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'Conspiracy theories finally laid to rest' by report on leaked climate change emails
Scientists involved in last year's "climategate" leaked emails controversy, which added to scepticism about the science of global warming, were not open enough with their data and unhelpful with requests for information, an independent review of the affair found yesterday.
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Traces found of the earliest Britons from 900,000 years ago
Thursday, 8 July 2010
Mammoths trampled the undergrowth, giant elk stalked the land, and hyenas and sabre-toothed cats took no hostages. This was normal for Norfolk 800,000 years ago, according to scientists who have found the earliest evidence of human settlement in Britain.
Scottish sheep farms finally free of Chernobyl fallout
Wednesday, 7 July 2010
It happened 24 years ago and more than 1,300 miles away from the UK. But, for the sheep farmers of Scotland, the effects from the fallout from Chernobyl have only just ended.
'Afterglow' of Big Bang captured by satellite
Tuesday, 6 July 2010
It's sometimes known as the "afterglow of creation" because it was the first light to be produced when matter began to form following the Big Bang some 13.7 billion years ago.
Brain abnormality may be to blame for anti-social teenagers
Tuesday, 6 July 2010
Aggressive teenagers with severe behavioural problems may have developed a biological abnormality in their brain, causing them to be aggressive and anti-social, a study has found.
Never say die: Who wants to live forever?
Monday, 5 July 2010
The secret of living to 100 is all in our genes, according to new research. Not for me, thanks, says John Walsh.
The science of lying: Why the truth really can hurt
Monday, 5 July 2010
Studies show there are clear biological benefits to dishonesty, writes Alice-Azania Jarvis.
Telescope captures images of Big Bang 'afterglow'
Monday, 5 July 2010
A striking image showing the ghost of the Big Bang has been captured by a new space telescope.
The Stars: July
Monday, 5 July 2010
Low down in the south of July's sky lurks a venomous monster: a mighty cosmic scorpion, riding high in the skies of Mediterranean latitudes. One of the rare constellations that actually resembles its terrestrial counterpart, Scorpius was probably first logged in the Euphrates region around 5,000BC.
Discovery of U-boat wrecks rewrites the history books
Sunday, 4 July 2010
Newly identified sites show far more submarines were sunk by mines than previously thought
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