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Science in the News

301. Science in the News - Tuesday 25 July
     25 Jul 2006
     The EU has agreed to continue funding stem cell research, but under strict conditions.
302. Science in the News - Monday 24 July
     24 Jul 2006
     Stephen Hawking FRS has criticised both President Bush and EU states trying to ban research using stem cells. Professor Hawking outlined the hopes for new treatments stem cells can bring.
303. Science in the News - Friday 21 July
     21 Jul 2006
     Bumble bees and the flowers they pollinate are in steep decline over large parts of northern Europe, researchers have said in Science.
304. Science in the News - Thursday 20 July
     20 Jul 2006
     The Earth is on the brink of a "major biodiversity crisis" fuelled by a steady destruction of ecosystems, a group of the world’s most distinguished scientists and policy experts, including Professor Georgina Mace FRS, will warn in Nature today.
305. Science in the News - Wednesday 19 July
     19 Jul 2006
     It is reported that a radical plan to curb greenhouse gas emissions by rationing the carbon use of individuals is being drawn up by government officials.
306. Science in the News - Tuesday 18 July
     18 Jul 2006
     President Bush will reportedly veto the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act this week. The bill, expected to be passed by Congress, would increase funding for embryonic stem cell research.
307. Science in the News - Monday 17 July
     17 Jul 2006
     Sleep is useful in helping people memorise recently learned facts, according to the Harvard Medical School reporting in Current Biology.
308. Science in the News - Friday 14 July
     14 Jul 2006
     Childhood autism is much more widespread in Britain than previously thought, according to a study in the Lancet.
309. Science in the News - Thursday 13 July
     13 Jul 2006
     Palaeontologists in northern Australia claim to have found the fossilised remains of a flesh-eating ’killer kangaroo’ and a large predatory bird, the ’demon duck of doom’.
310. Science in the News - Wednesday 12 July
     12 Jul 2006
     Women who put on weight in later life are more likely to develop breast cancer, the Journal of the American Medical Association reports.