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August 27, 2008 - 12:58pm
A powerful Nasa space telescope has unveiled an image of the sky viewed through "gamma-ray glasses".
August 27, 2008 - 8:14am
Nasa's robotic rover Opportunity is driving out of a giant crater on Mars nearly a year after its dangerous descent.
August 27, 2008 - 6:46am
Scientists use a numerical model to predict the risk of infection through airborne transmission of foot-and-mouth virus.
August 27, 2008 - 6:20am
The UK population is set to become the largest in the European Union, according to a report.
August 27, 2008 - 6:07am
A rapid response service will be set up to help trap and kill grey squirrels across southern Scotland.
August 27, 2008 - 4:00am
Laptops taken to the International Space Station were infected with a computer virus, Nasa confirms.
August 26, 2008 - 8:17pm
Britain is to formally present its case to the UN to extend its territorial rights around Ascension Island.
August 26, 2008 - 5:02pm
A human exoskeleton robotic suit is helping people paralysed from the waist down to stand, walk and climb stairs.
August 26, 2008 - 3:50pm
Early stone tools developed by modern humans were no more advanced than ones used by the Neanderthals, research shows.
August 26, 2008 - 9:00am
A three-metre (10-foot) python kills a student zookeeper who let the snake out of its enclosure in Caracas, Venezuela.
August 26, 2008 - 7:28am
Gallery of statues depicting Roman rulers is unearthed
August 26, 2008 - 6:07am
Wind turbines are a hazard to bats because changes in air pressure can cause fatal internal injuries, a study reveals.
August 26, 2008 - 5:54am
It is time to re-think what creatures need our help
August 26, 2008 - 5:53am
What happens when the cabin pressure drops?
August 26, 2008 - 4:25am
Six international teams competed this weekend in the first-ever hydrogen-powered motorsport race.
August 26, 2008 - 4:12am
A breakfast fry-up every day raises the risk of bowel cancer by 63%, researchers have calculated.
August 26, 2008 - 2:56am
Modified car crosses Europe fuelled on fat alone
August 26, 2008 - 2:13am
Gordon Brown faces pressure from Labour MPs for a windfall tax on energy firms who have recorded huge profits.
August 25, 2008 - 6:56pm
The government should spend biofuel subsidies on safeguarding rainforests and peatland instead, a think tank says.
August 25, 2008 - 5:46pm
Descendants of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his team search for a final explorer to complete their South Pole trek.
