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-16854026 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16854026 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:07:13 GMT A work of abstract expressionism by a chimp and a still life of a flower by an elephant are part of a new exhibition in London of artworks created by animals. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16860961 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16860961 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:06:30 GMT Abnormalities in the brain may make some people more likely to become drug addicts, according to scientists. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-16854593 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16854593 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:03:24 GMT China tells its airlines not to pay charges to the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme, aimed at cutting carbon emissions. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16901106 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16901106 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:24:23 GMT More than 100 Conservatives are among MPs who have written to the prime minister calling on him to slash subsidies for onshore wind turbines. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-politics-16893018 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16893018 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:15:53 GMT Prince Charles says there are reasons to be optimistic about the state of the world's oceans, but it is "critically urgent" to tackle overfishing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-16875215 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16875215 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:44:01 GMT A clan chief is accusing the Scottish government and SNH of not listening to islanders' concerns about a conservation area. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16908063 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16908063 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:40:37 GMT The Hubble space telescope captures an image of a "barred spiral" galaxy that could help us better understand our own Milky Way. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-16856812 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16856812 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:35:10 GMT Wrestling one of the UK's most invasive pests http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16788183 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16788183 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:05:48 GMT Meadows of seagrass, a keystone species in marine ecosystems, found in the Mediterranean Sea are likely to be tens of thousands of years old, a study shows. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/16811538 http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/16811538 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:31:11 GMT Professor Iain Smith shows how researchers have captured the process by which plants alert each other to potential threat. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-16916474 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16916474 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:15:56 GMT Five killer whales are named as plaintiffs in a lawsuit which argues that they deserve the same constitutional protection from slavery as humans. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-16920866 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16920866 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:34:05 GMT Nearly a million migratory birds visit Kashmir's wetlands every year, but this time the severe winter has made it nearly impossible for them to find food. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-india-16881107 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-16881107 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:31:17 GMT The first 'moving' images of the Northern lights, or Aurora Borealis, as seen from Space have been released by NASA, after they harnessed a new time-lapse photographic technique. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-16974948 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16974948 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:34:27 GMT French researchers from the University of Rein have discovered that the shape of the glass may affect our experience of drinking champagne. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-16974954 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16974954 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:10:45 GMT Russian scientists have been drilling for two decades in the Antarctic and say they have found a vast sub-glacial lake. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-16958970 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-16958970 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:57:25 GMT The Natural History Museum in London has acquired its largest Martian meteorite, which could hold new clues to life on Mars. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-16955349 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16955349 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:39:32 GMT A breeding centre in Nepal's Chitwan National Park is preparing endangered Gharial crocodiles for release back into the wild. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-16954761 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16954761 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:30:05 GMT Researchers in Glasgow are working on a way to remove greenhouse gas from the atmosphere and put oil back under the North Sea. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-16944438 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16944438 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:25:41 GMT An Austrian adventurer planning the highest skydive in history has announced he will make the attempt later this year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-16931190 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16931190 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:42:42 GMT Saving the mysterious Amazon tribes untouched by modern world http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/magazine-16957988 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16957988 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:04:24 GMT The primate who solves a memory test faster than you can blink http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/16832378 http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/16832378 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:46:39 GMT Test yourself on the history of aerial adventure http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/magazine-16943238 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16943238 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:18:10 GMT The most detailed infrared image ever of the Carina Nebula http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-16925085 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16925085 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:40:29 GMT How drones and satellites are catching farming cheats http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-16545333 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16545333 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:43:53 GMT Why has Gabon failed to become tourist hot-spot? http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-16686544 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16686544 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:02:30 GMT What's the evidence for a decline of "climate change consensus"? http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-16906738 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16906738 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:05:36 GMT