In pictures: How elephants cool off
2012-01-23 19:39:55
Thermal images reveal how Asian elephants cool off by directing heat to their trunks overnight.

Magnetic soap hope for oil spills
2012-01-23 18:09:45
Researchers have demonstrated the first soap that responds to magnetic fields.

VIDEO: In search of Northern Lights in the UK
2012-01-23 18:01:01
The Aurora Borealis, known as The Northern Lights, have been visible over Scotland and large parts of northern England.

Big Tokyo quake is 'likely soon'
2012-01-23 10:29:11
The chance of a big earthquake hitting Japan's capital in the next few years is much greater than official predictions suggest, researchers say.

An acid test for policy
2012-01-23 10:10:03
The oceans are becoming more acidic, and quickly - so what are people doing about it?

UK woman crosses Antarctica solo
2012-01-23 07:57:41
Briton Felicity Aston has become the first woman to cross Antarctica alone.

Arctic freshwater bulge detected
2012-01-23 05:13:22
UK scientists use radar satellites to measure a huge dome of fresh water that is developing in the western Arctic Ocean.

Plans for new sea energy device
2012-01-23 05:05:16
A Devon inventor's electricity from seawater generator could be sited at 200 points around the UK coastline.

Pilot whales beach in New Zealand
2012-01-23 01:18:01
A group of 90 pilot whales beach on a spit at the northern tip of New Zealand's South Island - the second incident in the area this month.

The hidden graves of the Holocaust
2012-01-22 19:19:46
The Holocaust reveals its secrets to forensic archaeology

All-white blackbird photographed
2012-01-22 19:13:55
An unusual white blackbird, which is attracting bird watchers to a Nottinghamshire country park, is captured on camera.

HMS Victory 'set to be recovered'
2012-01-22 08:59:53
The remains of HMS Victory are to be raised from the sea bed some 300 years after it sank, according to reports.

Race to save 'lungs of the world'
2012-01-21 07:13:28
Ecuador's race against time to save 'lungs of the world'

Bloodhound diary: Feel the force
2012-01-20 18:47:58
UK team eyes the opposition

In pictures: Hawking exhibition at Science Museum
2012-01-20 11:43:05
Exhibition celebrates famous physicist