Science

Article archive for category "Science"

Monday 09 November 2009

• EU launches online pollution tracker
• Babies without dads think differently
• Nano-electric device detects liquids in luggage instantly
• Nose spray boosts memory while you nap

Friday 06 November 2009

• World as barcode: Help for species; poachers beware

Wednesday 04 November 2009

• UN: Climate deal necessary to prevent migration

Tuesday 03 November 2009

• World and US must follow EU lead on climate change, says Sweden

Monday 02 November 2009

• ESA launches new satellite for monitoring climate
• Planes soon will detect own structural damage
• Plants might help to prevent the spread of HIV

Sunday 01 November 2009

• Climate change on the agenda at US-EU summit

Friday 30 October 2009

• Next space shuttle set for blastoff on November 16

Wednesday 28 October 2009

• UN chief remains optimistic of success in Copenhagen climate summit
• NASA's next generation rocket makes booming debut (2nd Roundup)
• In Pictures: 'USA Ares I-X Launch'
• NASA's next generation rocket makes booming debut (Roundup)
• NASA's next generation rocket makes booming debut (2nd Lead)
• Next generation rocket blasts off (1st Lead)
• Next generation rocket blasts off (Urgent)
• Brussels proposes weakened targets for van CO2 emissions
• NASA rocket waits for clearer weather (Extra)
• NASA tries again to test launch next generation rocket

Tuesday 27 October 2009

• Weather forces NASA to scrub next-gen rocket test
• Ares launch scrubbed for Tuesday (1st Lead)
• British scientists thrilled at 'sea monster' discovery on coast
• In Pictures: 'USA Space Ares I-X Sunset'
• NASA fights with weather, passing ship in Ares launch (Extra)
• NASA pushes back Ares launch (Extra)
• NASA set to test next generation rocket to succeed shuttle fleet

Monday 26 October 2009

• In Pictures: 'Latvia Meteorite Hoax'
• NASA to test next generation rocket Tuesday; weather concerns
• Chimpanzees can be selfless, but only when asked
• New species of giant spider discovered in South Africa, Madagascar
• Disgraced South Korean clone scientist gets 2-year term

Saturday 24 October 2009

• World Forestry Congress demands protection from Copenhagen

Friday 23 October 2009

• Brussels to propose emissions standards for vans
• Small islands say Copenhagen climate summit must not fail

Thursday 22 October 2009

• Action on climate change insufficient, warns Swedish premier

Wednesday 21 October 2009

• ANALYSIS: Bid or bluff as the EU plays climate-change poker?
•  EU shelves 150-billion-dollar row to set out climate stall
• BACKGROUND: The EU's (partial) recipe for Copenhagen

Tuesday 20 October 2009

• In Pictures: 'USA Ares I-X Test Rocket Rollout'

Monday 19 October 2009

• World Forestry Congress starts in Buenos Aires

Sunday 18 October 2009

• Frog science by leaps and bounds in Brunei

Saturday 17 October 2009

• Maldivan cabinet holds underwater meeting to highlight climate fear

Friday 16 October 2009

• EU seas still critically overfished, Brussels says

Thursday 15 October 2009

• In Pictures: 'Panasonic's Robotic Bed'
• US carbon emissions drop 9 per cent in two years

Wednesday 14 October 2009

• Europe's last primordial steppe needs cash to survive
• Scientists see 'perfect storm' of scarcity driving migration

Tuesday 13 October 2009

• In Pictures: 'China Dinosaur Fossils'

Monday 12 October 2009

• World will miss 2010 target on biodiversity, experts warn Tuesday

Friday 09 October 2009

• Rocket crashes into moon in search for water available (2nd Roundup)
• Climate talks leave tough political issues for Copenhagen
• Rocket crashes into moon in seach for water (Roundup)
• Rocket crashes into moon (Extra)
• Rocket ready to crash into moon

Thursday 08 October 2009

• Tortoise Lonesome George - new hope for offspring
• Oil exporting countries seek compensation in carbon-cutting world
• Climate-change talks run into 'stark reality' of politics

Wednesday 07 October 2009

• Arctic sea ice at third-lowest mark since 1979
• Kao, Willard and Boyle win Nobel Prize in Physics
• Surprise! Saturn has another ring!

Tuesday 06 October 2009

• Brazilian beef producers agree to protect Amazon rainforest

Monday 05 October 2009

• German scientists create 'steel Velcro'
• German scientists create 'steel Velcro'
• EU sees progress in Bangkok climate talks

Sunday 04 October 2009

• UN approves more money to fight desertification
• Asteroid named after woman who found Anne Frank's diary

Friday 02 October 2009

• Oldest skeleton shines new light on human origins
• Capping climate change doable with 'carbon budget,' WWF says

Thursday 01 October 2009

• EU eyes permanent climate-change council with Brazil
• Early hominid find challenges assumptions about human ancestors

Wednesday 30 September 2009

• Climate-change adaptation to cost 75-90 billion dollars

Tuesday 29 September 2009

• WWF: Saving forests 20 per cent of climate-change challenge
• UN General Assembly debate ends, climate change remains major theme

Monday 28 September 2009

• New polymer coating repels graffiti forever
• Mars did indeed once have seas
• Climate talks kick off with Copenhagen

Sunday 27 September 2009

• Icelandic whale meat exporter expects strong sales

Saturday 26 September 2009

• Palau to introduce first sanctuary for sharks

Friday 25 September 2009

• In Pictures: 'WWF New Species at Risk'
•  New species discovered in Greater Mekong face the heat

Thursday 24 September 2009

• Water widespread on moon, scientists find findings, adds quotes, corrects spelling of Chandrayaan (Roundup)
• Water widespread on moon, scientists find
• In Pictures: 'Britain Anglo-Saxon Treasure Find'
• In Pictures: 'Australia Dust Storm Satellite Imagery'
• EU's emissions targets are 'non-negotiable,' commission says
• EU targets efficient windows and taps in boosted eco-law

Wednesday 23 September 2009

• ANALYSIS: Obama flat, China mixed, Japan wins at UN climate summit
• EU court scraps cap on Polish, Estonian emissions

Tuesday 22 September 2009

• World leaders commit to tackling climate change at UN summit
• Protected bird 'cemetery' found in Malta
• Obama and Hu, first timers at UN with ideas to fix climate change
• Calls for action as UN conference on desertification opens

Saturday 19 September 2009

• US says differences narrowing in global climate talks

Friday 18 September 2009

• Astronomers find first rocky planet outside solar system

Thursday 17 September 2009

• Signs of water more widespread than expected at moon's pole (Roundup)
• Moon's craters could be coldest spot in solar system (Extra)
• Survey: Asians see Obama as man to lead fight on climate change
• Signs of water more widespread than expected on moon's south pole
• Cold War, ethnic strife protected Balkan river biosphere

Tuesday 15 September 2009

• US wants workable rather than ideal climate deal in Copenhagen
• World Bank: Developing countries can't survive climate crisis alone

Saturday 12 September 2009

• Space shuttle Discovery lands in California (Roundup)
• Space shuttle Discovery lands in California

Friday 11 September 2009

• Space shuttle Discovery landing moved to California (2nd Roundup)
• Rich nations urged to help more in fighting climate change
• Space shuttle Discovery landing postponed again (Roundup)
• Space shuttle landing postponed

Thursday 10 September 2009

• NASA tests motor for next generation space craft
• EU presents 100-billion-euro climate change bill
• EU bans traditional Maltese spring hunt of turtle dove and quail
• EU presents 100-billion-euro climate change bill

Wednesday 09 September 2009

• In Pictures: 'Space Hubble Telescope Latest Images'
• NASA unveils first images from revamped Hubble
• NASA unveils first images from revamped Hubble
• EU to quantify help to poorer nations on climate change

Tuesday 08 September 2009

• No moon, Mars without more money for space, panel says options for next space destination, White House reax (Roundup)
• Space shuttle Discovery undocks from ISS (Roundup)
• Space programme can't reach moon, Mars with current money
• Space shuttle Discovery undocks from ISS
• Giant crocodile fossil found in Cuba

Monday 07 September 2009

• PNG boasts rats the size of cats

Sunday 06 September 2009

• Discovery astronauts successfully complete third spacewalk

Saturday 05 September 2009

• Discovery astronauts begin third spacewalk

Friday 04 September 2009

• Orbiting space junk passes International Space Station
• Astronauts install ammonia tank on ISS during spacewalk (Roundup)

Thursday 03 September 2009

• Astronauts to install ammonia tank during spacewalk
• Space junk to pass ISS on Friday
• Countries adopt climate data sharing agreement

Wednesday 02 September 2009

• US official: 'Sea change' in US on climate issues
• Arctic getting hotter than ever, warns World Wide Fund for Nature
• Astronauts complete spacewalk to remove ammonia tank astronauts involved (Roundup)

Tuesday 01 September 2009

• Astronauts begin spacewalk to remove ammonia tank
• Catholic groups call for focus on poor in climate change debate
• UN: Poor need 500 billion-plus a year to adapt to climate change
• Astronauts transfer cargo carrier to ISS

Monday 31 August 2009

• UN pushes programmes for greater understanding of world's oceans
• Feel you are going in circles? You are, say German experts
• Information exchange the goal as World Climate Conference starts
• Discovery docks with International Space Station

Saturday 29 August 2009

• In Pictures: 'Space Shuttle Discovery Launch'
• Discovery blasts off in midnight launch (Roundup)
• Discovery blasts off in midnight launch (1st Lead)
• Discovery blasts off in midnight launch (Urgent)

Friday 28 August 2009

• Discovery set for midnight launch
• PREVIEW: Climate change is here - time to adapt, UN says
• In Pictures: 'Germany Archeology - life-size horse head from a golden Roman statue'

Thursday 27 August 2009

• NASA delays Discovery launch
• NASA eyes early Friday for delayed Discovery launch

Wednesday 26 August 2009

• South Korea loses satellite in first space launch
• Valve problem halts second shuttle launch attempt (2nd Roundup)

Tuesday 25 August 2009

• In Pictures: 'British Steam Car Land Speed Record'
• Second attempt to launch Discovery after weather delay (Roundup)
• In Pictures: 'South Korea Space Rocket Launch'
• South Korean satellite misses its targeted orbit
• NASA delays start of space shuttle Discovery (1st Lead)
• NASA delays start of space shuttle Discovery
• Comedian declares treadmill, shuttle ready for launch

Monday 24 August 2009

• In Pictures: 'Shuttle Discovery on the Launch Pad'
• T-rex was a cowardly bully who picked on runts

Saturday 22 August 2009

• PREVIEW: Discovery to bring experiments, celebrity treadmill to space

Thursday 20 August 2009

• Giant crabs and great white sharks - the wild side of Europe

Wednesday 19 August 2009

• Space shuttle Discovery set for early August 25 launch (Roundup)
• Space shuttle Discovery set for early August 25 launch
• South Korea to launch first space rocket

Monday 17 August 2009

• Ozone gets under your skin, scientists warn
• Flies' eyes hold secrets to robotic flight
• Don't squeeze the fruit - a new sensor tests ripeness

Friday 14 August 2009

• We might not make it at Copenhagen, says UN climate chief

Thursday 13 August 2009

• Study: NASA lacks money to track killer asteroids
• No money for Mars, Obama's space panel says (News Feature)

Wednesday 12 August 2009

• Young women are key to economic and population growth
• World population will excede 9 billion by 2050

Tuesday 11 August 2009

• Whale mother and calf dead after Florida rescue fails
• Polluted San Francisco site to become climate-change centre

Monday 10 August 2009

• UN chief calls for global push to combat climate change
• New antibiotics could 'out-resist' resistant bacteria

Thursday 06 August 2009

• Kepler telescope fit to find other earths
• In Pictures: 'Shuttle Discovery Moved to Launch Pad'

Monday 03 August 2009

• German scientists invent batteries you can print in bulk
• Scotty's transparent aluminium is a reality, say German experts

Friday 31 July 2009

• In Pictures: 'Shuttle Endeavour Lands'
• Endeavour back on Earth after completing Japanese space lab on mission

Monday 27 July 2009

• Dutch invention aims to improve urban air quality

Wednesday 22 July 2009

• In Pictures: 'Solar Eclipse'
• Total solar eclipse wraps Asia in darkness, superstition
• EU to ban inefficient fridges and TVs in global-warming battle

Tuesday 21 July 2009

• "How do you sneeze in space?" Astronauts answer YouTube questions
• Jupiter likely hit by object, NASA says
• Zambezi fish disease threatens livelihood of many Zambians
• Apollo astronauts dream of trip to Mars
• Pachauri: Connect science and policy for progress on climate change

Monday 20 July 2009

• In Pictures: 'Apollo 11 Anniversary NASA'
• Obama praises Apollo 11 crew as "genuine American heroes" (Extra)
• Apollo astronauts dream of trip to Mars
• Ancient tombs with peculiar gold mask discovered in Macedonia
• Moon landing fascinates even 40 years after 'one small step'
• NASA heads back to moon as world remembers Apollo 11
• Moon landing marked height, end of Cold War space race
• Neil Armstrong: Still just a pilot at heart
• Buzz Aldrin: To the moon and beyond
• Moon landing struck pop cultural chord

Sunday 19 July 2009

• Potty problems in space - again!
• In Pictures: 'Space Shuttle Endeavour and International Space Station'
• CHRONOLOGY: US, Soviet Union: from space rivalry to cooperation
• Moon landing myth? Conspiracy theories remain decades later

Saturday 18 July 2009

• Journalists convicted for filming Namibia seal hunt

Friday 17 July 2009

• Record space crowd of 13: Endeavour docks at station (Roundup)
• Endeavour shuttle docks early at space station (1st Lead)
• Endeavour shuttle docks at space station
• Moon landing fascinates even 40 years after "one small step" landing; see advisory (Feature)

Thursday 16 July 2009

• NASA search for first moon tapes comes up short (Roundup)
• NASA search for first moon tapes comes up short
• In Pictures: 'Space Shuttle Endeavour Lifts Off'

Tuesday 14 July 2009

• Foetus' memory starts to function at 30 weeks, scientists find
• Remains of sacrificed woman found in indigenous citadel in Peru

Monday 13 July 2009

• One in six endangered species well protected in Europe, EU says

Saturday 11 July 2009

• Launch of space shuttle Endeavour again delayed (Roundup)
• Launch of space shuttle Endeavour again delayed

Friday 10 July 2009

• ANALYSIS: Can world powers walk the climate walk fast enough?

