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Birds 'off the pace' with warming
French birds are moving northwards in response to climate change, but not fast enough, a study suggests.

Call to tackle UK business waste
The government should do more to curb waste using tax as an incentive, a House of Lords committee has said.

eBay insect fossil is new species
A scientist who bought a fossilised insect on the web auction site eBay finds that it belongs to a new species.

Fruit juice 'could affect drugs'
Fruit juices may not be as healthy as thought - they could reduce the effectiveness of some medicines, it is claimed.

Bid for world land-speed record
Two British men prepare to try and break the world land-speed record for a wind-powered vehicle.

Hopes fade for Sydney whale calf
A humpback whale calf separated from its mother and trying to suckle from boats off Sydney, Australia, is weakening, observers say.

Stellar result in MoD challenge
The Ministry of Defence has concluded a contest to identify robots best suited to battlefield conditions.

Wild dolphins tail-walk on water
In what is thought to be a world first, a wild dolphin is apparently teaching others to tail-walk.

A thermostat for mini-spacecraft
A new technology has been demonstrated that can regulate the temperature of miniature satellites and spacecraft

Monkey business - US 'Bigfoot' turns out to be gorilla suit in ice
The claimed recent discovery of Bigfoot in the US state of Georgia has turned out to be a gorilla suit in a block of ice.

Why reforming the economics of food could bring environmental and social benefits
Why reforming the economics of food production and supply would be beneficial for a number of environmental and social ills.

Driving primates to the edge
The decline of primates shows time is running out

Dry hunger
Why lack of water will make it hard to feed ourselves

Swell time
UK resort hopes artificial reef will help ride the waves

Dumping scandal
Ivory Coast's forgotten acrid waste victims

A bucket of dust
Phoenix gets up close and personal with Martian dust

Inside the brain
How surgery has been revolutionised over the years

Flat-panel fridge
New approach may make fridges more efficient and quieter

Brain's counting skill 'built-in'
Humans have an innate ability to do maths even if they do not have the language to express it, research suggests.

Perfect return flight for Proton
A Russian Proton rocket successfully launches one of the biggest commercial satellites ever built - the Inmarsat-4 (I4-F3).

Bird flu hopes from 1918 victims
Scientists say victims of the 1918 flu virus that killed 50m still have protection, which may help in new bird flu treatments.

Yew cuttings help cancer research
Tree trimmings used to make cancer drugs

Exploring the virtual ant colony
A tour around a virtual ant colony, mapped by radar

Magpie 'recognises its reflection'
Magpies can recognise themselves in a mirror, scientists find, making them the first non-mammal known to do so.

Pedigrees plagued by disease
Pedigree dogs suffer from debilitating genetic diseases due to inbreeding, a BBC inquiry concludes.

Decision on 'eco-towns' delayed
It will be early next year before up to 10 "eco-towns" planned for England are approved, the government says.

Brazil's farms see quiet revolution
Can Brazil's farms help to feed the world?

Coal's toxic legacy to the Arctic
Data from a Greenland ice core indicates that coal burning is the prime source of heavy metal pollution in the Arctic.


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