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Last updated on November 21st, 2009
| Restart for 'Big Bang' experiment: Click here |
| The Large Hadron Collider experiment, designed to shed light on the cosmos, restarts after 14 months of repairs. |
| UK climate unit's e-mails hacked: Click here |
| The e-mail system of one of the world's leading climate research units has been breached by hackers. |
| Mammoth dung clue to extinction: Click here |
| A study of mammoth dung is helping unravel the mystery of what caused the great mammals to die out. |
| New skin 'may help burns victims': Click here |
| French researchers say they have found a way of using human embryonic stem cells to create new skin which could help serious burns victims. |
| First test for record solar plane: Click here |
| The prototype of a solar-powered plane destined for a record round-the-world journey makes its first trip across a runway. |
| Spacewalk for shuttle astronauts: Click here |
| Two astronauts from the space shuttle Atlantis have embarked on the first spacewalk of their mission. |
| Skate may be fished to extinction: Click here |
| A species of skate could become the first marine fish driven to extinction by commercial fishing, say scientists. |
| Tribes resistance could help CJD: Click here |
| Darwinian natural selection could help halt human CJD, experts say after finding a tribe impervious to a related fatal brain disorder. |
| Two of Hubble's instruments to go on display at US museum: Click here |
| Two of the longest-serving instruments from the Hubble telescope have taken up residence in a museum in the US. |
| Star Trek 'phaser' becomes reality - but only worms need be afraid: Click here |
| Scientists show off an effect not unlike that of "phasers" in Star Trek - but it only works on tiny worms called nematodes. |
| Earth Watch: Click here |
| Korean model for Obama as Copenhagen looms |
| Harrabin's notes: Click here |
| Arguments over hacked climate change e-mails |
| In pictures: Click here |
| Smashing! Cern's particle cruncher finally restarts |
| In pictures: Click here |
| Helena Christensen documents climate change |
| Outlook: cloudy: Click here |
| Future of global carbon market is uncertain |
| Spaceman: Click here |
| Countdown to maiden flight of Falcon 9 rocket |
| Climate: A question of justice: Click here |
| Why a human rights activist is making the jump to mainstream environmentalism. |
| From space race to human race: Click here |
| Why humanity needs a 'space race' for this planet |
| Giraffes use 'supercharged' heart: Click here |
| Giraffes use a small, powerful, supercharged heart to pump blood up the neck to the head, new research reveals. |
| Seahorse 'hitchhikes' Atlantic: Click here |
| An American seahorse is found in European waters. |
| Alcohol 'protects men's hearts': Click here |
| Drinking alcohol every day cuts the risk of coronary heart disease in men sharply, a study suggests, but experts remain critical. |
| Shuttle docks with space station: Click here |
| Space shuttle Atlantis has successfully docked with the International Space Station, Nasa officials say. |
| Mercury mission clears key hurdle: Click here |
| Science delegations to the European Space Agency approve a much more expensive mission to the planet Mercury. |
| How to explore Mars in a game: Click here |
| Nasa launches a website that allows users to play games while at the same time sorting through its image archive of Mars. |
| LHC nears restart after repairs: Click here |
| The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) could restart as early as this weekend after more than a year of repairs. |
| Energy-saving bulbs 'get dimmer': Click here |
| Energy-efficient light bulbs lose on average more than a fifth of their brightness over their lifetime, a study finds. |
| Baby ibex's epic struggle to live: Click here |
| Amazing footage of a baby ibex's perilous escape from a fox is captured on film by a BBC natural history cameraman. |
| Corps blamed for Katrina floods: Click here |
| A US judge rules that negligence by army engineers led to massive flooding in part of New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. |
| DNA clue to save rare Darwin bird: Click here |
| Specimens collected by Charles Darwin could help scientists reintroduce a rare mockingbird to the Galapagos Islands. |
| EU seeks Russian energy boost: Click here |
| EU hoping Russia will stabilise energy supplies |