Thursday 09 July 2009

• World's top polluters agree landmark 2-degree climate goal
• PREVIEW: Endeavour to install porch on International Space Station

Wednesday 08 July 2009

• US cities gear up for climate change

Monday 06 July 2009

• Australia's camels: both bane and boon
• Scientists urge G8 to take 'strong' action on climate change

Sunday 05 July 2009

• South African rhino sale comes under criticism
• 8-million-year-old elephant found in Abu Dhabi

Thursday 02 July 2009

• Namibia seal industry sources: 'The cull will go ahead'
• Report: Habitat destruction endangering wildlife

Wednesday 01 July 2009

• Ariane launch puts US telecom satellite in orbit

Monday 29 June 2009

• Landscapes lost in Outback Australia
• Climate change could lead to 200 million refugees

Saturday 27 June 2009

• Cape Verde, China and others get new World Heritage sites

Friday 26 June 2009

• WTO supports climate protection goals
• Whaling body ends meeting without decisions - EU split

Thursday 25 June 2009

• Study: Fishing industry threatening sharks
• Whaling body postpones controversial decisions on hunting
• Scientists discover new tiny bat species in Comoros

Wednesday 24 June 2009

• Whaling congress may fudge key decisions, environmentalists fear
• US climate bill could be set for House vote this week

Tuesday 23 June 2009

• Water-hunting satellite reaches moon (Roundup)
• Water-hunting satellite reaches moon

Monday 22 June 2009

• Water-hunting satellite to reach moon Tuesday
• Cardboard homes could solve Africa's housing woes
• Bats recognize each others' calls
• UN report shows oceans are choking under pollution
• We humans are not the only ones who giggle - just tickle a chimp

Sunday 21 June 2009

• PREVIEW: Whaling in Japan and Greenland at stake at Madeira congress

Thursday 18 June 2009

• Fuel leak from tourist ship pollutes beach on Galapagos Islands
• UN: Energy efficiency can create jobs, save 900 billion dollars
• NASA starts back to moon with dual mission (Roundup)
• NASA starts back to moon (1st Lead)
• NASA starts back to moon (Urgent)
• NASA counting down to moon probe launch

Wednesday 17 June 2009

• In Pictures: 'New Acropolis Museum in Athens'

Tuesday 16 June 2009

• In Pictures: 'Shuttle Endeavour Prepares for Launch'
• US will suffer serious effects from climate change, study finds
• Peru to revoke Amazon development laws after clashes

Monday 15 June 2009

• NASA sets shuttle Endeavour launch for Wednesday (Roundup)
• China, India most at risk from natural disasters
• German scientists invent sci-fi eyeglasses with in-the-lens data sensors
• German scientists create super-strong 'Spiderman' web strands
• Endeavour could launch Wednesday; conflict with moon launch
• PREVIEW: NASA moon mission to pave way for humans' return

Saturday 13 June 2009

• Obama seeks national policy to protect oceans, coastline
• NASA postpones space shuttle launch due to fuel leak

Friday 12 June 2009

• In Pictures: 'USA Shuttle Endeavour on the Launch Pad'
• In Pictures: 'USA Shuttle Endeavour on the Launch Pad'
• Quality of European beaches on the rise in 2008
• South Korea completes space centre

Wednesday 10 June 2009

• San Francisco introduces compulsory composting law
•  EU teeters between summit rows on climate-change costs
• Climate change turning millions into refugees, UN study shows

Monday 08 June 2009

• German scientists use human speech gene to alter brains of mice
• Early man 'genetically modified' wild horses to make them tame
• Rich nations failing to meet climate targets, UN official says

Friday 05 June 2009

• Elephant-human clashes in Malawi force mass translocation

Thursday 04 June 2009

• UN: Climate change puts security of small islands at risk
• More climate talks planned ahead of Copenhagen summit

Wednesday 03 June 2009

• EU deadlocked over funding climate change fight in developing world

Monday 01 June 2009

• Humpback whales are ocean wanderers

Saturday 30 May 2009

• How green is Obama, really?
• US says Gulf of Mexico holds 'significant' gas resources
• UN climate-change talks in Bonn prepare for post-Kyoto treaty

Friday 29 May 2009

•  EU emissions falling towards Kyoto target, agency says

Thursday 28 May 2009

• Global carbon emissions to jump 40 per cent by 2030 without action

Wednesday 27 May 2009

• Royal heirs of Demark, Norway and Sweden to study Greenland climate
• Iceland begins 2009 whaling season
• (eca009) When monkeys flew: 50 years since forgotten space pioneers (Feature)
• When monkeys flew: 50 years since forgotten space pioneers (Feature)

Monday 25 May 2009

• Ocean census-takers say humans fished earlier than thought

Sunday 24 May 2009

• In Pictures: 'Shuttle Atlantis Landing'
• Space shuttle Atlantis lands after Hubble repairs (Roundup)
• Space shuttle Atlantis lands after Hubble repairs (2nd Lead)
• Shuttle landing now planned for California (1st Lead)
• Ban: Businesses too passive against climate change
• Shuttle landing postponed again

Saturday 23 May 2009

• Former astronaut, African-American, to head NASA
• Atlantis shuttle landing postponed again

Friday 22 May 2009

• Atlantis shuttle landing delayed until Saturday
• NASA moon mission to pave way for humans' return

Thursday 21 May 2009

• Space station crew has first sip of recycled water

Wednesday 20 May 2009

• Astronaut reflects on home fix-it skills from space (Roundup)
• Climate treaty draft proposes first targets for developing nations
• Astronaut reflects on home fix-it skills from space
• European Space Agency introduces six new astronauts
• At cities' meeting, Bill Clinton urges action on climate change
• A revamped Hubble ready to tackle universe's big questions (Feature)

Tuesday 19 May 2009

• In Pictures: 'New Primate Fossil Unveiled'
• Astronauts release Hubble telescope back into orbit

Monday 18 May 2009

• Astronauts finish Hubble repairs, keep space 'scope alive Saturday) (Roundup)
• Astronauts conduct final spacewalk to repair Hubble
• Anthropologists row over the hobbit

Sunday 17 May 2009

• Spacewalk concludes after battle with tricky bolt (Roundup)
• Spacewalk concludes after battle with tricky bolt (Extra)
• Spacewalkers making repairs to Hubble spectrograph
• Astronauts install device on Hubble to target cosmic origins (Roundup)

Saturday 16 May 2009

• Astronauts begin 3rd spacewalk for Hubble upgrades

Friday 15 May 2009

• Spacewalking astronauts repair Hubble gyroscopes (Roundup)
• EU industrial emissions plunge as recession bites
• Astronauts start spacewalk to repair Hubble's gyroscopes (1st Lead)
• Astronauts start spacewalke to repair Hubble's gyroscopes
• Astronauts install new camera on orbiting Hubble (2nd Roundup)

Thursday 14 May 2009

• Astronauts installing new camera on Hubble
• In pictures: 'Launch of Ariane 5 ECA V188 rocket'
• Astronauts to install new camera on Hubble
• Conservation group warns of more birds in danger of extinction

Wednesday 13 May 2009

• Atlantis captures Hubble telescope for repairs (2nd Roundup)
• Atlantis captures Hubble telescope for repairs (Roundup)
• Atlantis to capture Hubble for repairs
• US and Australia 'falling short' on climate goals, Stern says

Tuesday 12 May 2009

• Minor tile damage to Atlantis ahead of Hubble hook-up
• Britain launches pioneering large-scale wind farm project
• Atlantis launches on Hubble telescope repair mission on standby

Monday 11 May 2009

• In photos: 'USA Space Shuttle Atlantis Lifts Off'
• Scandinavian royal heirs to study climate change in Greenland
• Atlantis launches on Hubble telescope repair mission (Roundup)
• Atlantis launches on Hubble telescope repair mission (1st Lead)
• Atlantis launches on Hubble telescope repair mission (Urgent)
• Shuttle Atlantis to launch on Hubble telescope repair mission

Sunday 10 May 2009

• Shuttle Atlantis on last mission to repair Hubble telescope

Friday 08 May 2009

• Whale sharks turn Philippine fishermen into activists
• PREVIEW: Marathon mission to keep Hubble's eye on universe
• NASA gets budget hike as Obama reviews manned space programme

Thursday 07 May 2009

• Austria quits CERN research projects

Wednesday 06 May 2009

• ISS ready for six residents, most international crew ever
• FAO: Abandoned fishing nets damaging marine environment
• Obama administration touts more advanced bio-fuels
• Canada says seal hunt humane, will fight EU ban

Tuesday 05 May 2009

• US to donate to UN climate conference

Monday 04 May 2009

• Hair gone white? You're bio-bleaching your hair, experts say

Friday 01 May 2009

• Last mission to save Hubble telescope to launch May 11

Wednesday 29 April 2009

• Climate envoys slightly more optimistic after top emitters meeting

Tuesday 28 April 2009

• Herschel telescope launch rescheduled for May 14

Monday 27 April 2009

• Clinton calls for broad steps on climate change (Roundup)
• Clinton seeks 'meaningful' steps against climate change
• Nefertiti's 'hidden face' proves Berlin bust is not Hitler's fake
• Obama's Democrats drag feet as US opens international climate talks
• South-East Asia among 'most vulnerable' to climate change
• Two plead guilty after massive ivory haul in Kenya
• Europe seeks to put stop to loss of biodiversity by 2010

Friday 24 April 2009

• Wildlife in Kenya's Masai Mara suffering massive decline
• Study suggests horse domesticated at least 5,000 years ago
• US vows 'meaningful response' to climate change

Thursday 23 April 2009

• Last mission to save Hubble telescope could launch a day early
• US under pressure to specify its climate change plan

Wednesday 22 April 2009

• In photos: 'Earth Day'
• Brussels calls for massive cutbacks to EU fishing fleet
• Experts renew calls for 'green revolution'
• Dirty skies make plants grow, slow down climate change
• Earth Day: Obama and allies in massive push for climate curbs

Monday 20 April 2009

• IAEA urges focus on nuclear 'vulnerabilities'
• In photos: 'India Launches All-weather Spy Satellite'
• The way to a lady's heart is through her stomach - if you're a chimp

Saturday 18 April 2009

• Governments agree to restrict tourism to protect Antarctic

Friday 17 April 2009

• California scientist names lichen after Obama

Thursday 16 April 2009

• PREVIEW: US climate agency to rule that greenhouse gases pose danger

Wednesday 15 April 2009

• EU urges major economies to commit to fighting climate change
• California plans space-based solar electricity program

Tuesday 14 April 2009

• Dubai scientists clone healthy, female camel, says newspaper

Thursday 09 April 2009

• Canada's seal hunters hit by falling prices, demand

Wednesday 08 April 2009

• UN climate change talks bring 'convergence' but no agreement

Monday 06 April 2009

• US seeks restrictions on tourism to Arctic-Antarctic region
• Ants an antidote to Australia's pesky cane toads

Sunday 05 April 2009

• PREVIEW: US hosts Arctic-Antarctic summit as melting speeds up

Friday 03 April 2009

• Arctic summer ice may vanish in 30 years, study finds ahead of summit

Tuesday 31 March 2009

• In photos: 'Space Shuttle Atlantis Rolls Out'

Monday 30 March 2009

• President Obama signs landmark US conservation bill
• Experts recreating Egyptian female pharaoh's own perfume

Sunday 29 March 2009

• Industrialized nations called to lead in UN climate talks
• In photos: 'Shuttle Discovery Lands in Florida'
• In photos: 'Earth Hour Across the World'
• Lights dimmed on the Acropolis for Earth Hour
• US plans climate change talks in Washington
• Shuttle Discovery returns safely to Earth
• Bonn conference to pave the way for new UN climate change agreement

Saturday 28 March 2009

• US space shuttle landing delayed due to bad weather
• Obama team joins global climate talks amid domestic doubts

Friday 27 March 2009

• Alaska volcano spewing ash over Anchorage

Wednesday 25 March 2009

• Twenty years after Exxon Valdez, oil spills still threaten coasts

Monday 23 March 2009

• Mt Redoubt volcano erupts in Alaska
• Kenyan wildlife threatened by forest fires
• Your 'smart' house of the future will take care of you in old age
• Space station rotates to dodge another piece of space junk

Sunday 22 March 2009

• Recession hits dinosaurs - no buyer for ancient skeleton
• Environmental activists critical as World Water Forum ends

Saturday 21 March 2009

• Second maintenance operation begins on space station
• Problems persist two decades after Exxon Valdez oil spill
• Canada's government sets quota for annual seal hunt

Thursday 19 March 2009

• Greece unveils first 'green' island

Wednesday 18 March 2009

• In photos: 'Space Shuttle Discovery Approaches International Space Station'

Tuesday 17 March 2009

• EU sees shift in US climate policy, but expects more
• Evidence of salt water found on Mars, scientists say

Monday 16 March 2009

• In photos: 'Space Shuttle Discovery Launch'
• World Water Forum opens in Istanbul

Thursday 12 March 2009

• Fresh water supply pressured by growing population, social demands

Wednesday 11 March 2009

• Population to reach 7 billion people by 2012
• In photos: 'Space Shuttle Discovery Launch Preparations - March 11'

Tuesday 10 March 2009

• Obama sets stage for pollution limits with new reporting rule
• In photos: 'Space Shuttle Discovery Launch Preparations'
• Turkish science institute bans magazine cover story on Darwin
• Climate researchers discuss rising sea levels

Monday 09 March 2009

• Obama lifts stem-cell funding ban in latest shift on ethics
• Singapore awards Dutch scientist with Water Prize 2009

Saturday 07 March 2009

• Kepler camera launched: Other "earths," where are you? (Roundup)
• Kepler camera launched: Other "earths," where are you? (1st Lead)
• Kepler camera launched: Other "earths," where are you?

Friday 06 March 2009

• After old-fashioned stress-test, Discovery to fly
• Discovery shuttle gets green light for Wednesday launch

Thursday 05 March 2009

• NASA readies search for other Earths with Kepler launch

Wednesday 04 March 2009

• Obama puts hold on Bush-era relaxation of endangered species laws
• Rare apes found in central Vietnam

Tuesday 03 March 2009

• European Parliament set for battle over strict seals ban
• Cardinal: Evolution can't prove that God doesn't exist

Monday 02 March 2009

• Weeds the hardiest plants

Thursday 26 February 2009

• Polar people are 'canary in the mine' of climate change
• NASA replaces suspect valves on space shuttle Discovery (Roundup)

Wednesday 25 February 2009

• NASA replaces suspect valves on space shuttle Discovery
• Submerged ancient Thracian city to see daylight in Bulgaria

Tuesday 24 February 2009

• NASA's carbon dioxide satellite fails at launch (Roundup)
• NASA launches satellite to study carbon dioxide
• NASA to launch satellite to study carbon dioxide

Monday 23 February 2009

• Livelihoods of thousands threatened by overfishing, WWF says

Saturday 21 February 2009

• NASA delays Discovery launch due to safety concerns (Roundup)
• NASA delays Discovery launch, citing "unease" about safety

Friday 20 February 2009

• In photos: 'Inauguration of new German Antarctic research facility'
• New German Antarctica research station can rise on stilts

Thursday 19 February 2009

• Other "earths," where are you? NASA to launch Kepler camera

Wednesday 18 February 2009

• Richard Branson tells German mag he'll test-fly spacecraft this year
• US could regulate coal power plant emissions
• German rocket scientist Konrad Dannenberg dies at 96

Tuesday 17 February 2009

• UN: Climate change may intensify food crisis
• Scientists trace cowshed germs which protect against allergies
• ESA seeks own space junk detectors
• Vietnam to prosecute poachers for killing two rare apes

Monday 16 February 2009

• Greenland, Antarctic ice sheet melting may spur rise in sea level
• Identical species poles apart
• Robot ranchers will ride herd on wind farms in future, experts say

Sunday 15 February 2009

• Launch of Discovery shuttle put off to February 27 at earliest
• Identical species survive at poles by riding currents

Saturday 14 February 2009

• Algae growth in ocean fertilizing test surprises scientists

Friday 13 February 2009

• Ariane rocket launches four satellites
• Greece's new Acropolis museum to open doors in June
• Oldest known swan found dead in Denmark

Thursday 12 February 2009

• Half a gram of Neanderthal bone was enough to discover genome
• In photos: 'British Stamps celebrate 200 years since Darwin's birth'
• Germans reject claim that Nefertiti was smuggled out of Egypt

Wednesday 11 February 2009

• Report: Egyptians tricked into allowing Nefertiti bust to leave

Tuesday 10 February 2009

• Ban calls for climate change summit in September
• CERN pushes back particle accelerator restart date

Monday 09 February 2009

• Alpine ice man was bludgeoned and then shot, German experts say

Thursday 05 February 2009

• Energy secretary: California farms may vanish as temperatures rise
• UN chief calls for decisive action on climate crisis
• Brussels wants EU governments to protect their sharks

Wednesday 04 February 2009

• NASA reviews technology on space shuttle after launch postponed

Thursday 29 January 2009

• Vatican shelves plans for Galileo statue

Wednesday 28 January 2009

• Florida couple gets 155,000-dollar cloned dog
• Scientists strew iron in ocean in vast anti-warming experiment
• Doctors prove that the Iceman was shot to death in the Alps
• Seal-hunt opponents target Hong Kong-China fur trade
• 'Desperate Housewife' Nicollette Sheridan to grace Vienna Opera Ball
• Brussels calls for global emissions market, more climate aid
• How Europe wants to replace Kyoto

Tuesday 27 January 2009

• ANALYSIS: Obama embarks down long road to climate change action

Monday 26 January 2009

• Germany gives green light to dropping iron in ocean

Sunday 25 January 2009

• German expert discounts risk from old Soviet satellite

Saturday 24 January 2009

• Berlin mulls ban on dropping iron in ocean
• Germans take delivery of high-altitude research jet

Friday 23 January 2009

• Forest death rate doubles on US West Coast, researchers find

Tuesday 20 January 2009

• Archaeologists discover 5th century mosaics in Croatian town

Monday 19 January 2009

• Get some 'watch bees' to protect your garden from caterpillars

Thursday 15 January 2009

• Researchers find methane on Mars - possible sign of life? (Roundup)
• Researchers find methane on Mars - possible sign of life?

