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Lawson and the think-tank bent on hijacking global warming debate
The leaked emails from the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia could not have come at a better time for the Global Warming Policy Foundation, a "cross-party political think-tank" set up last week to counter the supposed lies and distortions of the climate science community.
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Male gene may hold key to limited lifespan
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Men may carry the reason for their limited lifespan in their sperm, a study suggests.
Large Hadron Collider sets particle acceleration record
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
The "Big Bang" experiment at Cern near Geneva scored a world record yesterday by accelerating beams to the highest energy ever achieved in a particle collider.
Put your DNA to the test
Monday, 30 November 2009
A DNA testing project launched by National Geographic and IBM seeks to challenge where we think we come from.
The ice age Channel
Monday, 30 November 2009
Steve Connor: River cut through land bridge to Europe, say scientists.
The Royal Society: Dilettantes to DNA via cuckoos and kites
Monday, 30 November 2009
It began as a talking shop for rich intellectuals but 350 years later, the Royal Society is the de facto national academy of science
Unlocking the origins of the universe
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
After 10 years – and £6bn – the first particles finally smash into each other in the Large Hadron Collider.
Fossil theft: One of our dinosaurs is missing
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Cahal Milmo: The illegal trade is increasingly lucrative, with dire results for science.
Forget Earth - let's move to Mars!
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
If planet Earth becomes too crowded, where else in the solar system could humankind live? Space expert Steven Cutts considers our options
Giant ocean covered Mars, new map reveals
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
A single ocean once covered much of the northern half of Mars, supplied with water from a belt of rain-fed rivers, new research suggests.
Big Bang atom smasher records first proton hits
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
The world's largest atom smasher made another leap forward yesterday by circulating beams of protons in opposite directions at the same time and causing the first particle collisions in the £6bn machine after more than a year of repairs.
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All the talk of targets by which withdrawal will be gauged is so much pie in the sky
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Ah bwaah bah habbab. Hang on, start again. Bwwhaaabwabab darrbba bubbua

