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16,826 articles from BBC Science/Nature

• TUESDAY 17. FEBRUARY, 2009
• 02:30 Race for 'God particle' heats up

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  Europe's Cern is losing ground in the race to identify one of the fundamental particles of matter, its US rival claims.  

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• 01:06 Farming pressure

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  Are farmers being forced to use GM seeds?  

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• MONDAY 16. FEBRUARY, 2009
• 19:35 Alien life 'may exist among us'

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  Alien life-forms may be thriving right here on Earth, a physicist tells a major science conference.  

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• 15:04 Farm wildlife cash 'could return'

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  Farmers could be paid once again to set aside uncultivated land for wildlife, the government says.  

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• 13:41 Fusion future

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  The possibility of using star power on Earth  

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• 13:17 New wave

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  Situation improving for scientists in Islamic countries  

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• 12:26 Amazon dieback 'overstated'

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  The Amazon rainforest may be less vulnerable to severe drying as a result of global warming than previously thought, a study suggests.  

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• 12:03 Heart pill to banish bad memories

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  Scientists believe a common heart medicine may be able to banish fearful memories from the mind.  

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• 11:59 Turbines' impact on birds probed

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  Researchers will look into whether bird and bat life can be affected by micro-turbines on homes.  

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• 10:42 Ivory trade hits Asia's elephants

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  The illegal ivory trade in Vietnam is threatening the survival of South East Asia's elephants, a wildlife monitoring group says.  

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• 10:35 Treasure stealers

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  Farmers' battle against illegal metal detector users  

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• 07:28 DNA testing fails on ancient British polar bear remains

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  A scientist says she has been unable to extract DNA for analysis from ancient Scottish bear remains.  

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• 01:07 HIV gene therapy trial promising

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  One of the first attempts to use gene therapy to treat HIV produces promising results in preliminary clinical trials.  

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• SUNDAY 15. FEBRUARY, 2009
• 21:29 Ice oceans 'are not poles apart'

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  A marine census finds that at least 235 species live in both polar regions, despite being 12,000km apart.  

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• 19:01 Cancer 'danger receptor' found

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  A "danger receptor" that may kick-start an immune reaction to cancer in the body has been found by UK researchers.  

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• 13:48 Dance duet helps male birds mate

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  Rather than compete for females, male long-tailed manakins pair up to perform their courtship song and dance.  

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• 11:25 Galaxy has 'billions of Earths'

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  There could be one hundred billion Earth-like planets in the Milky Way galaxy, a US conference is told.  

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• 03:11 Global warming 'underestimated'

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  The severity of global warming over the next century will be worse than forecast, a leading climate scientist warns.  

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• 00:27 Call of the wild

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  How mating sounds lure rampaging bull elephants  

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• SATURDAY 14. FEBRUARY, 2009
• 21:21 Darwin 200

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  Richard Dawkins on the relevance of evolution  

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• 20:15 Complex clues

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  What kissing says about the kisser... and the kissed  

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• 11:39 Light 'could detect Parkinson's'

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  A light as bright as a million-watt bulb could help identify early signs of Parkinson's disease, British researchers say.  

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• FRIDAY 13. FEBRUARY, 2009
• 19:37 'CO2 reduction treaties useless'

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  A new report says that treaties, such as the Kyoto Protocol, which aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, are useless.  

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• 17:42 Sound future

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  Hi-tech help for music makers  

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• 15:50 Killer blow

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  Did a shift in the climate kill off the Neanderthals?  

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