24 May 2013 Last updated at 00:26 The pad at the Kennedy Space center in Cape Canaveral had been used for more than 90 shuttle launches since 1967 Nasa is looking for commercial operators to lease a historic launch pad in Florida used for the first Moon missions and by the Atlantis shuttle. Launch Complex…
24 May 2013 Last updated at 05:33 Continue reading the main story Richard’s grave was marked for decades but was then lost for 400 years Richard was killed in the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, at the age of 32 and after just two years on the throne, having been challenged by the forces of…
24 May 2013 Last updated at 01:18 By Victoria Gill Science reporter, BBC News Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Dr Coby Schal: The cockroaches spit out the glucose “like a baby rejects spinach” A strain of cockroaches in Europe has evolved to outsmart the sugar traps used to eradicate them. American…
23 May 2013 Last updated at 09:12 The plane took off from Phoenix, arriving in Dallas after a flight of 18 hours and 21 minutes The Solar Impulse plane has set a new distance record for solar-powered flight on the second leg of its trans-American journey on Wednesday evening. The craft landed in Dallas, Texas,…
23 May 2013 Last updated at 08:39 By Neil Bowdler and Simon Hancock BBC News, Iceland Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Scientists explain how they are using more sensors and real-time monitoring to help give earlier warnings of an imminent eruption Work is under way to improve monitoring of Iceland’s volcanoes…
23 May 2013 Last updated at 17:23 Records of sightings in the wild on the Indian sub-continent date back to the 1500s Chinese scientists have acquired new insights into how white tigers get their coloration. The researchers have traced the cause to a single change in a gene known to drive pigmentation in a host…
22 May 2013 Last updated at 07:53 By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News Is diet in pregnancy affecting school ability? Mild iodine deficiency during pregnancy could be dimming the intellect of some babies born in the UK, say researchers. Their study of 1,000 families, published in the Lancet, showed lower IQs and…
22 May 2013 Last updated at 11:14 Aquamarine Power is currently testing its second full-scale wave machine, known as the Oyster 800, at the European Marine Energy center in Orkney Ministers have approved plans for the world’s largest commercial wave farm. Full consent has been given for a 40MW farm off the north-west coast of…
22 May 2013 Last updated at 08:23 By Ella Davies Reporter, BBC Nature A stocktake of UK nature suggests 60% of animal and plant species studied have declined in the past 50 years. The State of Nature report, compiled by 25 wildlife organisations – from the RSPB to the British Lichen Society – collates assessments…
22 May 2013 Last updated at 17:58 Sites in southern Africa preserve a rich record of early human culture Abrupt climate change in Africa helped trigger technological and cultural advances in early modern humans, according to new research. Archaeologists had long noted that the complexity displayed by human groups moved in fits and starts. But…
