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, 17 May 2013 23:37:44 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 Roboticist Will Jackson of Engineered Arts gives a tour of his robot factory in Cornwall, and talks about recent developments in the industry. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22556987#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22556987 Thu, 16 May 2013 23:01:13 GMT Hundreds of birds and marine animals wash up on the Chilean coast, raising fears fishermen might be flouting a ban on blast fishing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22570090#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22570090 Fri, 17 May 2013 23:18:55 GMT Students in Ghana launch a model of a satellite attached to a balloon for the first time. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22571681#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22571681 Fri, 17 May 2013 23:23:42 GMT Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has been talking about his experiences on the International Space Station in his first public appearance since returning to Earth. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22559537#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22559537 Thu, 16 May 2013 18:19:04 GMT Has global warming plateaued? As the critics say, the past decade has seen hardly any change in global air temperatures. If warming has stalled, what are the implications for climate change policy? The BBC's environment analyst Roger Harrabin reports. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22565278#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22565278 Fri, 17 May 2013 07:48:58 GMT Mosquitoes carrying malaria are more attracted to human scent than non-malarial ones, research has suggested. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22548743#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22548743 Thu, 16 May 2013 00:08:01 GMT British scientists are scanning the brains of 300 young people between the ages of 14 and 24 to try and understand how the brain is rewired as teenage years give way to maturity. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22530573#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22530573 Tue, 14 May 2013 19:20:38 GMT A "puffin census" has started on the Farne Islands in Northumberland, with National Trust rangers surveying how many breeding pairs of the birds live there. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22565254#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22565254 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:12:45 GMT European reform of the Common Agricultural Policy sees environmentalists pitched against farmers over how best to manage the continent's agricultural land. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22538115#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22538115 Wed, 15 May 2013 08:55:08 GMT The Sun has unleashed a massive solar flare - the most powerful of 2013 so far. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22533971#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22533971 Tue, 14 May 2013 21:02:10 GMT The World Health Organization says it appears likely that the novel coronavirus (NCoV) can be passed between people in close contact. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22516257#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22516257 Mon, 13 May 2013 15:56:16 GMT The amount of litter left on British beaches is at it's highest level for five years. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22523023#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22523023 Tue, 14 May 2013 09:08:51 GMT Fishing has been a major source of income in the coastal regions of West Africa but overfishing is still a huge problem. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22516261#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22516261 Mon, 13 May 2013 16:58:44 GMT Canadian commander Chris Hadfield has shared with the world his cover version of David Bowie's Space Oddity, which he recorded on the International Space Station. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22506395#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22506395 Mon, 13 May 2013 00:49:02 GMT A huge landfill site in Essex that has been transformed into a 120-acre nature reserve has been officially opened by Sir David Attenborough. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22496366#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22496366 Sat, 11 May 2013 17:35:03 GMT Chef and forager Mark Lloyd explains why eating the wrong type of wild mushroom can have serious implications. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22477957#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22477957 Fri, 10 May 2013 08:44:14 GMT Bad weather and dangerous crevasses have slowed the progress of the team trying to become the first to cross Antarctica during the polar winter. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22442346#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22442346 Wed, 08 May 2013 05:52:03 GMT The astronaut whose photographs of Earth and videos of life in space gained him hundreds of thousands of followers on social networks has returned to Earth. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22522918#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22522918 Tue, 14 May 2013 12:57:22 GMT Scientists and astronomers gathered in Tennant Creek, Australia to watch an annular Solar eclipse on Friday. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22480509#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22480509 Fri, 10 May 2013 10:09:47 GMT A poisonous moth caterpillar is on the increase in some parts of the UK, having been found in South London and Berkshire. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22448909#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22448909 Wed, 08 May 2013 11:10:41 GMT A chain of vets in Leeds has started playing music to animals in an attempt to get them to relax. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22440594#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22440594 Tue, 07 May 2013 20:55:11 GMT The Forestry Commission is due to carry out what is expected to be its biggest cull of wild boar in the Forest of Dean later this year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22430736#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22430736 Tue, 07 May 2013 08:49:19 GMT Anbarasan Ethirajan visited Nepal's Chitwan National Park, which has one of the few Gharial crocodile breeding centres in the world. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22390592#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22390592 Mon, 06 May 2013 21:28:53 GMT A group of amateur surveyors has been climbing and re-measuring some of Britain's highest peaks, to see if they are high enough to be called mountains. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22424307#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22424307 Mon, 06 May 2013 08:19:32 GMT Researchers are looking at ways to persuade people to get their protein from bugs instead of meat. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22423977#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22423977 Mon, 06 May 2013 06:08:28 GMT Work has begun to raise the only surviving German World War II Dornier 17 bomber from its watery grave at Goodwin Sands, off the Kent coast. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22414584#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22414584 Sat, 04 May 2013 16:20:06 GMT