BBC News | Science/Nature | World EditionVisit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.Physics agency instigates review- June 17, 2008 The organisation that looks after some of the biggest science facilities in the UK is to commission an independent review of its operations.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7460162.stm Scans see 'gay brain differences'- June 16, 2008 The brains of gay people look like those found in heterosexual people of the opposite sex, research suggests.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/health/7456588.stm First farmers made 'lucky beads'- June 16, 2008 Some of the first farmers probably used green beads to protect themselves and their crops, a study suggests.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7457755.stm Climate book is judges' hot pick- June 16, 2008 Mark Lynas' book on global warming wins this year's Royal Society prize for popular science writing.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7457317.stm Cannabis 'can harm foetal brain'- June 16, 2008 Smoking cannabis while pregnant could harm the developing brain in the womb, researchers in Scotland claim.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/7456625.stm Green agenda still key - Cameron- June 16, 2008 Conservative leader David Cameron insists he will not be diverted from his environmental agenda by the economic downturn.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7456752.stm Trio of 'super-Earths' discovered- June 16, 2008 Astronomers identify a trio of so-called "super-Earths" - rocky worlds slightly larger than our planet.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7457307.stm Mars soil close-up for Phoenix- June 16, 2008 Scientist Dr Tom Pike describes the moment the Phoenix lander obtained its first Martian soil for analysis.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7408033.stm Shuttle lands despite losing clip- June 14, 2008 The US space shuttle Discovery lands in Florida despite the earlier loss of a rudder clip.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7454810.stm Heavy-rain forecasts 'to improve'- June 13, 2008 The Met Office says it is now able to provide more precise forecasts of where extreme rainfall will occur.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7453522.stm |