Monday 12 January 2009

• Plastic was yesterday, liquid wood is the plastic of tomorrow
• Dolphins: The latest creatures found using tools

Wednesday 07 January 2009

• US President Bush protects three areas in Pacific Ocean

Saturday 03 January 2009

• Mars rovers exceed all expectations to mark fifth birthdays

Tuesday 30 December 2008

• Columbia shuttle crew died within seconds, NASA report says

Saturday 27 December 2008

• Geologists launch three-year earthquake study in Hong Kong

Monday 22 December 2008

• Nanofibres make clothes that cannot get wet
• 'New' Roman battlefield in Germany may mean a rewrite of history

Sunday 21 December 2008

• Germany rediscovers its Roman roots

Saturday 20 December 2008

• Report: Severe storms increasing with global warming

Thursday 18 December 2008

• Fossils of unknown giant flesh-eating dinosaur found in Argentina

Wednesday 17 December 2008

• YEARENDER: Pythons marry, dog saves boy: Animal life 2008

Tuesday 16 December 2008

• US scientists measure dark energy, show Einstein was right
• Planet still getting hotter, more extreme says UN's weather agency

Monday 15 December 2008

• New proof of giant black hole at galaxy's centre, German experts say

Friday 12 December 2008

• Gore fires up struggling UN climate talks
• UN climate talks struggle for progress on last day

Thursday 11 December 2008

• In photos: 'Belgrade Zoo White Lion Cub'
• China, poor nations press for climate progress
• US will join only 'global' climate deal, Kerry says

Wednesday 10 December 2008

• In photos: 'Space shuttle Endeavour departs on ferry flight'
• Hubble detects carbon dioxide in atmosphere of other planet

Tuesday 09 December 2008

• Sarkozy not willing to compromise on EU climate package

Saturday 06 December 2008

• US climate groups say global deal must be completed by 2009

Friday 05 December 2008

• CERN to restart particle accelerator in the summer of 2009
• BACKGROUND: The EU's climate-change proposals - the sticking points
• EU climate-change fight goes into last round
• NASA delays next Mars rover mission

Thursday 04 December 2008

• Polar regions key to understanding climate change, scientists say
• ANALYSIS: Obama could unlock impasse on global warming

Wednesday 03 December 2008

• Scientist behind Vietnam rice miracle bags award

Tuesday 02 December 2008

• Iceland commission says polar bears to be shot

Monday 01 December 2008

• Tag team show whale rescues worth the effort
• UN climate talks open in shadow of economic crisis

Sunday 30 November 2008

• Endeavour astronauts land in California
• Shuttle landing further delayed, shifted to California (Extra)
• UN global warming talks weighed down by financial crisis
• Shuttle Endeavour landing delayed due to bad weather (Extra)

Saturday 29 November 2008

• Endeavour astronauts prepare for Sunday landing
• Stephen Hawking to teach in Canada

Friday 28 November 2008

• Endeavour leaves space station; due back on Earth Sunday

Wednesday 26 November 2008

• Dutch to develop new European climate satellite
• INTERVIEW: Danish minister: EU must lead on climate change
• Los Angeles bids to become first solar city
• PREVIEW: UN climate talks caught between economic crisis, Obama hopes
• Obama offers quick reversal of Bush's global warming policy
• Poorer nations bear brunt of climate change

Tuesday 25 November 2008

• Space association calls for UN strategy against asteroids
• Ugandan refugees return home to elephantine surprise
• UN: 'Carbon sink' Africa counters greenhouse gases' impact
• Environmentalists slam agreement on bluefin tuna
• Endeavour astronauts complete final spacewalk (2nd Roundup)

Monday 24 November 2008

• Endeavour astronauts on final spacewalk (Roundup)
• Endeavour astronauts begin last spacewalk
• Astronauts continue work on urine recycler

Sunday 23 November 2008

• In photos: 'Yemen Archeology - Temple of Moon God'
• Third spacewalk to work on solar panel joint begins (Roundup)

Saturday 22 November 2008

• Third spacewalk to work on solar panel joint begins
• Glitch with urine recycler could cause Endeavour mission extension

Friday 21 November 2008

• Latvian sand could help protect Arctic ice, experts say

Thursday 20 November 2008

• Endeavour crew completes second spacewalk (Roundup)
• Endeavour crew begins second spacewalk
• EU should lead global efforts to protect the North Pole
• Thousands join protest to save Mediterranean bluefin tuna

Wednesday 19 November 2008

• Endeavour astronauts complete first spacewalk (Roundup)

Tuesday 18 November 2008

• Endeavour astronauts begin first spacewalk

Monday 17 November 2008

• In photos: ' Space Shuttle Endeavour'
• Massive African operation traps scores of illegal ivory dealers
• Industrial nations releasing more greenhouses gases
• Mediterranean tuna stocks on verge of collapse, campaigners warn

Sunday 16 November 2008

• Endeavour docks with International Space Station (Roundup)
• Endeavour docks with International Space Station (Extra)
• Endeavour prepares for rendezvous with International Space Station

Saturday 15 November 2008

• Space shuttle Endeavour closes in on International Space Station
• Space shuttle Endeavour blasts off (2nd Lead)
• Space shuttle Endeavour blasts off (1st Lead)

Friday 14 November 2008

• Space shuttle Endeavour blasts off (Urgent)
• In photos: 'Hubble takes first shots of a planet orbiting another star'
• Hubble captures first image of planet circling another star

Thursday 13 November 2008

• Astronomers take first-ever photos of a distant solar system
• 'Brown clouds' of pollutants darken Asian cities, UN says

Wednesday 12 November 2008

• Supreme Court backs Navy in sonar training dispute
• PREVIEW: Astronauts prepare to expand home in space

Tuesday 11 November 2008

• Greenpeace: First sustainable palm oil shipment not sustainable
• Genetically modified maize lowers fertility in mice, study finds

Monday 10 November 2008

• Phoenix Mars lander officially dead; mission found ice on Mars
• Thirty species of sharks and rays threatened with extinction

Thursday 06 November 2008

• South Africa controversial ivory sale nets $6.7 million

Thursday 30 October 2008

• NASA slowly disabling Phoenix Mars lander

Wednesday 29 October 2008

• Messenger flyby reveals 30 per cent of Mercury never seen before
• 2004 tsunami had a precedent 600-700 years ago: Nature Magazine

Monday 27 October 2008

• Sea levels to rise a metre this century, German experts warn

Wednesday 22 October 2008

• India launches first mission to the moon (Roundup)

Sunday 19 October 2008

• NASA launches Ibex spacecraft to study weakening solar wind

Saturday 18 October 2008

• US declares Alaskan beluga whale populate endangered

Friday 17 October 2008

• Arctic gets 'red' report card for record melting of ice

Monday 13 October 2008

• Son of astronaut becomes astronaut himself
• Life or machine tested in 18th Loebner Prize
• Elephants now texting rangers
• What warming? Climate change slips among global priorities
• Australian trees still getting the chop

Friday 10 October 2008

• Germany and Poland still at odds on climate targets
• World Food Day stresses climate change, bio-energy's impact on poor

Thursday 09 October 2008

• Archaeologists find bones from prehistoric war in Germany
• One-metre sea-level rise this century, scientists say

Wednesday 08 October 2008

• Three win Nobel Prize for Chemistry
• First tap-proof communication network using quantum physics tested
• Global association: Birds, amphibians susceptible to climate change

Tuesday 07 October 2008

• Messenger sends pictures from Mercury flyby
• Physics Nobel Prize awards hidden symmetry research

Monday 06 October 2008

• Messenger craft flies within 200 kilometres of Mercury
• German, French scientists win Nobel for virus discoveries
• Mammal numbers in spiraling decline

Friday 03 October 2008

• Ig Nobel Prizes honour slime, Coke and jumping flea research
• Paper and pencil, not computer, boosts creativity

Thursday 02 October 2008

• Arctic sea ice at second lowest level, data shows

Wednesday 01 October 2008

• NASA to attempt recording of Mars sounds

Tuesday 30 September 2008

• Snow falling in Martian atmosphere (Roundup)
• Repair of popular Hubble space telescope delayed
• Brazilian minister accuses own government of rise in deforestation

Monday 29 September 2008

• Snow spotted in Martian clouds, NASA says
• Europe urged to improve exchange of information over climate change
• In photos: 'Spacecraft Shenzhou-7 Returns'

Saturday 27 September 2008

• PREVIEW: Awful mood for NASA jubilee: Is China headed for the moon?
• Rich nations pledge 6 billion dollars to fight climate change

Thursday 25 September 2008

•  European Parliament backs car CO2 laws in dramatic U-turn
• In photos: 'California Academy of Sciences'

Wednesday 24 September 2008

• Spacewalk to mark giant step for China

Tuesday 23 September 2008

• New museum reveals wonders of science, secrets of planet
• Solar wind at 50-year low, scientists say

Monday 22 September 2008

• Sniffing out graffiti vandals
• Scientists carry out international tsunami research in Germany
• Scientists study gold-laden 16th-century shipwreck in Namibia

Saturday 20 September 2008

• In photos: 'USA Space Shuttle Endeavour and Atlantis'
• Large Hadron Collider switched off for two months

Thursday 18 September 2008

• World's rarest otter spotted in Vietnam

Wednesday 17 September 2008

• Archaeologists find Viking era shield
• Turkey bans biologist Richard Dawkins' website

Tuesday 16 September 2008

• Central African species facing extinction due to bush meat hunting
• Vatican official: Catholic Church doesn't owe Darwin an apology

Monday 15 September 2008

• Cost over-runs hit nuclear fusion project
• Japan's whalers publish research
• Cattle have magnetic sense of direction, Google Earth proves

Friday 12 September 2008

• Ban rides 'Solartaxi' to highlight alternative energy
• Philippines, Australia sign on to tsunami alert system

Thursday 11 September 2008

• Archaeologists find treasure at birthplace of Alexander the Great
• Danube becomes cleaner, but sewage remains a problem

Wednesday 10 September 2008

• In photos: 'Switzerland CERN LHC Fires Up'
• Scientists hail successful switch-on of CERN collider

Monday 08 September 2008

• Birds recognise themselves in the mirror

Friday 05 September 2008

• Germany studying gas hydrates as ocean-floor energy source

Thursday 04 September 2008

• NASA moves space shuttle Atlantis to launch pad
• In photos: 'UAE Burj Dubai Tower - Tallest Man-made Structure'
• In photos: 'USA Shuttle Atlantis Launch Preparations'
• Singapore, China to build model sustainable city
• Study says strength of hurricanes and typhoons has increased

Wednesday 03 September 2008

• Huge sheet of Canadian ice shelf breaks off, scientists say
• Netherlands urged to invest billions to tackle climate change
• Marine scientists warn higher temperatures to hit Mediterranean

Tuesday 02 September 2008

• Storms delay space shuttle Atlantis' move to launch pad

Saturday 30 August 2008

• In photos: 'Tracking Hurricane Gustav from the Air'

Thursday 28 August 2008

• Oil spill kills 2,000 penguins in southern Brazil
• Computer virus in space - even NASA's astronauts get hit

Wednesday 27 August 2008

• In photos: 'Turkey Archeology - Marcus Aurelius'
• WWF: UN climate change talks in Ghana show some progress

Monday 25 August 2008

• More evidence in megafauna murder mystery
• Wolves spreading westward across Europe

Saturday 23 August 2008

• Phoenix examines new soil sample

Thursday 21 August 2008

• New round of climate change talks gets underway in Ghana

Monday 18 August 2008

• New minor planet found in solar system, scientists say
• Even old brains learn new tricks, German scientists say
• Pastoralists need help to cope with climate change, charity says

Sunday 17 August 2008

• In photos: 'Lunar Eclipse'

Saturday 16 August 2008

• California plans world's largest solar energy plant

Friday 15 August 2008

• Ariane 5 launches Japanese and US satellites

Thursday 14 August 2008

• Poaching and deforestation threaten Ugandan chimps

Wednesday 13 August 2008

• US Navy agrees to limit sonar use
• Conergy to expand Asia's largest solar plant
• Decline of Antarctic blue whale led to paradoxical fall in krill

Wednesday 06 August 2008

• Bulgarian archaeologists unearth Thracian carriage

Tuesday 05 August 2008

• Dogs made to order? Korean firm produces cloned canines for sale
• Mars finding dims chance of life
• Monkeys, apes, being eaten into extinction, says study

Monday 04 August 2008

• EU calls for public comments on future climate strategy
• Orchids get a buzz out of wasps
• We all started out as diamonds in the rough, German scientists say
• 'That thing is a 'person'' - improving your relationship with objects

Saturday 02 August 2008

• In photos: 'Solar Eclipse Around the World'

Friday 01 August 2008

• Shamed Korean cloning hero barred from human stem-cell work

Thursday 31 July 2008

• Phoenix instruments confirm water on Mars, mission extended (Roundup)
• NASA to extend Phoenix's Mars mission through September
• Fierce jellyfish spread in Baltic Sea
• 'Cool UN' initiative heats up to fight climate change

Wednesday 30 July 2008

• Big birds breeding out of control in Germany

Tuesday 29 July 2008

• Excitement at humpback whale visit to Baltic Sea

Monday 28 July 2008

• Richard Branson reveals mothership for space tourists
• Mutation believed to be cause of white horses
• A placebo can be performance-enhancing

Friday 25 July 2008

• Mild winters and large bird flocks pose threat to crops

Thursday 24 July 2008

• US states, Canadian provinces to start emissions trading in 2012

Wednesday 23 July 2008

• ANALYSIS: Space dreams dip low as NASA marks 50 years available

Tuesday 22 July 2008

• Galapagos tortoise Lonesome George - first time father at 80?

Monday 21 July 2008

• DNA fingerprinting proves villagers are descendants of caveman
• German archaeologists locate site of hippodrome at ancient Olympia
• Science catching up with a pestilent moth
• Need home help? Care-O-Bot 3 is at your service, scientists say
• World's oldest bible online: 4th century manuscript

Sunday 20 July 2008

• Climate worries about wetlands drive Brazil meeting

Saturday 19 July 2008

• Light rays used to judge health of plants

Thursday 17 July 2008

• Amateur finds 700,000-year-old Java Man in German quarry

Wednesday 16 July 2008

• German Archaeological Institute unveils Jordanian artefacts

Monday 14 July 2008

• Vietnam's coastline may change, German scientists warn

Saturday 12 July 2008

• 'Best Friends Again' dog cloning auction nets over 600,000 dollars

Thursday 10 July 2008

• Commercial ship emissions could endanger Arctic, says new study
• Europe Parliament approves military use of Galileo satellite
• Whale watchers disrupt whaling ship off Iceland

Wednesday 09 July 2008

• Argentinian glacier Perito Moreno has rare winter calf

Tuesday 08 July 2008

• Czech Republic first from Soviet bloc to join Europe's space agency
• German scientists forecast loss of Vietnam coastline
• NASA schedules final shuttle launches through 2010

Monday 07 July 2008

• Argentine glacier Perito Moreno about to break

Sunday 06 July 2008

• Teenager discovers new breed of tropical flower

Friday 04 July 2008

• Ancient Greek ship 'Argo' sets sail once again

Thursday 03 July 2008

• Volcanoes, shrinkage have shaped Mercury's surface, NASA says
• Wildlife groups call for Asian effort to save pangolins

Wednesday 02 July 2008

• In photos: 'Greece Recreation of Ancient Ship'
• Alarming fall in the number of Nepal's endangered tigers
• Kenyan environmentalists blast biofuel plans in coastal wetlands

Tuesday 01 July 2008

• EU launches procurement for remaining Galileo satellites
• Joint US-European solar mission ends

Monday 30 June 2008

• After grazing on Saturn's rings, Cassini moves in on moons

Sunday 29 June 2008

• Dragonflies may provide alert system for water pollution

Saturday 28 June 2008

• US scientist: North Pole could melt by September
• Report: Fly research could help hone military spy-ware

Friday 27 June 2008

• 'Atlantic Alps' made into protected area

Thursday 26 June 2008

• Minerals needed for life found on Mars, NASA says
• German scientists plan satellite to hunt space rocks
• California proposes major emissions plan
• Latin America campaigns to prevent whale hunting in southern seas
• Spain to push for 'human rights' for apes

Wednesday 25 June 2008

• Japan can continue to hunt 1,000 whales per year
• Expo of greatest Babylon treasures opens in Berlin
• More tsunami warning centres to get nuclear test monitoring data
• Huge deal with US sugar giant could help Everglades

Tuesday 24 June 2008

• European Patent Office hears dispute on human stem cells
• Taiwan, US, Japan, SKorea to study typhoon formation
• Can the G8 act as one on climate change?

