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EU nations decide to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stocks recover.
EU nations decide to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stocks recover.
The UN Secretary-General asks the world’s leading science academies to review the UN’s climate science body.
The internet is among a record 237 individuals and organisations nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.
The eggshells of long-dead and extinct species are a particularly good source to find preserved DNA, researchers say.
Mobile technology that could allow prying bosses to monitor every movement of their staff is developed in Japan.
Facebook calls on game designers to make an iconic title, such as Mario or Halo, specifically for the social network.
Illegal file-sharers should be fined, rather than have their internet connection cut off, says the boss of BT.
Deforestation has revealed what could be a giant impact crater in Central Africa, according to Italian scientists.
The Large Hadron Collider must be shut down for a year starting in late 2011 to address design flaws, the BBC has learned.
Research shows some EU countries “import” about a third of their carbon emissions from developing countries.
The home secretary says internet safety lessons must be learned after a convicted sex offender contacts and kills a teenager.
A plan to create a net domain for adult content will be revisited three years after it was rejected by net regulators.
Hard drives are about to undergo one of the biggest format shifts in 30 years but it could cause problems for Windows XP users.
Skynet 5, the UK’s single biggest space project, is to get a fourth satellite to up the bandwidth available to British forces.