Archive for the ‘Science’

  • Landslide and rockfall warning for south-west England
    Met Office figures suggest 2012 is set to be one of the wettest years since records began A rare landslide and rockfall warning has been issued for south-west England by the British Geological Survey (BGS). The BGS has concerns about the stability of cliff edges and cliff sides because of the quantity and intensity of the recent heavy rain. It is worried about people...
    published on December 26th, 2012 at 11:42
  • Iran dan#039;fends off new Stuxnet cyber attackdan#039;
    Iran has regularly claimed success in defeating computer viruses A power plant and other industries in southern Iran have been targeted by the Stuxnet computer worm, an Iranian civil defence official says. But the cyber attack has been successfully rebuffed and prevented from spreading, Iranian media report. Iran's nuclear enrichment efforts were hit hard in 2010...
    published on December 26th, 2012 at 11:42
  • Polar bear trade ban divides campaigners
    By Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondent, BBC News Some campaigners argue that the key issue for polar bears is climate change Wildlife campaigners are at odds over a new attempt to ban the global trade in polar bear parts. Some activists say the market for rugs and ornaments made from the bears is driving them to extinction, But others argue that the most pressing...
    published on December 25th, 2012 at 07:48
  • West Antarctic Ice Sheet warming twice earlier estimate
    By Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondent, BBC News The data from Byrd Station shows rapid warming on the west Antarctic ice sheet A new analysis of temperature records indicates that the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet is warming nearly twice as fast as previously thought. US researchers say they found the first evidence of warming during the southern hemisphere's...
    published on December 24th, 2012 at 01:44
  • Lake Ellsworth Antarctic lake drilling set to restart
    The team is anxious to find out if the part failure was indicative of a bigger problem in the drilling kit A tiny electronic component the size of a thumbnail holds the key to the future of an 8m search for life beneath the ice of Antarctica. The project to drill through the ice-sheet to reach the hidden waters of Lake Ellsworth has been on hold for the past week after...
    published on December 21st, 2012 at 23:06
  • Fighting may have shaped evolution of human hand
    Professional boxers are among the ultimate practitioners of an activity that may have shaped human history Fighting may have shaped the evolution of the human hand, according to a new study by a US team. The University of Utah researchers used instruments to measure the forces and acceleration when martial artists hit a punch bag. They found that the structure of the...
    published on December 21st, 2012 at 15:48
  • UKdan#039;s Skynet military satellite launched
    By Jonathan AmosScience correspondent, BBC News The seventh launch of the year for an Ariane 5 rocket A powerful new telecommunications satellite for the UK military has blasted into orbit. The five-tonne Skynet-5D platform was sent up on an Ariane rocket from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana. It complements three others already in operation, enabling British...
    published on December 20th, 2012 at 06:52
  • UKdan#039;s Skynet military satellite heads into orbit
    By Jonathan AmosScience correspondent, BBC News ...
    published on December 20th, 2012 at 05:42
  • UKdan#039;s Skynet military satellite heads skyward
    By Jonathan AmosScience correspondent, BBC News ...
    published on December 20th, 2012 at 05:14
  • UKdan#039;s Skynet military satellite set for launch
    By Jonathan AmosScience correspondent, BBC News ...
    published on December 20th, 2012 at 05:00
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