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12,298 articles from BBC Science/Nature

• MONDAY 6. FEBRUARY, 2012
• 18:05 Climate consensus cracking open - or not...

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  The "consensus on climate change" is said to be cracking - again - but what's the evidence?  

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• 16:20 Contador given two-year drug ban

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  Alberto Contador is handed a two-year ban for a doping offence - and is stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title.  

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• 15:56 Mars cooperation near collapse

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  US space agency officials let their European counterparts know that it is now highly unlikely that America will participate in joint missions to the Red Planet in 2016 and 2018.  

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• 15:40 Clan chief joins conservation row

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  A clan chief is accusing the Scottish government and SNH of not listening to islanders' concerns about a conservation area.  

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• 15:07 Transplant jaw made by 3D printer

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  An 83-year-old woman is fitted with a jaw made by a 3D printer in what doctors say is the first operation of its kind.  

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• 14:04 Race to drill into Antarctic lake

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  Russian scientists are attempting to beat US and British rivals to be first to drill into an Antarctic sub-glacial lake.  

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• 09:03 In pictures: Making charcoal from Liberian rubber trees

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  Pictures reveal how charcoal keeps Liberia cooking  

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• 05:24 China in EU carbon scheme 'ban'

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  China tells its airlines not to pay charges to the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme, aimed at cutting carbon emissions.  

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• 03:10 'Birth defect risk' for diabetics

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  The risk of birth defects increases four-fold if the pregnant mother has diabetes, a study of 400,000 pregnancies in England suggests.  

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• 02:04 In pictures: Deep sea discoveries

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  Scientists find two species of colourful worms  

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• SUNDAY 5. FEBRUARY, 2012
• 14:31 VIDEO: Birds' paradise lost in Kashmir?

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  Nearly a million migratory birds visit Kashmir's wetlands every year, but this time the severe winter has made it nearly impossible for them to find food.  

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• 12:29 PM urged to cut wind farm subsidy

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  More than 100 Conservatives are among MPs who have written to the prime minister calling on him to slash subsidies for onshore wind turbines.  

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• 10:07 VIDEO: MPs urge PM to cut wind farm subsidy

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  More than 100 Conservative MPs have written to David Cameron calling on him to slash subsidies for onshore wind turbines.  

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• SATURDAY 4. FEBRUARY, 2012
• 19:10 Anti-fracking demo in Enniskillen

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  About 100 people gather in Enniskillen to demonstrate against the use of fracking to extract gas from shale rock in County Fermanagh.  

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• 04:03 Oil spurs Canadian PM China visit

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  Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will visit China next week to discuss Canada's oil products, after the US blocked a key pipeline.  

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• 01:44 Prince optimistic for fisheries

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  Prince Charles says there is a reason to be optimistic about the state of the world's oceans, but it is "critically urgent" to tackle overfishing.  

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• 01:42 Do the dead outnumber the living?

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  Do the dead outnumber the living - or is it the other way round?  

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• FRIDAY 3. FEBRUARY, 2012
• 17:46 Totally tropical at Kew

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  A tour of Kew's Royal Botanic Gardens' exotic orchids  

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• 17:01 Green void looms after Huhne departure

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  What does Huhne’s departure and Davey’s arrival mean to ‘the greenest government ever’?  

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• 11:15 Largest optical telescope created

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  Astronomers at the Paranal observatory combine four telescope to create the world's largest virtual device with a 130m-mirror.  

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• 10:35 Striking galaxy image from Hubble

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  The Hubble space telescope captures an image of a "barred spiral" galaxy that could help us better understand our own Milky Way.  

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• 10:14 Olympics shoot for green medal

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  Will London 2012 fulfil its ‘Greenest Olympics’ pledge?  

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• 01:22 VIDEO: Lifting the Cutty Sark into place

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  The historic tea clipper will be reopened to the public in spring 2012. Part of the conservation work included lifting her three metres off the ground.  

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• 01:07 Malaria toll 'is twice as high'

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  The number of deaths worldwide from malaria has been underestimated, according to data published in the medical journal the Lancet.  

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• 01:06 VIDEO: Art by animals goes on show

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  A work of abstract expressionism by a chimp and a still life of a flower by an elephant are part of a new exhibition in London of artworks created by animals.  

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