Monday 23 June 2008

• New super-explosives pack a wallop without polluting the environment

Saturday 21 June 2008

• White stuff on Mars is ice, scientists say

Friday 20 June 2008

• Ancient mummy opened: Scythian cavalier had bone disease

Thursday 19 June 2008

• Fishing ban finally gives Ohrid trout a lease on life

Wednesday 18 June 2008

• Brussels: EU 'well on track' to Kyoto goals, but problems remain

Tuesday 17 June 2008

• Polar bear shot after trip from Greenland to Iceland (Roundup)
• Ancient Egyptian official building uncovered in south
• Polar bear makes ice floe trip from Greenland to Iceland

Monday 16 June 2008

• In photos: 'USA Shuttle Launch Pad Damage'
• Astronomers find planetary system with three super-earths
• German scientists invent wireless bionic eyeball to cure blindness
• NASA to let media inspect damage to launch pad at Kennedy

Sunday 15 June 2008

• G8 science ministers want stronger cooperation on climate change

Saturday 14 June 2008

• Discovery shuttle lands back on Earth after lab mission

Friday 13 June 2008

• Discovery shuttle cleared for landing despite loss of part

Thursday 12 June 2008

• Israeli scientists revive extinct native date palm

Wednesday 11 June 2008

• Climate group calls on rapidly developing world to tackle emissions
• Phoenix to cook Martian dirt after filling "oven," NASA says
• In photos: 'Space Shuttle Discovery Heads Home'
• In photos: 'USA Glast Launch'
• US scientist wins Finnish award for drug delivery systems
• Space telescope launched to spy on black-holes
• Space shuttle Discovery heads home after 14-day mission

Tuesday 10 June 2008

• Discovery set for return to Earth
• In photos: 'Jordan Archeology - 'oldest' Christian church in the world'
• Wolves breeding successfully in Germany, conservationists say
• Indiana Jones helps link tiger threat to global poverty
• Astronauts brief Earth from International Space Station

Monday 09 June 2008

• Some 100 dead oil-stained penguins wash up on Uruguayan coast
• Nighttime serenading enables lemurs to find mates in the dark
• Jungle sloths not as slothful as city sloths, German researchers say
• Archaeologists in Jordan unearth 'first church in world'

Sunday 08 June 2008

• Discovery astronauts in 3rd spacewalk for ISS work

Saturday 07 June 2008

• First ever climate change bill melts away in US Senate

Friday 06 June 2008

• Discovery astronauts conduct second spacewalk

Thursday 05 June 2008

• Toilet fixed and Japanese lab opened on space station

Wednesday 04 June 2008

• Inventors of new materials win 'Spanish Nobel'
• Discovery astronauts install Japanese module

Tuesday 03 June 2008

• Discovery astronauts commence spacewalk
• Rat bones show first New Zealanders settled 700 years ago

Monday 02 June 2008

• In photos: 'Space shuttle Discovery docks'
• Discovery arrives at space station, toilet pump and all
• Scientists to discuss sex, love with robots
• Super oil absorber developed to sop up spills

Saturday 31 May 2008

• In Pictures: 'USA Shuttle Discovery Launch'
• Shuttle Discovery rocketing to space station with lab, toilet fix
• Good weather expected as Japan's Kibo heads to space

Friday 30 May 2008

• First photos shown of isolated indigenous people in Amazonia
• Loud music, high-heels damaging ancient sites in Greece
• Mixed results seen at UN biodiversity conference
• UN biodiversity process moving like a snail, but moving
• UN biodiversity conference to agree on sharing nature's resources

Thursday 29 May 2008

• Mars rover unleashes robotic arm
• In photos: 'USA Shuttle Discovery Launch Preparations'
• UN conference to agree on sharing biodiversity benefits
• China's panda bears traumatized by recent earthquake
• Plaice in history: Australians detect world's oldest pregnancy

Wednesday 28 May 2008

• Talking again with Mars: Phoenix reached through radio detour
• Archaeologists unearth remains of fortified city in northern Sinai
• Norwegian prizes for astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience
• UN ecology experts look to new technologies provided by nature
• Merkel urges 'trailblazing decisions' to save biodiversity
• Mars probe hits radio glitch in search for life

Tuesday 27 May 2008

• Milky Way only half as big as thought, scientists say
• Mars probe begins tundra exploration (Roundup)

Monday 26 May 2008

• In photos: 'Phoenix Mars Lander'
• NASA's Phoenix Mars probe on track
• Do like the birdies do - birds instinctively pick healthiest fruit
• Warming could bring on attack of the killer cornflake
• Researchers: Climate change could create northern English red wine
• Mars probe makes scheduled landing on red planet
• NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander in final approach

Sunday 25 May 2008

• Mars probe lands successfully (Urgent)
• At half-time, some progress at bio-diversity talks

Saturday 24 May 2008

• G-8 in Japan open talks on halving greenhouse gas by 2050

Friday 23 May 2008

• Unique Dutch settlement discovered from Bronze Age

Thursday 22 May 2008

• Overfishing leading to extinction of many shark and ray species
• California company offers dog cloning auction

Wednesday 21 May 2008

• Dire outcome for forests as monkeys fall to hunter's bullet
• Australians face off over kangaroo cull
• NASA tension high before weekend Mars landing

Tuesday 20 May 2008

• King hands mathematics prize to French and US mathematicians
• Japan's Kibo headed to space; NASA confident in Soyuz
• Breakthrough film developed by Singapore researchers
• Iceland sets commercial whaling quota
• Monkeys under threat, scientists warn UN biodiversity conference

Monday 19 May 2008

• Japan's Kibo headed to space station; NASA confident in Soyuz
• Hybrid embryo - Progress or Frankenstein science?    
• Act now on biodiversity, German host tells conference
• Fish stay slim to stay alive
• UN conference to discuss ways to stop destruction of nature

Sunday 18 May 2008

• Biopirates hijack traditional knowledge about nature

Saturday 17 May 2008

• Pesticide blamed for German bee deaths: apiarists seek payout
• Brazil's forest loss now linked to world food prices

Friday 16 May 2008

• No precursors to Sichuan quake, top seismologist says
• Greenpeace protests biofuels at Machu Picchu citadel

Thursday 15 May 2008

• Sheep's bottoms part Australia's wool growers
• Baltic Sea sharks under threat
• US says polar bear is threatened, but plans no protection

Wednesday 14 May 2008

• Scientists discover Milky Way's most recent exploding star
• Divers find ancient bust of Julius Caesar in French river
• Bee population collapse: multiple causes, says German expert

Tuesday 13 May 2008

• UN tree planting plan gets big response, aims for 7 billion trees
• Spacecraft set for touch down on Mars
• Polar bear protection headed to deep freeze
• Expert calms German alarm over Italy-based insects
• PREVIEW: UN conference aims to brake biodiversity loss
• Vietnam seizes a ton of monitor lizards

Friday 09 May 2008

• Missing link found in German rock - fossil record fixed

Thursday 08 May 2008

• California gives 271 million dollar in stem-cell grants

Wednesday 07 May 2008

• Alarm system protects Boston whales from shipping accidents
• Archaeologists find Queen of Sheba's palace at Axum, Ethiopia

Tuesday 06 May 2008

• Fabled absinthe all a hoax, German scientists say

Monday 05 May 2008

• US probes sea lion killings on west coast
• Tiny 3-D cameras can go where other cameras reach end of tether

Friday 02 May 2008

• Spiders found to court females with ultraviolet rays
• Shipwreck laden with treasures found off Namibian coast

Wednesday 30 April 2008

• German scientists discover secret of saline-tolerant wheat
• Albert Hofmann, discoverer of the psychedelic drug LSD, dies at 102

Monday 28 April 2008

• Highly toxic pesticide kills hippos, paralyses lions in Kenya
• Robots teaching girls to like science and technology
• Non-flammable phone battery eliminates over-charge hazard
• New Zealand scientists defrosting giant squid
• India launches rocket into space with 10 satellites
• Boy, 9, and grandfather find medieval silver treasure in Sweden

Sunday 27 April 2008

• Second satellite launched for Galileo navigation system

Thursday 24 April 2008

• In photos: 'Britain Cutty Sark Conservation'
• Emperor Nero's gate discovered in Cologne
• Longest New Zealand glacier shrinking 500 metres a year

Wednesday 23 April 2008

• World could lose antibiotics with disappearing amphibians

Tuesday 22 April 2008

• In photos: 'Germany Hanover Trade Fair'
• Environmental groups slam Greece for suspension from Kyoto Protocol
• Scientists discover first-ever oil paintings in Afghanistan

Saturday 19 April 2008

• In photos: 'French Guiana Ariane 5 Carrier Rocket Launches'
• Ariane rocket launches with Vietnamese, Brazilian satellites
• ISS crew safe after hard off-target landing in Kazakhstan

Thursday 17 April 2008

• Researchers: UN panel should be created to safeguard ecosystems
• Support for global anti-whaling campaign extends to Ireland
• Scientists confirm sighting of rare Vietnam turtle

Wednesday 16 April 2008

• Bush sets goal to halt emissions by 2025 (Roundup)
• Scientists: No spot in the Mediterranean safe from tsunamis
• Swedish researchers discover world's oldest living tree
• Bush warms to climate change action
• Don't buy a house too close to the beach, experts warn

Tuesday 15 April 2008

• World's mountains will not remain water towers forever
• Major California quake said certain by 2037

Monday 14 April 2008

• OBITUARY: Wheeler, who gave 'black holes' their name, dead at 96
• Firefighting beetle robots may help humans fight forest fires
• Hitchcock was right: Birds cooperate in task-solving, experts claim

Saturday 12 April 2008

• In photos: 'Germany Rhine Space Shuttle Buran'
• Russian space shuttle inches towards new German home
• Russia plans to end space tourism from 2010

Friday 11 April 2008

• Commercial salmon fishing banned off western US
• 10 Japanese cities to be made ecological model cities
• Germany allows researchers to use newer stem cells

Thursday 10 April 2008

• Soyuz craft carrying South Korea's first astronaut docks at ISS
• UN climate change body to prepare new assessment report
• Cuckoos arrive too late to smuggle their eggs into host nests
• Archaeologists speed up pace of Parthenon restoration
• Scientists discover lungless frog that breathes through skin
• Cambodians urged to stop eating frogs to save rice crop

Wednesday 09 April 2008

• Thousands of swallows die in South Africa on eve of migration
• Nobel Peace Prize-winning climate change body meets in Budapest

Tuesday 08 April 2008

• In photos: 'Russian Space Shuttle Buran Transported'
• In photos: 'Soyuz rocket launch at Baikonur'
• Soyuz spacecraft launches for Space Station

Monday 07 April 2008

• Russian space shuttle glides up the Rhine
• Artificial human sperm could make men redundant, German experts say
• Malaysian wildlife officials save wok-bound monitor lizards

Sunday 06 April 2008

• In photos: 'Switzerland CERN Open Day'

Saturday 05 April 2008

• Big Bang experiment invites public in

Friday 04 April 2008

• Environmental organizations want EU to stop biofuel targets
• Bangkok climate talks set programme for Bali Action plan
• Bangkok climate change talks bog down on work schedule

Thursday 03 April 2008

• In photos: 'Spain Plane Powered by Hydrogen Battery'
• In photos: 'Jules Verne ATV'
• New European 'space truck' arrives at space station
• Ancient Minoan civilisation built by Anatolians, study finds

Wednesday 02 April 2008

• Axe buildings to cool overheated European cities, expert says
• In photos: 'Netherlands Russian spaceshuttle Buran'
• Human-animal hybrid embryo breakthrough in Britain stirs debate
• Bangkok climate change talks to produce more talks

Tuesday 01 April 2008

• Next shuttle launch Discovery delayed to May 31
• Bangkok climate change talks get off to good start, UN claims
• British archeologists in new attempt to unravel Stonehenge secret
• World's largest tidal turbine to be installed in Northern Ireland

Monday 31 March 2008

• Al Gore launches massive ad campaign on climate crisis
• In photos: 'Britain Temple Knights'
• In photos: 'India Leopard Cubs'
• Wily red foxes coming back from extinction in Europe
• Complex climate change talks convene in Bangkok

Sunday 30 March 2008

• In photos: 'Canada Seal Hunt'
• World's biggest collection of dead butterflies moves home
• Australia basks in Earth Hour's afterglow

Saturday 29 March 2008

• In photos: 'Asia-Pacific Earth Hour'

Friday 28 March 2008

• EU allows imports of genetically-modified maize
• Scientists warn Greece's climate could match Egypt's in 60 years
• Spanish discovery sheds light on early humans in Europe

Thursday 27 March 2008

• Endeavour shuttle roars back to Earth (Roundup)
• French and US mathematicians share Abel Prize for mathematics
• In photos: 'Shuttle Endeavour Landing'
• Endeavour Shuttle returns safely to Earth

Wednesday 26 March 2008

• Spaniards discover remains of oldest Western European hominid
• EU considers action on 'inhumane' Canadian seal killings
• Scientists blame global warming for Antarctica ice shelf collapse

Tuesday 25 March 2008

• Space shuttle Endeavour undocks from International Space Station

Sunday 23 March 2008

• In photos: 'USA Hawai Volcanic Activity'
• Endeavour's final spacewalk ends: next stop, Earth

Friday 21 March 2008

• Shuttle astronauts complete fourth spacewalk of Endeavour mission
• Astronauts begin fourth spacewalk of Endeavour mission

Thursday 20 March 2008

• Undergound ocean may exist on Saturn moon, NASA says

Wednesday 19 March 2008

• Hubble discovers methane-gas supply on exo-planet
• South Korea's first woman astronaut approved for flight

Tuesday 18 March 2008

• NASA: Long-term sea ice shrinks in Arctic
• German archeologists unearth ancient temple in Yemen
• In photos: 'Space Shuttle Endeavour & ISS March 17'
• Astronauts begin third spacewalk ahead of time

Monday 17 March 2008

• Japan, Peru join hands in fight against climate change
• Birds take 'power naps' to keep their senses alert all day

Sunday 16 March 2008

• Climate-change meeting ends without agreement on emissions
• Shuttle astronauts complete second spacewalk work

Saturday 15 March 2008

• 'Collective action' needed to fight against climate change
• Dextre robot 'lives' as its power is restored in ISS
• Major greenhouse gas emitters discussing post-Kyoto protocol
• Canberra kangaroo cull draws human shields

Friday 14 March 2008

• Market demand to determine Icelandic commercial whaling quota
• In photos: 'Indonesia Orangutans Born'
• Installation of Japan's Kibo completed
• Major greenhouse gas emitters to discuss post-Kyoto protocol

Thursday 13 March 2008

• In photos: 'Shuttle Endeavour Docks'
• Shuttle Endeavour makes picture-perfect docking at space station
• Skull find reveals ancient surgery nearly 1,800 years ago in Greece

Wednesday 12 March 2008

• Dolphin saves two stranded whales, guides them out to sea
• Shuttle crew complete inspection of Endeavour's heat shield

Tuesday 11 March 2008

• In photos: 'Space shuttle Endeavour lifts off'
• Endeavour heads for International Space Station
• Going green to the grave in Australia

Monday 10 March 2008

• In photos: 'Shuttle Endeavour Launch Preparations'
• In photos: 'Italy Archaeology - House of Augustus on the Palatine Hill'
• WWF says lack of ice causing mass death of Baltic seal pups
• Glaciers atop Great Lakes mountains shrinking rapidly
• Endeavour heads to space station with Japanese, Canadian additions
• First South Korean in space to be woman after late personnel change

Sunday 09 March 2008

• In photos: 'French Guiana Ariane Launch'
• New European 'space truck' launched into orbit

Saturday 08 March 2008

• Japan paid Solomons for whaling support

Friday 07 March 2008

• Cassini spacecraft finds evidence of rings around Saturn moon
• Anti-whaling protesters claim they were shot at

Thursday 06 March 2008

• New 'space truck' hailed as precursor to Mars mission
• Netherlands' 'ugliest' city home to huge solar power venture
• Grand Canyon flushed with millions of litres of water
• Australia's fish whisperer dupes tuna into duplicating

Wednesday 05 March 2008

• Seeking cleaner future, world turns to renewable energy
• OECD report calls for early action on climate change

