http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/science_and_environment/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa The latest stories from the Science and Environment section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Fri, 18 May 2012 16:35:32 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/news/video_and_audio/science_and_environment/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 120 60 15 A new report is recommending that the UK builds its own spaceport, to enable tourists to go into space. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18114439#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18114439 Fri, 18 May 2012 10:24:53 GMT Barn owls used to catch mice and rats in the fields of Jordan and Israel are breeding in specially set-up nesting boxes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18121944#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18121944 Fri, 18 May 2012 16:00:30 GMT A Soyuz spacecraft has successfully docked with the International Space Station. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18099876#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18099876 Thu, 17 May 2012 06:59:45 GMT The warm March weather and the wettest April in more than a century have been playing havoc with some of the UK's wildlife. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18113798#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18113798 Fri, 18 May 2012 08:30:12 GMT One of the world's leading scientists has paid a visit to his old school in Bristol http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-18098689#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-18098689 Thu, 17 May 2012 06:35:06 GMT The movement which started the Wildlife Trusts is celebrating its centenary year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18082747#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18082747 Wed, 16 May 2012 14:44:28 GMT The latest device to harness the power of the tides is being tested in the stormy waters off Orkney in the far north of Scotland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18095482#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18095482 Thu, 17 May 2012 05:13:38 GMT Contracts giving a mining company ownership of land in Cornwall which it says it needs for new buildings have been signed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18069157#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18069157 Tue, 15 May 2012 11:44:23 GMT A hi-tech facility that could unlock the key to eliminating greenhouse gas emissions from power stations has just opened in Norway. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18030890#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18030890 Fri, 11 May 2012 05:56:58 GMT The UN has greatly downplayed the scale of the global drinking water crisis, research carried out by the BBC suggests. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18066803#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18066803 Mon, 14 May 2012 20:17:09 GMT Why is an artist about to sent tweets into space? Nathaniel Stern, associate professor at the University of Wisconsin, and Anu Ojha, Director of the National Space Academy in Leicester, explain. http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9720000/9720245.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9720000/9720245.stm Fri, 11 May 2012 09:20:41 GMT Scientists have flown through the heart of a turbulent weather system in a bid to understand the causes of heavy rainfall. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18014564#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18014564 Thu, 10 May 2012 05:17:50 GMT A Soyuz rocket carrying two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut has launched successfully from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18068188#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18068188 Tue, 15 May 2012 03:40:36 GMT On the hunt for the brown tree snake - one of the worst invasive species in the world. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17992054#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17992054 Tue, 08 May 2012 21:08:21 GMT Scientists using X-ray imaging find out some of the secrets of the world's oldest 'computer' - the Antikythera Mechanism. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17989915#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17989915 Wed, 09 May 2012 23:22:00 GMT BBC correspondent Jonathan Amos gets to see the Mid-Infrared Instrument (Miri) close up before its shipment to the US. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17998762#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17998762 Wed, 09 May 2012 19:39:24 GMT Dr Eric Smith, deputy director for the James Webb Space Telescope at Nasa, on plans to build a space telescope that's bigger and better than the Hubble. http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9719000/9719592.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9719000/9719592.stm Wed, 09 May 2012 08:40:45 GMT Professor Lesley Yellowlees, the Royal Society of Chemistry's president-elect, on why she believes Great Britain is half a century behind the United States when it comes to opportunities for women in science. http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9719000/9719604.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9719000/9719604.stm Wed, 09 May 2012 09:56:51 GMT Scientists blame rise in sea temperatures for death of thousands of pelicans in Peru. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18013482#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18013482 Wed, 09 May 2012 21:29:39 GMT A tornado has been reported in parts of Oxfordshire during a storm which caused damage to trees and roof tiles. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-17999739#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-17999739 Tue, 08 May 2012 19:42:33 GMT Torrential rain has washed out the nesting season at the RSPB nature reserve on the Ouse Washes in Cambridgeshire, which have been turned into an inland sea. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17956057#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17956057 Fri, 04 May 2012 12:02:22 GMT Lord Smith, chair of the Environment Agency, explains why the agency has decided that fracking should be allowed in the UK. http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9719000/9719314.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9719000/9719314.stm Tue, 08 May 2012 09:35:23 GMT Two cuckoos fitted with satellite tracking devices return to the UK, revealing new information about the threatened birds' migration. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/17936349 http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/17936349 Sat, 05 May 2012 01:37:32 GMT This month the BBC will be following the lives of some of the world's most magnificent creatures. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17951384#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17951384 Fri, 04 May 2012 08:36:00 GMT Why are some people more affected than others by horrible sounds? 18-year-old amateur scientist Izzy Thomlinson and her mentor Professor Trevor Cox explain why they want to find out how people's personalities change how they respond to certain sounds. http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9718000/9718404.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9718000/9718404.stm Thu, 03 May 2012 09:26:35 GMT