EU to back bluefin tuna trade ban

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EU nations decide to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stocks recover.

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Scientists to review climate body

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The UN Secretary-General asks the world’s leading science academies to review the UN’s climate science body.

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Ancient eggshell yields its DNA

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The eggshells of long-dead and extinct species are a particularly good source to find preserved DNA, researchers say.

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Ring may be giant ‘impact crater’

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Deforestation has revealed what could be a giant impact crater in Central Africa, according to Italian scientists.

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Collider to shut for year to fix faults

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The Large Hadron Collider must be shut down for a year starting in late 2011 to address design flaws, the BBC has learned.

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Third of EU emissions ‘imported’

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Research shows some EU countries “import” about a third of their carbon emissions from developing countries.

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Skynet satellite system extended

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Skynet 5, the UK’s single biggest space project, is to get a fourth satellite to up the bandwidth available to British forces.

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Lords in science investment call

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Former Labour and Conservative science ministers challenge the next UK government to maintain investment in science.

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Superweed predator to be released

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A plant-eating predator that preys on aggressive superweed Japanese knotweed is to be given a trial release in England.

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Tory review urges science boost

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A Tory-backed report urges incentives for schools and tax breaks for researchers to raise the profile of science.

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Probe may have found cosmic dust

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Scientists may have identified the first specks of interstellar dust in material collected by the Nasa Stardust spacecraft.

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‘Case stronger’ on climate change

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The UK Met Office says evidence that human activity is causing climate change is stronger now than in a 2007 assessment.

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Panel confirms dino crater link

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An international panel of experts has strongly endorsed the idea that an asteroid impact was responsible for killing off the dinosaurs.

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Promise made on UK physics woes

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The government is promising to put in place measures to protect the future funding of physics and astronomy in the UK.

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