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Universal flu vaccine tests start

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.

Rosetta set for asteroid fly-by

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.

'Jules Verne' awaits final voyage

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.

Government to protect tiny snail

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.

Heritage plan for Iraqi marshes

Fri, 05/09/2008 - 18:40
The UN launches an initiative to have the marshlands of southern Iraq listed as a world heritage site.

Gorilla Diary

Fri, 05/09/2008 - 17:14
Soldiers are moved out of Virunga National Park

Power down

Fri, 05/09/2008 - 16:49
Will lack of wind scupper UK plans for electricity?

Frog hunt

Fri, 05/09/2008 - 16:21
Watch your step: the rainforest is full of creepy-crawlies

Down's signs 'seen in stem cells'

Fri, 05/09/2008 - 08:36
Scientists in London have traced the embryonic changes that occur in children with Down's syndrome

Power from waste

Fri, 05/09/2008 - 07:49
"Biowaste" plants may be based on a Shropshire scheme

Sea level rise by 2100 'below 2m'

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.

Google is 10

Fri, 05/09/2008 - 05:29
What is the secret behind Google's huge success?

Bumblebees outwit robotic spiders

Fri, 05/09/2008 - 01:47
Bumblebees learn from their encounters with camouflaged crab spiders and adapt their foraging strategy.

Mammoths moved 'out of America'

Thu, 04/09/2008 - 23:50
Ancient DNA evidence points to the last Siberian woolly mammoths having originated in North America.

Out of control

Thu, 04/09/2008 - 17:45
Dirty and unwanted - should urban gulls be culled?

Jungle jewels

Thu, 04/09/2008 - 17:15
From poisoners to screamers - meet the rainforest frogs

Roman Empire 'raised HIV threat'

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.

Cartoon droplet

Thu, 04/09/2008 - 15:13
Yemen takes a new approach to tackle looming water crisis

Flooding budget 'badly handled'

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.

Genetics may hold the clue to a marine mystery creature

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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