Nasa plans to scale back missions to Mars to save money, claim scientists
11 February 2012 12:00 AM
Nasa is about to propose "irrational" major cuts to its exploration of other planets, especially Mars, scientists claim.
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Swimsuit is 'not like shark skin'
10 February 2012 12:00 AM
Claims by a leading sports-clothing company, Speedo, to have invented a swimsuit fabric that emulates the surface properties of shark’s skin are not supported by experiments with real shark skin, scientists said.
Billions of tons of water lost from world's glaciers, satellite reveals
09 February 2012 12:00 AM
The total volume of water that has melted from all of the world's polar ice sheets, ice caps and mountain glaciers over the past decade would repeatedly fill Britain's largest lake, Windemere, more than 13,000 times, according to one of the most comprehensive studies of the Earth's frozen "cryosphere".
No way of stopping leak of deadly new flu, says terror chief
08 February 2012 12:00 AM
US biosecurity board expert warns against details of H5N1 bird flu getting into wrong hands
Government 'may sanction nerve-agent use on rioters', scientists fear
07 February 2012 12:00 AM
Leading neuroscientists believe that the UK Government may be about to sanction the development of nerve agents for British police that would be banned in warfare under an international treaty on chemical weapons.
New genetic discovery could boost treatment for stroke patients
06 February 2012 12:00 AM
Experts say findings may lead to more personalised medicine
Science behind the big freeze: is climate change bringing the Arctic to Europe?
04 February 2012 12:00 AM
A loss of sea ice could be a cause of the bitter winds that have swept across the UK in the past week, weather experts say
Let battle commence: US diver hopes to find £2bn treasure on British war wreck
03 February 2012 12:00 AM
Possible hoard of platinum, diamonds and gold may be biggest ever – but who would keep it?
Electronic telepathy breakthrough hailed
01 February 2012 11:19 AM
A first step has been taken towards hearing imagined speech using a form of electronic telepathy, it has been claimed.
Research into mutant flu 'must go on'
28 January 2012 12:00 AM
Scientist dismisses US group's fear that creation of airborne H5N1 virus could inspire bio-terrorism
The plane truth: Scientist reveals how wings really work
25 January 2012 12:00 AM
The classic explanation of how a wing generates enough lift to keep a plane or a bird in the air is wrong, according to a Cambridge University physicist.
Strongest solar storm since 2005 hits Earth
24 January 2012 01:12 PM
Space weather officials say the strongest solar storm in more than six years bombarded Earth with radiation.
Once they were blind, now they see. Patients treated with cells from human embryo
24 January 2012 12:00 AM
Controversial medical breakthrough restores vision – now doctors hope to repeat the success
Male sex drive causes hostility
23 January 2012 12:00 AM
Male sex drive is at the root of most conflict in the world, from football violence to world wars, scientists have claimed.
Selling out: why some beliefs are not worth keeping
23 January 2012 12:00 AM
A new study of the brain has found what makes us decide to sell principles for profit
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