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Creationism special: A battle for science's soul
Sat, 9 Jul 2005 10:00:00 +0100
Eighty years after the Scopes trial drew battle lines over evolution and creationism, Darwin's theory is under renewed attack, this time from "intelligent design"

Massive investigation operation follows London attack
Fri, 8 Jul 2005 18:30:00 +0100
Forensics and intelligence evidence will underpin efforts to find those responsible for London's worst ever terrorist attack

G8 leaders agree global warming is urgent problem
Fri, 8 Jul 2005 17:34:00 +0100
Climate change is a �serious long-term challenge� requiring �resolve and urgency�, the group agreed, but made no specific commitments to act

Deep sea predator creates red light zone
Fri, 8 Jul 2005 17:29:00 +0100
A voracious relative of the jellyfish uses fluorescent red tentacles to entice its prey, yet red light was thought to be invisible to life at these depths

Columbia's final launch left lingering sky glow
Fri, 8 Jul 2005 15:32:00 +0100
Exhaust from the doomed shuttle's launch formed glowing clouds high above Antarctica, suggesting the clouds do not always signify global warming

London rush hour blasts kill 50
Fri, 8 Jul 2005 14:07:00 +0100
At least 50 people are now confirmed dead in the explosions that tore through three London Underground trains and a double-decker bus on Thursday

Many killed in terrorist blasts in London
Thu, 7 Jul 2005 16:30:00 +0100
A series of explosions rocked London during its Thursday morning rush hour, killing at least 33 people and injuring over 345 others

Tasmanian devil's bite is the kiss of death
Wed, 6 Jul 2005 19:00:00 +0100
The facial tumour disease that has wiped out nearly one-third of the creatures since the mid-1990s may be spreading through physical contact

Bird flu may soon land in Europe and Australia
Wed, 6 Jul 2005 18:00:00 +0100
Huge numbers of wild birds in northwest China are infected by a bird flu virus closely related to the killer strain - they may carry it far and wide

European parliament rejects software patent law
Wed, 6 Jul 2005 16:44:00 +0100
The proposed law pitted big technology companies against small firms and open source programmers who claimed it would stifle innovation

Shuttle return to flight: The most closely watched in history
Wed, 6 Jul 2005 16:09:00 +0100
In our first special preview of the imminent space shuttle flight,

Adult weight is prime risk factor for diabetes
Wed, 6 Jul 2005 11:09:00 +0100
The results counter ideas that prenatal and early childhood experiences are key to raised risk of diabetes in later life

Coldest ever space instrument set to fly
Tue, 5 Jul 2005 18:07:00 +0100
The X-ray spectrometer boasts a 10-fold improvement in resolution, and has to be kept so cold it requires triple insulation from the 'warmth' of space

Climate scientists fear fudge at G8 meeting
Tue, 5 Jul 2005 17:25:00 +0100
A scientific meeting set up by G8 chair Tony Blair concluded that climate change was a �clear and present danger� � but have the politicians heard the message?

Cars develop killer heat, even on cooler days
Tue, 5 Jul 2005 16:19:00 +0100
Sunlight can heat car interiors to lethal temperatures in just 30 minutes, even if the weather is relatively mild, a new US study finds

Robot hand performs remote breast checks
Tue, 5 Jul 2005 15:41:00 +0100
Life-saving breast examinations could be performed by a robotic hand that combines ultrasound with an artificial sense of touch

Comet's crater hidden, but plume tells story
Tue, 5 Jul 2005 11:48:00 +0100
Seeing the crater produced by Deep Impact�s violent encounter with Comet Tempel 1 may now be impossible, but analysis of the blast will reveal much

Footprints rewrite history of first Americans
Tue, 5 Jul 2005 10:59:00 +0100
Fossilised human footprints found in Mexico are dated as 40,000 years old � 30,000 years before people were thought to have arrived

Suicide bombers not easily foiled by technology
Mon, 4 Jul 2005 22:00:00 +0100
When it comes to preventing pedestrian suicide-bombers, technology cannot beat traditional intelligence gathering, a new analysis suggests

Watching TV harms kids� academic success
Mon, 4 Jul 2005 21:00:00 +0100
Too much viewing reduces kids� learning abilities, cutting their chance of graduating from university, new studies find

Laser pulses could power quantum logic gate
Mon, 4 Jul 2005 16:13:00 +0100
Exotic computers capable of immensely complex calculations using individual particles of light are a step closer to realisation, say researchers

Plasma experiment recreates astrophysical jets
Mon, 4 Jul 2005 15:30:00 +0100
A scaled-down version of the jets that spew from giant black holes and some stars reveals the key to what keeps them so thin

Deep Impact smashes all expectations
Mon, 4 Jul 2005 10:29:00 +0100
The comet-crunching probe hurtled into Comet Tempel 1 exactly as planned, capturing some startlingly explosive images in the process

Comet impactor released to await its fate
Sun, 3 Jul 2005 09:38:00 +0100
The Deep Impact spacecraft successfully ejects its 372-kilogram mass of copper � and moves to a safe distance, ready to watch sparks fly

Entering a dark age of innovation
Sat, 2 Jul 2005 14:00:00 +0100
It may seem like we are living in a technological nirvana, but the rate of technological innovation has been falling for 100 years, a new study reveals

Lighter babies face future depression risk
Fri, 1 Jul 2005 18:12:00 +0100
Babies with low birthweights when born at full-term are more likely to be depressed in later life - it may also have a genetic link to heart disease

Parkinson's drug prompts brain cell growth
Fri, 1 Jul 2005 16:55:00 +0100
A drug that relieves symptoms - but was controversially withdrawn over toxicity fears - is shown to stimulate growth of the damaged nerve fibres

Exoplanet�s hard core is largest yet detected
Fri, 1 Jul 2005 14:23:00 +0100
The scorchingly hot planet has a solid core 70 times more massive than the Earth, sending astronomers back to the drawing board

Most distant Einstein ring is revealed
Fri, 1 Jul 2005 13:52:00 +0100
A distant gravitational lens brings the most far-flung Einstein ring ever seen into focus, offering insights into the early days of the universe

Earth trembles as big winds move in
Fri, 1 Jul 2005 11:52:00 +0100
Hurricanes can trigger swarms of weak earthquakes and even set the Earth vibrating, according to the first study of such effects

NASA sets shuttle launch for 13 July
Fri, 1 Jul 2005 10:29:00 +0100
After a 30-month gap following the Columbia shuttle disaster, the agency declares the shuttle fit for lift-off