Tuesday 04 March 2008

• US biologist Gretchen Daily wins Norwegian environment prize
• Mexico City sinking by the day

Monday 03 March 2008

• Solar-powered treatment plants promise water for world's poorest
• Tourists' viruses latest threat to Africa's endangered apes
• Australian ecologist Val Plumwood dies at 67

Sunday 02 March 2008

• Oil flows into Ecuador swamp after mud slide in Amazon region

Saturday 01 March 2008

• PREVIEW: EU ministers to fire first salvoes on climate proposals

Friday 29 February 2008

• British experts recreate face of German composer Bach 250 years on
• In photos: 'Switzerland - CERN ATLAS Experiment'
• World Wide Fund for Nature: Austria's brown bears vanishing

Wednesday 27 February 2008

• Researcher: Viking era fashions were colourful and revealing

Tuesday 26 February 2008

• In photos: 'Norway Seed Vault Inaugurated'
• Secure seed bank opened in Arctic region off Norway
• Australia to build world's biggest solar power plant
• McDonald's Germany changes lids to save hedgehogs

Monday 25 February 2008

• Deadly mushrooms, cute lizards, in full Internet form Tuesday
• Food for thought: fish can think
• Electricity generated by body heat could power tomorrow's phones
• Scientists discover ruins in Peru dating 5,500 years
• South Africa gives go-ahead for elephant culling as 'last resort'
• Hungry bears threaten people in Slovakia

Sunday 24 February 2008

• In photos: 'USA Shuttle Endeavour Crew'
• PREVIEW: Secure seed bank to open in Arctic region off Norway

Friday 22 February 2008

• Climate change threatens world's fish stocks, UN group finds
• Holding a balloon on an Arctic ice floe
• Greenhouse report makes Australia sweat

Thursday 21 February 2008

• US confident satellite's fuel tank was destroyed, video (Roundup)
• US confident satellite's gas tank was destroyed
• US missile hits failed satellite over Pacific
• US military stands to gain by destroying satellite
• Australia urged to make deep cuts to greenhouse gases

Wednesday 20 February 2008

• BACKGROUND: Components involved in shooting down satellite
• US opens window for shooting down satellite
• Mexico City sets up popular observatory for lunar eclipse
• Atlantis shuttle back home after Columbus success
• In photos: 'Space Shuttle Atlantis Lands'
• Milky Way twice as thick as thought

Tuesday 19 February 2008

• Atlantis prepares for return to Earth

Monday 18 February 2008

• Brainstorming carbon: Davy Jones' locker
• Atlantis undocks from ISS for homeward trip

Sunday 17 February 2008

• Lab on space station being activated faster than planned

Friday 15 February 2008

• Astronauts install experiments, observer, on Columbus lab
• US will clean up any debris from satellite shoot-down

Thursday 14 February 2008

• US to shoot down defective spy satellite

Wednesday 13 February 2008

• German astronaut starts spacewalk after recovering from illness

Tuesday 12 February 2008

• Astronauts take first look around Columbus lab on ISS

Monday 11 February 2008

• After four-year wait, Europe's Columbus docks at station (Roundup)
• New study confirms skin cells can transform into stem cells
• Astronauts start moving Columbus onto space station
• In photos: 'Astronauts prepare for removal of ESA's Columbus laboratory'
• Astronauts begin spacewalk, lay groundwork for Columbus attachment
• New York mayor supports carbon emissions tax, reduces hardwood use
• Archaeologists unearth 2,500-year-old city in eastern India
• Scientists develop human skin from hair-root cells
• German astronomers discover 'giant baby' planet in deep space

Sunday 10 February 2008

• German astronaut declared fit again, but spacewalk delayed

Saturday 09 February 2008

• In photos: 'Space Shuttle Atlantis ISS Docking'
• Atlantis docks with ISS

Friday 08 February 2008

• In photos: 'Volcanic Eruptions in Ecuador and Chile'
• In photos: 'USA Shuttle Atlantis - Launch'

Thursday 07 February 2008

• Atlantis roars into space after two-month delay
• In photos: 'USA Shuttle Atlantis - Launch Preparations'
• Weather a concern as Atlantis countdown continues (Roundup)

Wednesday 06 February 2008

• Weather a concern as Atlantis countdown continues
• Toy claimed as world's first hydrogen-powered car

Tuesday 05 February 2008

• EU calls for space-age green database
• NASA beams up with the Beatles in a song to outer space

Wednesday 30 January 2008

• ISS spacewalk to replace the motor of one of its solar wings

Monday 28 January 2008

• German scientists readying Indian Ocean tsunami warning system

Friday 25 January 2008

• Synthetic ice-skating floor gains international popularity

Wednesday 23 January 2008

• NASA study finds case of impaired astronaut

Tuesday 22 January 2008

• Remains of Slavic temple slip into sea in Germany

Friday 18 January 2008

• Scientists warn western Greece could be under water by 2100
• Mission to Mercury honours Italian space scientist
• Scientists create clones from adult cells

Thursday 17 January 2008

• Two Russians and an American win 2008 Crafoord science prize

Monday 14 January 2008

• Messenger probe reaches Mercury after three-year journey
• German scientists use solar power to produce drinking water

Sunday 13 January 2008

• Berlin denies Galileo satnav costs will skyrocket

Saturday 12 January 2008

• Cost of Galileo satnav to skyrocket, German mag says
• Space Shuttle Atlantis launch set for February 7

Thursday 10 January 2008

• NASA 'effectively ruling out' asteroid collision with Mars

Wednesday 09 January 2008

• Singapore mulling plans to create animals with human DNA

Tuesday 08 January 2008

• Hubble's overhaul will improve its eyesight 90-fold
• First Irish expedition expected to reach South Pole
• Ancient volcanic ash from Mount Vesuvius discovered in Greece

Sunday 06 January 2008

• Czech archeologists find intact Egyptian tomb chamber

Friday 04 January 2008

• Atlantis launch still uncertain - earliest January 24

Wednesday 02 January 2008

• Scientists discover new planet outside solar system

Monday 31 December 2007

• Scientists discover stubbornness gene

Wednesday 26 December 2007

• Russian space freighter reaches space station with Xmas gifts

Tuesday 25 December 2007

• Science advocate group calls for US candidate debate

Monday 24 December 2007

• 'Caesar's Super Glue' still sticking around - 2,000 years later

Saturday 22 December 2007

• Astronomers watching as asteroid crosses Mars' path
• Mars mission delayed two years on conflict of interest
• Ariane launches first pan-African satellite

Wednesday 19 December 2007

• DNA vibrations are 'music' to the ears of US, Italian scientists

Tuesday 18 December 2007

• Astronauts inspect defect on space station solar panel

Friday 14 December 2007

• Space Shuttle Atlantis launch set for January 10

Wednesday 12 December 2007

• Thousands of prehistoric bear bones discovered in northern Greece

Tuesday 11 December 2007

• German museum admits Terracotta Army may be fake
• Co-creator of Dolly taking up new post in London next year
• Remember the moon? NASA does, with 2020 vision

Sunday 09 December 2007

• Shuttle launch postponed until January
• Shuttle to be fueled Sunday; launch still in question
• Roman barge under Cologne to reveal shipping history

Saturday 08 December 2007

• Shuttle launch delayed until at least Sunday

Thursday 06 December 2007

• US shuttle launch delayed by fuel sensors details of problem (Roundup)
• Intel founder gives 200 million dollars for super-telescope
• Technical problems delay US shuttle launch at least a day
• US shuttle poised for launch Thursday

Tuesday 04 December 2007

• New era set to begin with European space lab Columbus

Saturday 01 December 2007

• Solar start-up aims to clean up on energy

Friday 30 November 2007

• EU ministers resolve latest split over Galileo project

Thursday 29 November 2007

• Venus has lightning, greenhouse effect, probe finds

Tuesday 27 November 2007

• Where Caesars travelled - Roman roadmap displayed in Vienna

Monday 26 November 2007

• Chinese premier lauds first photos from lunar probe

Saturday 24 November 2007

• Astronauts complete spacewalk to connect Harmony module

Friday 23 November 2007

• EU says Galileo satellite-navigation system might be scrapped

Thursday 22 November 2007

• German research centre in Stuttgart gains Italian unit

Tuesday 20 November 2007

• Astronauts complete spacewalk focused on Harmony module
• Researchers create embryonic stem cells from adult skin cells
• Astronauts begin rearranging space station's 'porch'

Monday 19 November 2007

• New robot is taught to 'be gentle' with humans

Saturday 17 November 2007

• Germany sends new research base to Antarctica

Thursday 15 November 2007

• Arianespace sets new satellite payload record

Tuesday 13 November 2007

• EU scientists earn less than their Indian colleagues, study finds
• Ariane 5 rocket launch postponed again

Monday 12 November 2007

• Latest space station manoeuvre prepares for Harmony's move
• Germany to digitize 19th-century sailing-ship weather logs

Friday 09 November 2007

• Station astronauts take first steps to move Italy's Harmony
• Station astronauts to prepare for Harmony's installation

Wednesday 07 November 2007

• Shuttle Discovery lands in Florida
• New accelerator project launched: to research Big Bang
• German official: 'Let's go to the moon'

Tuesday 06 November 2007

• New particle accelerator to research the Big Bang
• NASA predicts good conditions for planned Discovery landing

Monday 05 November 2007

• Shuttle Discovery undocks from ISS, readies for home journey available
• Chinese probe enters lunar orbit

Sunday 04 November 2007

• In Photos: King Tut revealed
• King Tut's face revealed to world for first time

Saturday 03 November 2007

• Risky spacewalk succeeds in repairing solar array (Roundup)
• Germany home to world's top solar testing lab
• Risky spacewalk planned for astronaut to mend torn solar panel

Thursday 01 November 2007

• Tears in ISS solar array to be repaired on Saturday

Wednesday 31 October 2007

• China lunar satellite begins key manoeuvre on journey to moon
• China to develop heavy-duty carrier rockets for space programme

Tuesday 30 October 2007

• Astronauts install solar truss; tear found
• Astronauts finish complicated solar truss instalment
• Astronauts to focus on solar truss in third spacewalk

Monday 29 October 2007

• Spacewalkers find solar panel problem; heat shield OK

Sunday 28 October 2007

• Astronauts complete second mission spacewalk

Friday 26 October 2007

• Harmony module attached to International Space Station
• Space shuttle Discovery astronauts start first spacewalk

Thursday 25 October 2007

• Chilean scientists find brain region that determines drug addiction
• Women commanders greet in space after Discovery docks
• Dutch streak to victory in Australian solar race
• Discovery docks at space station
• Roman villa discovered in western Austria
• Solar cars streak across Australia's interior

Wednesday 24 October 2007

• Nuclear fusion the holy grail for lunar explorers
• Discovery crew checks heat shield for damage
• China begins moon quest with satellite launch (Roundup)
• China begins moon quest with satellite launch
• Discovery's start boosts European space programme

Tuesday 23 October 2007

• Discovery shuttle enters orbit on way to space station
• Italian astronaut says 'nice to be in space'

Monday 22 October 2007

• Weather threatens Space Shuttle Discovery launch
• Despite risks, Discovery to launch Tuesday

Sunday 21 October 2007

• First remains from original Jewish temple found at holy site
• Soyuz craft brings cosmonauts home after 15th ISS mission

Thursday 18 October 2007

• Scientists deliver tsunami warning software for Indonesia
• Diary of Israeli astronaut dead in shuttle disaster being restored

Wednesday 17 October 2007

• Discovery launch given go-ahead despite heat shield worries

Tuesday 16 October 2007

• Huge fossil of new dinosaur species discovered in Argentina
• China to launch its moon probe next week

Friday 12 October 2007

• IPCC has released most dire warnings this year
• Rocket carrying Malaysia's first astronaut docks at ISS

Wednesday 10 October 2007

• Malaysia's first astronaut to blast into space
• Ertl wins Nobel Prize for Chemistry
• Profile: Nobel prize the perfect birthday present for Ertl

Tuesday 09 October 2007

• Albert Fert and Peter Gruenberg win Physics prize (Roundup)
• Peter Gruenberg: likes classical music and sport
• Albert Fert prefers eccentric artists - and spintronics
• Albert Fert and Peter Gruenberg win Physics prize

Monday 08 October 2007

• Profile: Geneticist Oliver Smithies flying high on Nobel announcement
• Profile: Mario Capecchi from street child to Nobel Prize winner
• Syrian archaeologists uncover 11th-century BC painting
• Trio from Britain and US win Nobel Prize for Medicine

Friday 05 October 2007

• Underwater archaeologists find mediaeval artefacts in German lake

Tuesday 02 October 2007

• Vietnam's first satellite scheduled for launch in March 2008

Monday 01 October 2007

• Transparent frog to help advance scientific research
• Russia wants to revive space dominance of Sputnik era

Thursday 27 September 2007

• India's ISRO to collaborate in space projects with other countries
• Dawn begins long journey to asteroid belt

Tuesday 25 September 2007

• NASA aims to put man on Mars by 2037 (Roundup)
• NASA aims to put man on Mars by 2037

Monday 24 September 2007

• International astronautical meet begins in India
• New discovery in Tutankhamun's tomb

Friday 21 September 2007

• Moscow opens polar research station in bid to secure Arctic claims

Thursday 20 September 2007

• New monuments discovered near Luxor temple

Wednesday 19 September 2007

• Some 40 pre-Inca mummies found in Kuelap fortress in Peru

Tuesday 18 September 2007

• Repair of hydraulic seal threatens Space Shuttle Discovery launch

Saturday 15 September 2007

• Five spacewalks, mock repairs planned for Discovery mission

Friday 14 September 2007

• Google sponsors 30-million-dollar prize for moon shot

Friday 07 September 2007

• EU issues storm warning as worldwide climate disasters grow

Thursday 06 September 2007

• Archaeologists find remains of sky-disc people in Germany

Wednesday 05 September 2007

• British watchdog allows creation of human-animal embryos (Roundup)
• Computer expert picked as South Korea's first astronaut

Thursday 30 August 2007

• NASA found no evidence of drunken astronauts on flights

Thursday 23 August 2007

• Ancient diamonds found in Australia give clues to Earth's youth

Tuesday 21 August 2007

• Endeavour returns home
• Endeavour manoeuvring for re-entry
• Endeavour shuttle set for early landing

Monday 20 August 2007

• 5,000-year-old chewing gum discovered by archaeology student
• Dust to dust - outer space makes dust 'come alive,' experts say

Sunday 19 August 2007

• Endeavour undocks to prepare for early landing
• Endeavour to land early amid looming Gulf hurricane

Saturday 18 August 2007

• Shuttle astronauts start fourth and last space walk
• Hurricane may cut short Endeavour mission, NASA says

Friday 17 August 2007

• Astronauts confident in decision not to repair Endeavour
• NASA decides against repairing shuttle tile damage

Thursday 16 August 2007

• Astronauts prepare for possible repair on delayed spacewalk

Wednesday 15 August 2007

• Astronauts end spacewalk early
• Astronauts begin spacewalk to upgrade ISS communications system
• Ariane rocket carrying two satellites launched

Tuesday 14 August 2007

• Teacher turned astronaut leads lesson from space

Monday 13 August 2007

• Endeavour astronauts install new gyroscope on ISS
• NASA adds 3 days, 4th spacewalk to shuttle mission

Sunday 12 August 2007

• Shuttle Endeavour astronauts finish first space walk

Saturday 11 August 2007

• Endeavour shuttle docks with ISS; heat shield damage found

Friday 10 August 2007

• Space Shuttle Endeavour docks with International Space Station
• Teacher reaches to stars, 21 years after Challenger disaster

Thursday 09 August 2007

• Endeavour astronauts inspect shuttle
• Archaeologists discover early Byzantine church in Israeli city
• Shuttle Endeavour blasts off for space station

Wednesday 08 August 2007

• Space shuttle Endeavour prepares for launch
• Russia plans new Arctic expedition for November

Tuesday 07 August 2007

• 9,000-year-old cemetery uncovered in north Syria

Monday 06 August 2007

• Background: Facts on space shuttle Endeavour
• After more than four-year wait, Endeavour set for launch
• German scientists use body heat to generate electricity

Saturday 04 August 2007

• Phoenix heads toward Mars in search for life

Friday 03 August 2007

• Endeavour launch delayed to Wednesday
• Weather likely to cooperate with Phoenix launch, NASA says
• Preview: Phoenix to head for Mars with sights set on water

