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Fri, 05/09/2008 - 23:00
A universal flu vaccine which could mean an end to the annual flu jab is being trialled on UK volunteers.
Fri, 05/09/2008 - 22:28
The Rosetta spacecraft is "on course" to fly-by asteroid Steins at a distance of just 800km and take pictures.
Fri, 05/09/2008 - 22:13
Europe's space freighter will undock from the International Space Station on Friday after completing its mission to the orbiting platform.
Fri, 05/09/2008 - 18:47
One of the world's smallest and rarest snails, measuring less than a millimetre in width, gets special protection.
Fri, 05/09/2008 - 18:40
The UN launches an initiative to have the marshlands of southern Iraq listed as a world heritage site.
Fri, 05/09/2008 - 17:14
Soldiers are moved out of Virunga National Park
Fri, 05/09/2008 - 16:49
Will lack of wind scupper UK plans for electricity?
Fri, 05/09/2008 - 16:21
Watch your step: the rainforest is full of creepy-crawlies
Fri, 05/09/2008 - 08:36
Scientists in London have traced the embryonic changes that occur in children with Down's syndrome
Fri, 05/09/2008 - 07:49
"Biowaste" plants may be based on a Shropshire scheme
Fri, 05/09/2008 - 05:49
Natural restrictions on the way glaciers move means sea level rise above 2m this century is very unlikely, researchers say.
Fri, 05/09/2008 - 05:29
What is the secret behind Google's huge success?
Fri, 05/09/2008 - 01:47
Bumblebees learn from their encounters with camouflaged crab spiders and adapt their foraging strategy.
Thu, 04/09/2008 - 23:50
Ancient DNA evidence points to the last Siberian woolly mammoths having originated in North America.
Thu, 04/09/2008 - 17:45
Dirty and unwanted - should urban gulls be culled?
Thu, 04/09/2008 - 17:15
From poisoners to screamers - meet the rainforest frogs
Thu, 04/09/2008 - 15:18
The spread of the Roman Empire through Europe may explain why those living in its former colonies are more vulnerable to HIV.
Thu, 04/09/2008 - 15:13
Yemen takes a new approach to tackle looming water crisis
Thu, 04/09/2008 - 08:20
Ministers failed to budget properly ahead of last year's floods and animal disease outbreaks, an MPs' report says.
Thu, 04/09/2008 - 06:56
A geneticist is to reveal the latest findings of her research into what washed up on an island's beach.
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