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+ Herschel gives glimpse of power + Europe's Herschel space observatory gives a demonstration of its capability with a first image of the iconic Whirlpool ...

+ Lift off for Nasa's lunar probes + Nasa launches two spacecraft to the Moon to pave the way for a return to the lunar surface by US ...

+ The plant that pretends to be ill + A plant that feigns sickness to stop it being attacked by insect pests has been found growing in the rainforests of ...

+ 'Surprise' prostate result probed + Researchers are probing an unexpected success in a study of an experimental treatment for prostate ...

+ How aerosols mask climate change + Uncertainty over exactly how much aerosols impact on the climate has finally been settled, scientists ...

+ Firms team up for ISS supply ship + US and Italian companies have signed a contract to build a private re-supply ship for the space station. ...

+ Flood protection 'needs doubling' + With one in six homes in England at risk from flooding in the future, the Environment Agency urges a big rise in ...

+ Mammoths survived late in Britain + Woolly mammoths lived in Britain longer than scientists thought - until about 14,000 years ago, according to new ...

+ Streetlights ruin a bat's commute, a study shows + Streetlights could have a negative impact on "commuting" bats, say researchers. ...

+ Ancient crustaceans produced enormous sperm, scientists find + A new method for imaging tiny fossils has shown that ostracods had developed giant sperm more than 100 million years ...

+ Geek's paradise + Meet the gadget hackers who make weird new things ...

+ Earth Watch + Climate concerns fail to quicken clean energy ...

+ Hunt for answers + Will the Air France plane crash ever be ...

+ Buffer zone + Wildlife rule over a quiet "involuntary park" in ...

+ Precision dangers + Pallab Ghosh on UK climate models' margins for ...

+ Thirsty crops + How will drier summers affect UK farms? ...

+ China 'unfairly seen as eco-villain' + China's insatiable appetite for resources has led to the nation being unfairly portrayed as the world's biggest environmental ...

+ Saving the seas for marine mammals + Why time is running out to protect the vast areas of the world's seas to ensure the long-term survival of whales and ...

+ The secrets of ant sleep revealed + While queen ants dreamily doze, workers are forced to take power ...

+ 2,500-year-old bird's nest found + Gyrfalcons use the same nest site for hundreds of ...

+ Hysterectomies a stem cell source + Discarded fallopian tubes from hysterectomies could be a good source of donor stem cells, say ...

+ Rats play odds in gambling task + Rats play the odds to maximise their gains, say researchers who have designed a rodent task to test the biology of ...

+ New dino gives bird wing clue + A new fossil has shed light on how the bones of a five-fingered dinosaur evolved in to a modern bird's ...

+ Shuttle launch delayed until July + A fresh fuel leak forces the postponement of the space shuttle Endeavour until July at the earliest, Nasa ...

+ High-speed 'wedge' for re-entry + A special sensor-packed wedge-shaped spacecraft is to be built in Europe to test re-entry ...

+ UK 'must plan' for warmer future + Wetter winters, drier summers and warmer weather all year are climate changes the UK must prepare for, government ...

+ Canadian seal hunt 'collapsing' + Canada's fishermen catch only 25% of this year's seal quota, blaming falling prices for seal pelts and an expected EU ban on seal ...

+ Mobiles boost Africa climate data + A partnership between mobile phone companies and humanitarian groups aims to improve data on Africa's ...

+ Rockets move 'threatens' St Kilda + A proposal to leave a radar station for rocket ranges unmanned will be damaging for St Kilda, the national trust ...

+ Dingoes 'could help rare species' + Replenishing huge areas of Australia with dingoes would help endangered animals and could aid some farmers, researchers ...