BBC News - Science & Environment
The latest stories from the Science & Environment section of the BBC News web site.
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Plans for solar 'close encounter'
September 3, 2010
Nasa is aiming to get closer to the Sun than ever before, with plans to plunge a car-sized unmanned spacecraft into the star's outer atmosphere.
Reading Arabic 'hard for brain'
September 4, 2010
Israeli scientists believe they have identified why Arabic is particularly hard to learn to read.
Clue to ancient Antarctic seaway
August 31, 2010
Scientists have found evidence for an ancient sea passage linking currently isolated areas of Antarctica.
Floods swamp south Sudan region
September 1, 2010
Some 57,000 people have been forced from their homes because of dramatic floods in south-western Sudan over the past month, officials say.
Stricter checks for climate body
August 30, 2010
The UN's climate science body needs stricter checks to prevent damage to its credibility, an independent review concludes.
UK biofuels 'fail on green goals'
August 31, 2010
The vast majority of biofuels sold on UK forecourts are imported and do not conform to environmental standards, figures show.
Let it snow
September 2, 2010
Rare weather events caused last winter's freak snow storms
Darwin's secret
September 1, 2010
Darwin's artificial rainforest in the South Atlantic