Thursday 02 August 2007

• Russian submersibles stake Arctic claim (2nd Roundup)
• Russian researchers explore Arctic floor, plant flag (Roundup)
• Russia sets dive expedition to explore the North Pole

Wednesday 01 August 2007

• Launch of Mars lander delayed

Friday 27 July 2007

• Added wrinkles make Nefertiti more beautiful

Monday 23 July 2007

• US, Russian astronauts successfully conclude spacewalk
• US, Russian astronauts in spacewalk before ISS orbit adjustments
• Star Wars droids advance a step closer to reality

Sunday 22 July 2007

• India to set up first space university

Saturday 21 July 2007

• Dust storm threatens Mars rover

Thursday 19 July 2007

• Hobby archaeologists discover Viking treasure in northern England

Wednesday 18 July 2007

• Robbie the robot sets sights on earthquake victims

Sunday 15 July 2007

• Experts claim Buddha tooth relic actually came from an animal
• Furnace converts disposable nappies into energy
• Archaelogists uncover 4th century BC golden mask in Bulgaria

Thursday 12 July 2007

• Spain to inaugurate world's biggest telescope

Monday 09 July 2007

• In first for Mars exploration, probe will examine water (Roundup)
• New Mars probe to check for habitable terrain

Sunday 08 July 2007

• Dawn space probe launch postponed until September

Saturday 07 July 2007

• Preview: Journey to the unknown - Dawn begins trip to asteroid belt

Tuesday 03 July 2007

• Atlantis shuttle safely back home in Cape Canaveral

Friday 29 June 2007

• NASA sends Mars rover on risky journey into Victoria Crater

Wednesday 27 June 2007

• Female pharaoh Hatshepsut's mummy identified via DNA

Saturday 23 June 2007

• Two weeks in space, Atlantis returns as NASA success

Friday 22 June 2007

• Atlantis shuttle roars safely back to Earth
• Storms still threaten Atlantis shuttle landing

Thursday 21 June 2007

• Shuttle Atlantis landing pushed back to Friday
• Weather delays planned Atlantis landing

Tuesday 19 June 2007

• Atlantis races home to Earth, takes stunning station photos (Roundup)
• Atlantis undocks, begins journey home to Earth

Monday 18 June 2007

• Atlantis set to undock from space station Tuesday if tests go well
• Giant particle accelerator to probe mysteries of atomic matter
• Successful last spacewalk before Atlantis leaves ISS

Sunday 17 June 2007

• Fourth ISS spacewalk planned as Atlantis shuttle cleared for return

Saturday 16 June 2007

• Space station computers working for now; blanket repair OK

Friday 15 June 2007

• Russia seeks contingencies for ISS computer failure; third spacewalk (Roundup)
• Russians launch new German radar satellite
• ISS computer problems due to electric noise sensitivity, NASA says

Thursday 14 June 2007

• Computer glitch may delay Atlantis one more day (Roundup)
• US astronauts complete second spacewalk (Roundup)
• An electric fence cows can wear

Wednesday 13 June 2007

• US astronauts in second spacewalk as solar panels to be activated

Tuesday 12 June 2007

• ISS spreads its new wings as solar panels unfurled

Monday 11 June 2007

• First spacewalk for Atlantis crew underway
• Atlantis crew gets to work on ISS after successful docking
• Shuttle Atlantis docks with ISS
• Earth Hour shows it's not easy being green

Saturday 09 June 2007

• Shuttle Atlantis takes off for ISS
• Hubble telescope beloved by astronomers

Friday 08 June 2007

• EU to pump billions into sat-nav system Galileo

Thursday 07 June 2007

• Good weather outlook for Atlantis launch Friday
• Mosquito buzz in space: cosmonauts end walk
• Atlantis shuttle countdown continues - weather permitting

Wednesday 06 June 2007

• Russian cosmonauts in second spacewalk in a week
• Atlantis Crew ready for solar sail's muscle challenge

Tuesday 05 June 2007

• Science machine to deliver ultra-short flashes of X-ray light

Friday 01 June 2007

• Space Shuttle Atlantis to launch June 8

Thursday 31 May 2007

• The science of Genesis: two museums open in North America

Wednesday 30 May 2007

• Science proves once again chocolate is good for you

Thursday 24 May 2007

• Archaeologists uncover fertility shrine in central Greece

Monday 21 May 2007

• US foundation opens new particle research institute in China

Friday 18 May 2007

• Largest ever coin collection discovered aboard ancient shipwreck

Tuesday 15 May 2007

• Shuttle Atlantis returns to launch pad after repairs

Friday 11 May 2007

• Futuristic telescope to shed light on 'Dark Ages' of space

Thursday 10 May 2007

• EU taxpayers to be asked for extra funds for sat-nav system Galileo

Wednesday 09 May 2007

• Stone-wheel found at purported Bosnian pyramid site
• Archaeologists find rare fruit and textiles in Greece

Tuesday 08 May 2007

• Background: Herod the Great
• 'Great mystery' solved with discovery of Herod's tomb
• Israeli scientists: we discovered tomb of Herod the Great

Monday 07 May 2007

• EU readies to take over satellite navigation system Galileo

Friday 04 May 2007

• Mini-continent once joined to India discovered in ocean

Thursday 03 May 2007

• Emirates businessman prepares for first commercial space trip

Wednesday 02 May 2007

• Work stops on Irish motorway through ancient site after find

Thursday 26 April 2007

• Stephen Hawking experiences weightlessness

Wednesday 25 April 2007

•  Wheelchair-bound Hawking seeks weightlessness of space
• Astronomers discover first habitable planet outside solar system (Roundup)

Saturday 21 April 2007

• Space tourist Simonyi safely returns to earth

Wednesday 18 April 2007

• Swedish researchers withdraw article over suspected faulty data

Wednesday 11 April 2007

• ISRO to launch Italian satellite April 23
• Atlantis shuttle launch pushed back to June

Monday 09 April 2007

• University to probe researchers' claims of first-ever cloned wolves

Saturday 07 April 2007

• Russian rocket blasts off with US billionaire aboard

Wednesday 04 April 2007

• Australian aquanaut plans to live under water, produce own oxygen

Tuesday 03 April 2007

• Ancient fort discovered in Egypt's northern Sinai

Monday 02 April 2007

• Astronaut to run Boston Marathon on International Space Station

Friday 30 March 2007

• Maritime clues found linking ancient Indian and Roman civilizations

Thursday 22 March 2007

• Scientists find 3.8 billion-year old rocks in Greenland
• France opens its official UFO archives
• US water expert wins Stockholm Water Prize

Tuesday 20 March 2007

• EU fears US, Russia, China, Japan will overtake in space technology
• Bosnian archeologists discover Illyrian ships

Monday 12 March 2007

• German scientists make world's thinnest material
• Ariane launches two communications satellites
• Sixth century mosaic tableau found in Syria

Monday 05 March 2007

• Discord over climate change targets to dominate EU summit

Friday 02 March 2007

• Germany plans unmanned moon mission by 2013
• Rare Greek statue found within city walls under Mount Olympus

Tuesday 27 February 2007

• NASA scrubs shuttle launch

Thursday 22 February 2007

• Medieval Islamic designs had intricate mathematics
• US astronaut breaks spacewalk record
• NASA signs Virgin space deal
• US and Russian astronauts start spacewalk with delay

Tuesday 20 February 2007

• Drops of blood may hold DNA key to positive Copernicus ID

Monday 19 February 2007

• Archaeologists discover bench grave of Old Empire couple in Saccara
• Now you can win a chance to be an astronaut

Friday 16 February 2007

• Builders uncover an ancient amphitheatre in Athens

Thursday 15 February 2007

• Robot suit to assist Japan's elderly as early as 2008

Thursday 08 February 2007

• New Zealand Nobel Prize winner Alan MacDiarmid dies

Wednesday 07 February 2007

• EU,India decide to launch joint scientific research

Monday 05 February 2007

• Stone Age summer camp uncovered in German opencast mine
• ISS astronauts conduct spacewalk, complete cooling system

Sunday 04 February 2007

• ISS astronauts conduct spacewalk to work on cooling system

Thursday 01 February 2007

• ISS astronauts complete first mission in series of spacewalks

Tuesday 30 January 2007

• Hubble's newest, far-seeing camera shut down

Friday 26 January 2007

• Northern Sweden may host commercial space flight hub

Tuesday 23 January 2007

• Sweden gears up to remember 'Flower King' Linnaeus

Monday 22 January 2007

• Indian space capsule returns safely to earth

Wednesday 17 January 2007

• Doomsday Clock scientists say climate change equals nuclear threat (Roundup)

Tuesday 16 January 2007

• Two physicists keeps on winning international prizes

Friday 12 January 2007

• Mexico updates ancient star tradition with ultramodern scope

Thursday 11 January 2007

• German scientist behind giga hard drives welcomes Japanese prize

Wednesday 10 January 2007

• India launches space capsule, satellites
• Britain could launch moon mission by end of decade, scientists say

Tuesday 09 January 2007

• Researchers discover rare triplet of quasars
• Thailand to host nanotechnology seminar

Sunday 07 January 2007

• Russians, ISS astronauts celebrate Orthodox Christmas

Friday 05 January 2007

• Amazon's Jeff Bezos moves from cyberspace to outer space

Monday 01 January 2007

• Climatologist: Time to get out the rubber boats - alarming sea level rise expected

Sunday 31 December 2006

• A dry New Year - but space station crew will have Jack Frost fun
• India plans to launch space capsule in January
• Pluto's demotion from planetary status does not affect astrology

Saturday 30 December 2006

• Dry new year on board the International Space Station

Wednesday 27 December 2006

• European planet-hunting satellite Corot launched

Tuesday 26 December 2006

• Two finalists chosen to vie as South Korea's first astronaut

Monday 25 December 2006

• Science helps battle product piracy on Austrian farms

Saturday 23 December 2006

• German astronaut Reiter has wobbly legs after 172 days in space
• Discovery back on Earth after 13-day mission

Friday 22 December 2006

• Weather concerns threaten to set back Discovery landing

Wednesday 20 December 2006

• Discovery examines heat shield, prepares for return to Earth
• Tsunami warning system will pinpoint quakes in 5 minutes
• US astronaut of Indian descent settles in on space station

Tuesday 19 December 2006

• Space shuttle Discovery prepares to return home
• Astronauts fold solar panel on fourth spacewalk

Monday 18 December 2006

• Japan sends its largest satellite into space (Roundup)
• Japan sends its largest satellite into space

Sunday 17 December 2006

• South Korean scientists present three more cloned dogs
• ISS astronauts fail to fix solar panel on third space walk
• Third spacewalk begins outside orbiting station

Thursday 14 December 2006

• An inner look at a comet offers up some warm surprises
• First electrical system swap a success at space station
• Second space walk begins at space station with Swedish astronaut
• Astronauts give up folding ISS solar panel, move on to next phase

Wednesday 13 December 2006

• ISS solar panel to be folded, making way for permanent power
• Discovery astronauts finish first spacewalk (Roundup)

Tuesday 12 December 2006

• Discovery astronauts begin spacewalk
• Shuttle Discovery docks with space station (Roundup)

Monday 11 December 2006

• Shuttle Discovery prepares for space station rendezvous

Sunday 10 December 2006

• Shuttle Discovery blasts off from Cape Canaveral

Saturday 09 December 2006

• Ariane rocket launches with two satellites
• NASA will try launch again early Sunday GMT, but weather still iffy

Thursday 07 December 2006

• Shuttle fuelling begins in Florida despite weather threat
• Swedish astronaut triggers space fever

Wednesday 06 December 2006

• Evidence of water discovered on Mars surface: NASA
• Bad weather could postpone Thursday NASA shuttle launch (Updated)
• Australia votes for therapeutic cloning

Tuesday 05 December 2006

• China catching up in space race, Russian official says
• ISS orbit's corrected in time for Discovery after earlier error
• NASA to establish lunar outpost at poles

Friday 01 December 2006

• International team uncover secret behind world's first computer

Thursday 30 November 2006

• ISS orbit may not need adjustment, Russians say (Roundup)
• Hawking says mankind must spread into space to survive
• ISS orbit adjustment fails - consequences for Discovery mission

Monday 27 November 2006

• Muslim warriors once used nanotech methods to make their sabres

Sunday 26 November 2006

• India plans unmanned scientific mission to Mars

Thursday 23 November 2006

• Space golf successful despite delayed tee time

Friday 17 November 2006

• Israel developing 'bionic hornet' for spy work
• ISS as golf course - Cosmonaut to hit ball into space

Thursday 16 November 2006

• Hungary's first cloned mouse born

Wednesday 15 November 2006

• Roman ship which carried fish sauce discovered in Spain

Thursday 09 November 2006

• Swedish astronaut to serve ginger snaps and moose meat in space

Tuesday 07 November 2006

• Work starts on ground control for Galileo space system
• Australia moves a step closer to allowing stem-cell research

Monday 06 November 2006

• Cosmic rays cause genetic mutations in astronauts: study
• Criminologist says walking pattern can identify crooks
• German scientist discovers why iron leaves an odour on your fingers
• NASA hopes to get better gauge on space weather

Tuesday 31 October 2006

• Hubble telescope gets new lease on life (2nd Roundup)
• Hubble telescope gets new lease on life (Roundup)
• NASA restores Hubble repair mission

Monday 30 October 2006

• Anti-terrorist technology scans faces on crowded train platform

Sunday 29 October 2006

• China launches broadcast satellite into orbit
• Stem-cell transplant saves cat's legs

Thursday 26 October 2006

• Keeps going and going - Mars rover Spirit hits 1,000 days

Wednesday 25 October 2006

• Swedish astronaut to join German on space station
• Greek archaeologists discover Aristotle bust near Acropolis

Tuesday 24 October 2006

• China launches two satellites into orbit

Friday 20 October 2006

• Scientists see future for invisibility cloak (Roundup)
• Space agency reports biggest-ever ozone hole over Antarctic

Thursday 19 October 2006

• Seventh time lucky as Russia launches weather satellite

Wednesday 18 October 2006

• Russia in sixth bid to launch European weather satellite

Friday 06 October 2006

• NASA probes explore Mars crater
• Australians snap up IgNobel prize for blink work

Thursday 05 October 2006

• 10 million dollar prize offered for human genome race

Wednesday 04 October 2006

• Roger D. Kornberg wins Nobel Prize for Chemistry
• Americans win Nobel Prize for Physics, almost gave up (Roundup)

Tuesday 03 October 2006

• John Mather and George Smoot win Nobel Prize for Physics

Monday 02 October 2006

• European satellite launch postponed for fourth time
• Two Americans share 2006 Nobel Medicine Prize (Roundup)
• European Space Agency issues ozone hole alarm
• Andrew Z. Fire, Craig C. Mello win Nobel Medicine Prize

Saturday 30 September 2006

• Stone age temple found in northern Syria

Friday 29 September 2006

• Australia bidding for world's largest radio telescope
• Russia to start training two Malaysians for space mission
• Female space tourist Ansari returns to Earth

Thursday 28 September 2006

• Virgin airline tycoon launches space travel at 200,000-dollar seat

Wednesday 27 September 2006

• Female space tourist readies for journey home to earth

Sunday 24 September 2006

• US space programme chief visits China for the first time

Saturday 23 September 2006

• Japan launches solar observation satellite

Friday 22 September 2006

• Antarctic ozone hole will last two more decades, say scientists

Thursday 21 September 2006

• Atlantis flight boosts chances for Hubble repair mission
• Female space tourist sets up home on ISS station
• US space shuttle Atlantis lands safely

Wednesday 20 September 2006

• Arctic summer ice cracks shocks scientists
•  First female space tourist arrives at space station (Roundup)
• No damage to Atlantis found, landing possible Thursday
• Unidentified object pushes back shuttle landing (Roundup)
•  First female space tourist docks at space station

Tuesday 19 September 2006

• Unidentified object pushes back shuttle landing
• Unidentified object threatens Atlantis landing
• ISS space station declared safe for arrival of new crew and tourist

Monday 18 September 2006

• Leak scare on ISS as first female tourist blasts off (Roundup)
• Atlantis crew inspect heat shield, prepare for journey home
• First female space tourist blasts into space (Roundup)
• ISS space station crew sound alarm after chemical leak
• First female space tourist blasts into space

