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 News How sticky is too sticky?Friday, 3 July 2009
When it comes to spider webs, stickier is not always better. Spiders cleverly optimise the stickiness so that large prey can escape without ruining the web, researchers have found.  Climate change shrinking Scottish sheepFriday, 3 July 2009
Milder winter weather has caused a wild breed of Scottish sheep to shrink in size by around 5% over the last 25 years, and now experts think they understand why.  Black holes: now available in size 'M'Thursday, 2 July 2009
Astronomers have detected the first strong evidence for a new class of 'mid-size' black holes that could help prove how supermassive black holes form.  Frequent ejaculation improves sperm qualityWednesday, 1 July 2009
Men who want to become fathers should have sex or ejaculate daily in order to maximise sperm quality, scientists report.  Zero-emission cars to race around worldWednesday, 1 July 2009
The first major racing challenge for renewable vehicles will see modified sports cars zip around 40,000 km of the Northern Hemisphere, through mountains and deserts, and across four continents.  Great whites hunt like human serial killersTuesday, 30 June 2009
Using a tool developed to investigate serial killers, researchers found that great white sharks don't search for prey randomly - they have an 'anchor point' from which they launch attacks.  Killer 'minicells' fight drug-resistant cancerMonday, 29 June 2009
Specially designed 'minicells' successfully target and kill cancer cells – the new technology has the "potential to deliver drugs that were considered undeliverable," scientists say.  Frogs found living in elephant dungFriday, 26 June 2009
Some frogs take refuge from the heat by living in the moist droppings of the Asian elephant during Sri Lanka's dry season.  Icy moon's ocean could support lifeThursday, 25 June 2009
Saturn's icy moon Enceladus harbours a salty ocean under the surface, astronomers have discovered, making it a favourable place for alien life.  Frozen bacterium is 120,000 years oldWednesday, 24 June 2009
A new species of bacterium, found three kilometres deep in Greenland's glacial ice, has survived 120,000 years frozen and could offer clues about alien life.  Moon probe enters lunar orbitWednesday, 24 June 2009
A space probe that will provide new information about the Moon ahead of future manned missions has entered lunar orbit, four days after launch.  Moon blanket could protect lunar colonyMonday, 22 June 2009
The first astronauts to return to the Moon could be shielded from cosmic and solar radiation with a flexible covering designed by university students.  Parrot-beaked dino was ancient nutcrackerMonday, 22 June 2009
Palaeontologists have found evidence that a parrot-beaked dinosaur ate nuts and seeds, and that it chewed its food in a novel way not known in any living animal.  Kites could power world 100 times overFriday, 19 June 2009
High-flying Kites could harness enough energy to power the world 100 times over, according to a survey of high-altitude winds.  Doomed mammoths hung on later in BritainThursday, 18 June 2009
Woolly mammoths survived in Britain until 14,000 years ago, around 6,000 years longer than previously thought, according to a study released today. 
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