Windpipe transplant breakthrough
Surgeons in Spain claim a major breakthrough by giving a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells.
Ancient turtle discovered on Skye
The earliest turtles to live in water have been discovered on - and named after - the Scottish island of Skye.
Big cat fossil found in North Sea
A fossilised bone from a sabre-toothed cat has been dredged up from the seabed by a trawler off the UK coast.
Rare penguin took over from rival
Human arrival in New Zealand led to the extinction of one penguin species to the advantage of another, scientists suggest.
EU agrees cod stocks rescue plans
European fisheries ministers agree a plan aimed at increasing dwindling cod stocks, including better nets and new quotas.
Obama to 'engage' on climate
US President-elect Barack Obama promises to "engage vigorously" on climate change, ahead of a major UN summit.
Technology to eradicate malaria
Emerging technologies could boost supplies of essential plant-based drugs to combat and ultimately help eradicate malaria, says a report.
Tech that trumps traffic tangles
The location data of satellite navigation systems looks set to improve traffic monitoring and town planning.
Lost in space: Tool trouble for astronaut
Spacewalking astronauts working on the International Space Station lose a tool bag in orbit.
Bird's eye view
Darwin's pigeons, a lost warbler and the smelly seabirds
Space crunch
Balancing space ambitions against limited funds
Mammoth's genome pieced together
A US-Russian team announces that it has sequenced most of the genome of a woolly mammoth found in Siberia.
Final plea on Earth observation
Leading Earth observation scientists urge Gordon Brown to back Europe's environmental monitoring project, GMES.
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