Sunday 17 September 2006

• Space Shuttle Atlantis undocks from International Space Station

Friday 15 September 2006

• Ozone 'hole' over the Arctic could get worse, warn scientists
• Atlantis astronauts make third space walk at ISS station

Thursday 14 September 2006

• New solar panels deployed on International Space Station (1st Update)
• Work begins to deploy solar panels on International Space Station
• Women push back space frontiers with first 'tourist'

Wednesday 13 September 2006

• Atlantis shuttle astronauts complete second space walk

Tuesday 12 September 2006

• Shuttle astronauts complete crucial spacewalk (Roundup)
• Shuttle astronauts start crucial spacewalk
• Meteorite makes sonic boom over New Zealand

Monday 11 September 2006

• ISS astronauts preparing for crucial spacewalk
• Atlantis shuttle docks at ISS with busy schedule ahead (Roundup)
• Atlantis space shuttle docks at International Space Station

Saturday 09 September 2006

• Atlantis space shuttle takes off from Cape Canaveral (Roundup)
• Atlantis space shuttle blasts off from Cape Canaveral

Friday 08 September 2006

• Japanese scientist gets Finnish award for developing light sources
• Space shuttle Atlantis launch again delayed

Thursday 07 September 2006

• NASA gives go-ahead for Friday launch
• Clean hands mean clean conscience, scientists find

Tuesday 05 September 2006

• NASA prepares for Wednesday space shuttle launch (Roundup)
• Greece places returned marble frieze back into the Parthenon

Monday 04 September 2006

• German university hands piece of Parthenon back to Greece

Sunday 03 September 2006

• European probe crashes into moon - mission accomplished

Friday 01 September 2006

• Lockheed wins major contract for new US spacecraft

Thursday 31 August 2006

• Space Shuttle Atlantis launch reset for Wednesday

Wednesday 30 August 2006

• US and Iranian flags to go into space with female tourist
• Shuttle Atlantis rolled back to launch pad in NASA reversal

Tuesday 29 August 2006

• Katrina intensified debate over cause of giant storms
• Space shuttle to roll back to hangar as storm looms

Monday 28 August 2006

• Caribbean storm forces space-shuttle launch delay (1st Update)

Sunday 27 August 2006

• Shuttle launch could take place Tuesday following lightning strike
• Shuttle launch delayed due to lightning strike

Saturday 26 August 2006

• Australian offers life beyond the grave

Friday 25 August 2006

• Statue of Ramses II in central Cairo moves to new home
• Preview: Challenging mission for Atlantis as ISS building resumes

Thursday 24 August 2006

• Astronomers demote Pluto, but it's still a planet
• Researchers create adult stem cells with embryonic cell features

Wednesday 23 August 2006

• Embryonic stem cells harvested without destroying embryo
• Archaeologists find five headless sphinxes in Luxor
• Space station astronaut slips: name of next spacecraft is Orion
• Atlantis crew prepares for first ISS assembly mission since 2002

Tuesday 22 August 2006

• Astronomers divided over 'planet' definition
• Russian becomes first to reject 'maths Nobel'

Monday 21 August 2006

• German astronomers produce original Apollo TV tapes
• Japanese space tourist dropped from ISS flight
• Major study to examine impact of climate change on Singapore

Friday 18 August 2006

• Geologists force astronomers to rethink Pluto plan
• Disgraced cloning pioneer back at work in private lab in Seoul

Thursday 17 August 2006

• Scientists find 'cosmic clock' for dating the Milky Way
• NASA gives green light for Atlantis shuttle launch

Tuesday 15 August 2006

• Asteroid experts root for Pluto at astronomy conference

Monday 14 August 2006

• 3,000-year-old sarcophagi discovered south of Cairo

Saturday 12 August 2006

• France launches military satellite - third Ariane launch in 2006

Friday 11 August 2006

• Polar snow not helping curb climate change, expert says

Thursday 10 August 2006

• India has no plans to place man on moon

Tuesday 08 August 2006

• Ecumenical prayers planned at first Neanderthal's resting place

Sunday 06 August 2006

• Second mummy chamber opens at the Egyptian Museum
• Five-thousand-year-old gold dagger discovered in Bulgaria

Thursday 03 August 2006

• Astronauts Williams and Reiter conduct space walk at ISS (Roundup)
• Space walk by astronauts Reiter and Williams begins outside ISS

Wednesday 02 August 2006

• Greek archaeologists confirm authenticity of 'Theseus Ring'

Sunday 30 July 2006

• Thai-German team map the Andaman seabed

Friday 28 July 2006

• Russia launches S. Korean satellite into space

Thursday 27 July 2006

• Russian rocket carrying 18 satellites crashes

Wednesday 26 July 2006

• Newly discovered dinosaurs once bathed in cold-water inland sea
• Ancient psalter unearthed in Irish bog

Tuesday 25 July 2006

• Research agency refutes accusations that it failed to meet goals

Monday 24 July 2006

• German scientists switch on gravity-wave device to seek 'dark matter'
• ISS station braces for 'loud' Japanese space suit

Sunday 23 July 2006

• Russians spice space tourism with 35-million offer

Thursday 20 July 2006

• Original Neanderthal man was found 150 years ago
• First Viking craft landed on Mars 30 years ago
• Two celebrations in space: Viking craft and John Glenn
• European weather satellite launch postponed indefinitely

Wednesday 19 July 2006

• New research points to 'apartheid' in early Britain
• Dutch authorities predict high ozone levels in heatwave

Tuesday 18 July 2006

• New launch attempt for European weather satellite

Monday 17 July 2006

• Picture perfect landing lifts mood for moon, Mars plans
• Space shuttle lands in Florida in picture-book return (Roundup)
• Space shuttle lands in Florida in picture-book return

Sunday 16 July 2006

• Space shuttle Discovery Earth-bound, due to land Monday
• Space shuttle Discovery Earth-bound after leaving ISS (Roundup)

Saturday 15 July 2006

• Discovery space shuttle on way back to earth (1st Update)
• Discovery space shuttle on way back to Earth

Friday 14 July 2006

• Discovery prepares to depart space station

Wednesday 12 July 2006

• Third spacewalk underway for Discovery astronauts
• Russian rocket launches developmental US space station
• No break for busy astronauts, stowing waste on Discovery for return

Tuesday 11 July 2006

• Greek language engravings discovered in Alexandria
• Publication of secret letters sheds light on the private Einstein

Monday 10 July 2006

• Astronauts finish space walk, repairs
• Astronauts make repairs to space station
• Indian communications satellite launch fails
• Greek archaeologists find ancient statue of goddess Artemis
• NASA says it sees no problems for Discovery's return

Saturday 08 July 2006

• Discovery astronauts take first spacewalk (Roundup)
• Discovery astronauts take first spacewalk

Friday 07 July 2006

• NASA extends Discovery mission by one day
• Discovery docks with space station (Roundup)

Thursday 06 July 2006

• Discovery prepares to dock with space station

Wednesday 05 July 2006

• Inspection finds no damage on shuttle Discovery
• Dolly's cloning potential hasn't been realized, says scientist
• Shuttle discovery takes off on third try

Tuesday 04 July 2006

• Green light for launch - best weather in days
• Discovery launch to go forward Tuesday despite glitch

Monday 03 July 2006

• NASA keep launch option for Tuesday open

Sunday 02 July 2006

• Shuttle launch countdown cancelled because of bad weather (Roundup)
• Shuttle again prepares for launch, but weather doubtful
• Shuttle Discovery launch postponed due to weather (Roundup)

Saturday 01 July 2006

• Shuttle Discovery launch postponed due to weather
• Shuttle preparing for launch as weather improves

Friday 30 June 2006

• Shuttle set for launch Saturday - weather could delay
• Latest satellite launch to rocket India to elite space club

Thursday 29 June 2006

• Shuttle launch could be postponed by bad weather
• Countdown begins for Discovery crew (Roundup)

Wednesday 28 June 2006

• Countdown to begin for Discovery Crew

Tuesday 27 June 2006

• Discovery crew arrives in Florida ahead of launch
• Old US satellite floats near International Space Station (Roundup)
• Unidentified floating object near International Space Station
• NASA plays it safe in launch of Discovery
• Background: Shuttle's external tank is spacecraft's Achilles heel

Monday 26 June 2006

• Supply ship docks at ISS space station

Friday 23 June 2006

• Past decades have been warmest on record, study shows

Monday 19 June 2006

• Marble head of Greek wine god Dionysos unearthed in Bulgaria

Sunday 18 June 2006

• NASA clears July 1 shuttle launch

Thursday 15 June 2006

• Japanese scientist wins Finnish technology prize for light sources

Wednesday 14 June 2006

• Discovery shuttle crew arrives in Florida

Tuesday 13 June 2006

• Physicist Stephen Hawking predicts colonization of Mars by 2046

Friday 09 June 2006

• European archaeologists do not believe in pyramids in Bosnia

Tuesday 06 June 2006

• International meet on global navigation systems

Friday 02 June 2006

• Taiwan, Japan to join in building world's largest observatory
• Repairs made to space station, but 'space golf' cancelled (Roundup)
• UNESCO to join search for pyramids in central Bosnia
• ISS crew begins spacewalk to make repairs

Thursday 01 June 2006

• Space probe discovers asteroid made of rubble
• The stone-age Basque language remains mystery to scientists
• Space shuttle risks under control for July launch, NASA says

Wednesday 31 May 2006

• Studies link global warming to greater number of hurricanes (Roundup)
• New Orleans sinking six millimetres per year: study
• European space lab set for launch after Atlantic crossing

Monday 29 May 2006

• Anti-depressents seen as possible non-toxic cure for ships

Sunday 28 May 2006

• Ariane rocket carries its largest weight ever into space

Thursday 25 May 2006

• Restoration work on Acropolis on schedule

Monday 22 May 2006

• Egypt approves search for sunken monuments off Mediterranean coast

Saturday 20 May 2006

• Australian mappers find underwater mountain

Friday 19 May 2006

• US archaeologists may have found Captain Cook's ship Endeavour

Wednesday 17 May 2006

• Completed sequence of human genome project published
• EADS wins nod do build German farm satellite
• Egyptian geologist backs claim of pyramids in Bosnia

Tuesday 16 May 2006

• Robot vehicles compete in first European trial at German army base
• Egypt to go to court in US to secure return of ancient mask
• Series of problems caused NASA rendezvous attempt to fail

Friday 12 May 2006

•  South Korea indicts cloning scientist Hwang for fraud (Roundup)
• India to send a 'science train' to Pakistan
• South Korea indicts cloning scientist Hwang for fraud

Thursday 11 May 2006

• Mubarak opens exhibition in Berlin of undersea treasures

Wednesday 10 May 2006

• Berlin museum to present sunken treasures never seen before
• Nigeria draws itself a roadmap to the moon
• National Geographic wins top Spanish award
• Fossil hunters uncover Lebanon's first dinosaur remains

Tuesday 09 May 2006

• US, India sign pact on India's lunar mission

Monday 08 May 2006

• Germany Army holds Europe's first robot-car challenge
• Hong Kong scientists take chopstick technology on Mars moon probe
• Iranian-born woman slated for space tourist flight

Tuesday 02 May 2006

• Space lab Columbus handed over for transport to Florida
• Climate change causes Tibet's glaciers to melt faster

Friday 28 April 2006

• Tree piece proves Greek history wrong by 100 years

Wednesday 26 April 2006

• NASA expects next space shuttle launch in July
• Space freighter docks at ISS with Easter gifts and golf kit

Monday 24 April 2006

• Black holes are 'green,' NASA says
• Easter gifts and golf kit off to ISS space station (Roundup)
• Easter gifts and snails to blast off to ISS space station

Tuesday 18 April 2006

• Giant meat-eater fossils in Argentina could be largest ever known

Monday 17 April 2006

• Cassini probe finds four mini-moons in Saturn ring

Saturday 15 April 2006

• Joint US-Taiwan satellite launched from California
• Major spring clean on International Space Station

Friday 14 April 2006

• Pyramids in Bosnia - real or imaginary?

Thursday 13 April 2006

• Venus Express transmits first pictures from orbit

Wednesday 12 April 2006

• Scientists find significant early man fossils in Ethiopia
• Japan's railway company to run world's first fuel-cell trains

Tuesday 11 April 2006

• European space probe enters Venus orbit

Monday 10 April 2006

• First US moon mission in three decades set for 2008

Sunday 09 April 2006

• Soyuz capsule lands safely after ISS visit

Friday 07 April 2006

• Mission to Venus enters moment of greatest danger

Thursday 06 April 2006

• Pakistan to set up 50 new seismic stations

Wednesday 05 April 2006

• 1,500-year-old pyramid discovered in Mexico City
• Car industry at a standstill on emissions, test reveals

Monday 03 April 2006

• Russia plans moon mission after 2015
• World's longest ice core reveals new climate change information

Saturday 01 April 2006

• Brazil's first astronaut, two crew arrive at ISS

Thursday 30 March 2006

• Air over Antarctica heating up; 2005 hottest year yet
• First Brazilian in space as new ISS crew takes off

Wednesday 29 March 2006

• There goes the sun - solar eclipse captivates millions
• First Brazilian set to launch into space (Roundup)
• First Brazilian to launch into space

Saturday 25 March 2006

• Hypersonic-jet test goes well in Australia

Friday 24 March 2006

• Scientists find early human cranium in Ethiopia

Thursday 23 March 2006

• Study: Sea levels could rise six metres this century
• Eclipse to draw large crowds to tiny Greek Aegean island

Wednesday 22 March 2006

• Golf stunt drives space advertising to new lengths
• Polish archeologists unearth biggest ancient brewery in Egypt

Monday 20 March 2006

• ISS space station crew redocks descent craft

Thursday 16 March 2006

• Permission for Hwang to carry on stem-cell studies revoked

Wednesday 15 March 2006

• Malaysia chooses four finalists for astronaut programme
• Golf to return to space with new ISS mission

Tuesday 14 March 2006

• NASA delays shuttle launch, citing fuel-sensor problem
• Distant comet contains minerals from early sun

Monday 13 March 2006

• Scientists find evidence of terrible Mount Vesuvius eruption
• Study: Basic grammar characteristics built into human brain

Saturday 11 March 2006

• Mars probe reaches orbit - now descending to collect data

Friday 10 March 2006

• Critics blast space golf stunt
• Mars probe reaches orbit
• Launch of Ariane 5 rocket postponed (1st Update)
• Launch of Ariane 5 rocket postponed to Friday
• Newest Mars craft approaches critical orbit manoeuvre Friday

Wednesday 08 March 2006

• Most distant cosmic blast caused by star collapse

Tuesday 07 March 2006

• Ancient tombs to be renovated in southern Egypt
• Japanese space tourist Enomoto starts training

Monday 06 March 2006

• Statues of war goddess found in southern Egyptian temple

Thursday 02 March 2006

• Study: Up to 152 cubic kilometres of Antarctic ice melt every year
• NASA: Space station assembly complete by 2010
• Swedish archaeologists find 14th century vessel
• Study predicts of 25 percent surface water drop in Africa in 2100
• South Korea's Hwang, three researchers questioned over fake data
• Polish archaeologist unearths Europe's most ancient graves

Wednesday 01 March 2006

• Saudi satellite misses orbit after Russian launch

Tuesday 28 February 2006

• Exhibition of US role in Egyptian archeology opens in Cairo

Monday 27 February 2006

• Europeans approve new CryoSat satellite to study Earth's ice layers
• US to cooperate in Indian moon mission: report

Saturday 25 February 2006

• Mars within reach next month of new NASA probe

Wednesday 22 February 2006

• Honda to produce fuel cell car in three to four years

Tuesday 21 February 2006

• Philippine volcano spews ash following increased seismic activity
• New York's Met museum agrees to return ancient artifacts to Italy

Friday 17 February 2006

• Journal accuses Bush administration of politicizing science

Thursday 16 February 2006

• Greenland's glaciers contribute to rising sea levels: study
• Singapore picked as launch paid for space trips

Wednesday 15 February 2006

• Kyoto treaty only first step in climate change battle: EU official

Tuesday 14 February 2006

• Experts unveil design for installation of Axum Obelisk in late 2006

Monday 13 February 2006

• Remains of Joan of Arc to be examined: report
• Australian climate experts muzzled

Friday 10 February 2006

• US scientist cleared after Korean stem-cell scandal
• Identity of mummies discovered in Egypt still unknown
• Last 100 years warmest since 9th century, say British researchers
• Seoul University suspends seven scientists for fake research

