The government will produce guidelines on the independence of its scientific advisers, Science Minister Lord Drayson says.
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At least 40 world leaders are likely to attend December's UN climate summit in a bid to secure a new global treaty.
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Some large-scale studies appear to overestimate the threats of climate change on biodiversity, a study suggests.
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German researchers say babies begin to pick up the nuances of their parents' accents while still in the womb.
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Senior academics call on the UK government to respect the independence and freedom of its scientific advisers.
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The genome of a domestic horse has been successfully sequenced by an international team of researchers.
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The UK government has admitted that a new legally-binding global treaty on climate change is highly unlikely to be agreed this year.
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Tiny metal particles have been shown to cause damage to DNA across a cellular barrier - without having to cross it.
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A new sustainable electric car designed for city or town use is the result of a £9m investment programme.
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Many earthquakes may be aftershocks of large quakes that occurred hundreds of years ago, say scientists.
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A modification to commercial optical fibre could be a promising route to solar power without large arrays, say researchers.
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GPS satellite technology is used to record the locations of rare ants' nests ahead of work to fell thousands of trees.
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In a rare sight, marine biologists spot 60 enigmatic Arnoux's beaked whales gathering off the Antarctic coast.
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The Nasa Messenger probe's observations of Mercury show the planet is even more of an "iron planet" than scientists thought.
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A US general says that China has made amazing strides on improving its military capabilities in space
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Scientists identify the most ancient fossil relative of the predatory dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex.
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Barack Obama urges the US and EU to re-double efforts to achieve success at the climate change summit in Copenhagen.
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A European satellite launched to study the Earth's water cycle unpacks its antenna system.
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Anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, one of the most influential French thinkers of the 20th Century, dies aged 100.
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A breakdown of trust was behind the sacking of the UK's chief drugs adviser, according to the government's chief scientist.
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