Thursday 09 February 2006

• Spacesuit still sending weak signals
• Singapore scientists converting food waste into energy

Wednesday 08 February 2006

• Tomb discovered next to King Tut's Valley of the Kings burial site
• Renewable energy key to limiting climate change, says report
• BMW developing turbo steam fuel-saving concept

Tuesday 07 February 2006

• NASA plans next shuttle flight in May
• Anti-air pollution measures save money in the long run: UN

Monday 06 February 2006

• NASA to boost budget, stresses commitment to space station
• Spacesuit still alive, again sending signals

Sunday 05 February 2006

• World's biggest sunken treasure sparks international row
• Environmentally sound technology to be unveiled in the UAE

Saturday 04 February 2006

• Scientist warns tsunami warning system not ready yet
• ISS space suit fails to function as mini satellite

Thursday 02 February 2006

• Worn out ISS space suit reincarnated as mini-satellite
• Work on Vietnam's first satellite to begin in April

Monday 30 January 2006

• Archaeologists puzzle over statue find in Egypt

Sunday 29 January 2006

• NASA commemorates anniversary of 1986 Challenger disaster

Saturday 28 January 2006

• 20 years since U.S. space disaster
• Clinton calls climate change world's 'no 1 issue'

Friday 27 January 2006

• EU plans high-tech university to rival America's MIT

Thursday 26 January 2006

• Ancient ship remains are unearthed at Egyptian Red Sea port

Wednesday 25 January 2006

• Forget the car key - use your finger
• Korean prosecutors confirm Hwang produced no stem cells

Monday 23 January 2006

• Ancient 1.6-metre granite statue of Egyptian queen found in Luxor
• Archeologists unearth 3,200-year-old woman in Vietnam

Thursday 19 January 2006

• NASA spacecraft hurtles off on 9-year Pluto voyage (Roundup)
• NASA spacecraft heads to Pluto
• German study finds faster melting of highland glaciers
• Tiny comet particles are 'big fish' for NASA scientists
• Pluto spacecraft in third countdown
• Contract signed for second phase of Galileo navigation satellites

Wednesday 18 January 2006

• NASA 'ecstatic' over comet particles retrieved from space
• Launch cancelled for Pluto spacecraft on Wednesday

Tuesday 17 January 2006

• Gusting winds negate launch of Pluto spacecraft
• Landslides threaten Machu Picchu, Valley of Kings

Monday 16 January 2006

• NASA probe to Pluto on schedule for launch Tuesday
• South Korean prosecutors quiz members of disgraced scientist's team
• Map backs claims that China reached America first, scholars say (Updated)

Sunday 15 January 2006

• In Photos: Stardust returns to Earth
• Stardust capsule brings comet particles to Earth (Roundup)
• Preview: Pluto spacecraft to probe mysterious edge of solar system
• Stardust capsule blazing across morning sky over U.S.

Friday 13 January 2006

• German university sends piece of Parthenon back to Greece
• Indonesia's Aceh province jolted more than 8,000 times in 2005

Thursday 12 January 2006

• Asian giants' hunger poses environmental danger
• Disgraced Hwang apologizes to South Korea
• Regional climate change meeting ends with cash but no cuts
• Booming India, China make huge environmental problem, activists say

Wednesday 11 January 2006

• Stardust capsule to blaze across morning U.S. sky Sunday morning
• Vietnam plans to launch first satellite in 2008
• Climate change 'conversation' convenes in Australia
• India joins the supersonic speed club
• Climate experts reconstruct effect of ancient freshwater influx
• Seoul National University apologizes for scientist's fake research
• Journal to retract papers, review procedure for detecting fraud

Tuesday 10 January 2006

• NASA looking for internet volunteers to study Stardust
• Scholars mark centenary of Littmann's 'Axum' expedition
• Both of cloning pioneer's studies faked: panel (Roundup)
• University: Korean cloning pioneer faked breakthrough research
• DNA analysis fails to solve mystery of Mozart's skull
• Climate change chums seek high-tech solutions

Monday 09 January 2006

• Scientist draw plague vaccine from tobacco plants
• Host Australia downplays Asia Pacific climate change talks
• Volkswagen in joint partnership to produce biofuel in Germany

Sunday 08 January 2006

• ISS space station booze ban under review

Saturday 07 January 2006

• U.S. to meet with Australia, China, India, on global warming

Wednesday 04 January 2006

• 2005 was Australia's hottest year

Tuesday 03 January 2006

• Disgraced Korean cloning pioneer 'pressured woman colleague'
• Booze ban on International Space Station 'could be lifted'

Saturday 31 December 2005

• South Korean scientist contests allegations of false research

Friday 30 December 2005

• New Year's Day will arrive one second late (Updated)

Thursday 29 December 2005

• South Korean cloning pioneer: more fake research found (Roundup)
• Scientists aiming for caffeine pill to keep soldiers alert
• Panel finds South Korean scientist never created tailored stem cells

Wednesday 28 December 2005

• Europe launches first Galileo navigation test satellite

Tuesday 27 December 2005

• Russia and U.S. agree on transporting astronauts to space station

Monday 26 December 2005

• 2005 Review: 2005 was a year of achievement, suspense in space flight
• Researchers discover gene that influences skin colour
• Korean expert stem cell research may have been entirely falsified

Sunday 25 December 2005

• Europe set to launch first test Galileo navigation satellite
• Scientists observe rare continental rift process in Ethiopia

Saturday 24 December 2005

• Waiting for the big one: Tsunami-hit countries cast early-warning net
• Scientists give 2005 an extra second
• Russia freighter craft docks with International Space Station

Friday 23 December 2005

• Dutch-Mauritian team finds quantity of rare dodo bones
• South Korean stem-cell expert apologizes for fabricating results

Thursday 22 December 2005

• Restoration work on Acropolis to be completed in 2009
• Comet's library will be earthbound with 'Stardust'
• Reconstructed Stone-Age circle in Germany catches sun's rays
• 'Stardust' to deliver first ever comet particles to Earth
• Ice Age footprints found in Australia
• India launches its most-advanced telecommunications satellite
• Unmanned freighter blasts off for ISS

Tuesday 20 December 2005

• Germany to reopen 6,800-year-old mystery circle
• British scientist says Beagle 2 wreckage might have been spotted
• Climate, clones and planets - science in 2005
• NASA delays launch of Pluto probe (Roundup)
• New Zealand at greater tsunami risk than thought: report

Monday 19 December 2005

• NASA delays launch of Pluto probe (1st Update)
• NASA delays launch of Pluto probe

Sunday 18 December 2005

• Alexandria open-air museum shows Pharaonic items from Mediterranean

Friday 16 December 2005

• Hwang has short deadline to explain retraction: Science
• Glitch found in European Galileo satellite before launch
• Korean cloning pioneer denies research was faked

Thursday 15 December 2005

• Mona Lisa's smile analyzed: she was mostly happy

Wednesday 14 December 2005

• Two Dolly scientists, others, call for stem cell calm

Saturday 10 December 2005

• Climate conference delegates agree on further talks
• Clinton says Bush 'flat wrong' on climate change

Friday 09 December 2005

• Clinton plans plea as U.N. climate talks inch ahead
• Germany and Mexico sign climate pact
• Eastern Europeans seek action against global warming

Thursday 08 December 2005

• Polar ice melt endangers Inuit way of life: petition
• U.S. still balks on global warming, tweaked by Lithuania

Wednesday 07 December 2005

• Glacier melt water, dead coral: exhibits on warming

Tuesday 06 December 2005

• Scientists dump carbon dioxide in deep rock as test
• New climate pact proposed at U.N. talks (Roundup)
• Europeans to put unmanned lander on Mars in 2011 (1st Update)
• Europeans to put unmanned lander on Mars in 2011
• Montreal climate change conference to resume
• Nanotechnology safeguards considered by Congress

Monday 05 December 2005

• Ariane 5 to be further developed
• Meteor lights up the night in Australia

Sunday 04 December 2005

• Germany likely to complain it pays too much for space race

Friday 02 December 2005

• Bird forerunner would fall off twigs, dino experts discover 
• Kyoto protocol is alive - with ailments

Wednesday 30 November 2005

• French woman receives world's first partial face transplant
• European Mars probe finds ice on Mars

Tuesday 29 November 2005

• Kidnapping is blow to archaeology in Iraq
• Climate change is EU's most serious challenge, says EEA study
• Hayabusa faces thruster problems, put on safe hold mode
• U.N. climate conference opens with calls for action

Sunday 27 November 2005

• Expectations low for Montreal meeting on climate change
• U.S. manufacturers, states, leapfrog over Bush on Kyoto
• China noncommittal on greenhouse gas reduction
• Background: Climate protection from Rio to Montreal

Saturday 26 November 2005

• Japanese space probe apparently collects sample from asteroid

Friday 25 November 2005

• South Korean cloning scandal shows need for rules - scientist
• Archaeologists say rain eroding Acropolis foundations
• Scientists discover age of moon (4,527 million years) from rock

Thursday 24 November 2005

• Humans to blame for rising sea levels, scientists say
• South Korea's cloning expert resigns over egg donation scandal
• South Korea's cloning expert apologizes over egg donation

Wednesday 23 November 2005

• Korean stem cell scientist plunged into ethics questions

Tuesday 22 November 2005

• Climate change increasingly threatening E.U. citizens, warns WWF

Sunday 20 November 2005

• Japanese space probe fails to touch down on targeted asteriod

Friday 18 November 2005

• Space station crew redocks descent craft

Thursday 17 November 2005

• Super Ariane rocket takes communications satellites into space

Wednesday 16 November 2005

• Treasure hunters devastate Iraqi ruins: German archaeologist

Sunday 13 November 2005

• Dalai Lama: Science needs morality
• Ariane launch postponed again

Thursday 10 November 2005

• Southern Hemisphere unveils its giant eye on the universe

Wednesday 09 November 2005

• European mission Venus Express safely in space (1st Update)
• European mission Venus Express lifts off

Tuesday 08 November 2005

• European mission seeks to 'lift the veil' from Venus

Monday 07 November 2005

• ISS crew successfully completes space walk
• ISS crew begins five-hour space walk

Saturday 05 November 2005

• Scientists warn that Baltic wind parks may damage salt current

Friday 04 November 2005

• Skull of Nicolas Copernicus unearthed?

Thursday 03 November 2005

• Poles claim to have found skull of astronomer Copernicus

Wednesday 02 November 2005

• International Space Station marks five years of manned flight

Tuesday 01 November 2005

• China asks Russia to join moon programme, report says

Friday 28 October 2005

• European Space Agency gives go-ahead to satellite navigation system

Thursday 27 October 2005

• Russia launches first Iranian 'probing' satellite

Wednesday 26 October 2005

• Largest optical telescope thrills astronomers with first images
• 'Driverless cars' in next generation of assistance systems
• Mercedes with enough power for several homes

Tuesday 18 October 2005

• First Brazilian in space to fly to ISS in 2006

Monday 17 October 2005

• China pushes ahead with 15-year space plan after manned flights
• China's second manned space flight lands after five days (1st Update)
• China's second manned space flight lands safely

Sunday 16 October 2005

• Chinese astronauts close to fulfilling five-day mission

Saturday 15 October 2005

• Flight of Chinese space ship going well

Friday 14 October 2005

• Ariane rocket hauls two satellites into space

Thursday 13 October 2005

• Shenzhou VI astronauts perform more space tests

Thursday 04 August 2005

• In Photos: Space Shuttle Discovery repairs

Tuesday 26 July 2005

• Countdown to Shuttle takeoff proceding normally
• Shuttle workhorse Discovery to launch despite creaky parts

Monday 25 July 2005

• Discovery commander promises 'good show' in third attempt
• A 28,000-year-old phallus found in Germany

Sunday 24 July 2005

• Countdown underway to hoped-for Tuesday shuttle launch
• Background: Countdown to space

Saturday 23 July 2005

• NASA says countdown for shuttle launch to begin on Saturday

Friday 22 July 2005

• NASA Mars probe to seek human landing spots, search for life

Thursday 21 July 2005

• NASA schedules shuttle launch for Tuesday
• NASA to keep Deep Impact in space

Tuesday 19 July 2005

• ISS space crew redock escape craft
• No shuttle launch before July 26, sensor problem not yet solved

Sunday 17 July 2005

• China space flight to carry sperm from prize porkers

Saturday 16 July 2005

• Background: Countries in possession of nuclear weapons
• Background: Peaceful use of nuclear energy also poses dangers
• Scrapped nuclear subs continue to pose danger on Russia's Kola peninsula
• IAEA - the world's nuclear policeman
• Analysis: Atomic bomb created 'MAD' world, altered course of history
• Background: Oppenheimer and Teller: The mismatched 'fathers of the bomb'
• Secret bomb laboratory was hidden as P.O. Box 1663

Friday 15 July 2005

• River Jordan dying from pollution and overuse
• China aims for second manned space flight in early October
• NASA delay annoys Russians, but not the Germans

Thursday 14 July 2005

• Sensational find in Germany: 600-year-old papal seals
• Pole discovers first planet with three suns
• Discovery launch delayed until Saturday at earliest

Wednesday 13 July 2005

• Discovery shuttle launch cancelled
• Shuttle launch scrubbed
• Profiles: Seven astronauts prepare to board Discovery shuttle
• Shuttle crew moves to launch pad with huge cheers
• Extra: Chance for space shuttle launch worsens
• Despite some glitches, NASA ready to launch shuttle
• In Photos: Shuttle Discovery sits ready for launch
• Shuttle Discovery launch 'back on track' after tile repairs

Tuesday 12 July 2005

• Experienced shuttle crew features 'Mom' and 'Too Short'
• NASA's Discovery cleared for Wednesday launch, return to space
• Background: NASA Countdown: Shuttle returns to flight
• Archaeologists uncover grave of ancient Bulgarian ruler

Monday 11 July 2005

• Passageway fit for a knight discovered under Cairo citadel
• New theory says quantum theory makes travel to the past impossible

Saturday 09 July 2005

• Data reveals comet has powdery surface, surprising researchers
• Study aims to quantify economic benefits of pollution-busting trees
• Old but reliable: Russia's Soyuz spaceship
• Europeans eagerly await resumption of space shuttle flights
• Seven astronauts to return with shuttle to space
• Shuttles dominate space travel for two decades
• Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi set for shuttle mission

Friday 08 July 2005

• Commander of Discovery shuttle says she's not afraid
• Despite hurricane, NASA decides not to move shuttle from launch pad
• Background: Columbia tragedy casts shadow over U.S. space travel
• Preview: NASA shuttle returns to space with Discovery on July 13

Thursday 07 July 2005

• Science unlocks the secrets of the didgeridoo

Wednesday 06 July 2005

• U.S. millionaire Olsen to be third space tourist
• Japan's rocket launch postponed due to bad weather

Tuesday 05 July 2005

• Fuel-cell car tested for first time by a U.S. family
• Archaeologists discover ancient dwellings on remote Greek island
• Egyptian-Italian lab for restoring and conserving papyrus inaugurated
• Data flows from 'Deep Space' comet collision

Monday 04 July 2005

• Taiwan university takes part in Deep Impact project
• Spacecraft recorded own demise
• Smashing success: Deep Impact strikes comet Tempel 1

Sunday 03 July 2005

• Deep Impact projectile heads for comet collision
• Deep Impact mission takes aim at Tempel 1 Comet

Saturday 02 July 2005

• Republicans probe global-warming scientists

Friday 01 July 2005

• Deep Impact mission on course to collide with Tempel 1 Comet
• Mediterranean at risk from global warming, WWF study warns
• Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi set for shuttle mission
• U.S. shuttle set to return to space July 13 - update

Thursday 30 June 2005

• Space shuttle to launch July 13
• Einstein's theory of relativity basis for the nuclear age
• Cosmic fireworks on July 4: NASA probe to fire on comet

Wednesday 29 June 2005

• Experiment finds water helps absorb power of explosions

Tuesday 28 June 2005

• Big 14th dynasty sarcophagus discovered near Cairo

Saturday 25 June 2005

• NASA to decide Thursday on shuttle launch

Friday 24 June 2005

• Keeling, first tracker of carbon dioxide increase, dead at 77
• Researcher achieves breakthrough in blight-resistant rice
• Scientists look for clues on solar-sail spacecraft

Sunday 19 June 2005

• New satellite may improve storm tracking