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Overfishing 'costing EU £2.7bn'

Overfishing of EU fisheries is costing the European economy £2.7bn a year and 100,000 jobs, a report by a UK think-tank finds.

Laser radar spots quake changes

An earthquake fault zone in Mexico is imaged with unprecedented precision, thanks to improvements in Light Detection and Ranging - laser radar.

America and Asia 'will join up'

Researchers say most of the world's continents will merge somewhere over the Pacific "ring of fire" in 50-200 million years.

Threshold broken for tiny lasers

Researchers build efficient lasers just 100 billionths of a metre across that may be used to make faster computer chips in the future.

Russians claim Antarctic success

Russian scientists are reporting success in their quest to drill into Lake Vostok, a huge body of liquid water buried under the Antarctic ice.

Rare Mars meteorite for science

A Martian meteorite, an incredibly rare object, is given to the Natural History Museum, London, to help unravel the secrets of the Red Planet.

Corals inflate to escape the sand

Time-lapse footage reveals how mushroom corals inflate and deflate to free themselves from smothering sand.

'Invader' drives ladybird decline

Fast declines in some UK and European ladybirds are being caused by the spread of the invasive harlequin species, scientists show.

Whales 'stressed by ocean noise'

A study of hormones in whale faeces shows that right whales are stressed by propeller noise from shipping.

Skydiver planning 36km record bid

Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian planning to sky dive from a record-breaking altitude, has announced he will make the attempt later this year.

Why zebras evolved their stripes

A zebra's unmistakeable stripes may have evolved to make the animals unattractive to blood-sucking flies, say scientists.

Black hole 'vaporising asteroids'

For years scientists have been trying to explain the reason why a giant black hole at the centre of the Milky Way has bright flares coming out from its centre.

Parkinson's cells 'made in lab'

Scientists in the US have successfully made human brain cells in the lab that are an exact replica of genetically caused Parkinson's disease.

Mars co-operation near collapse

US space agency officials let their European counterparts know that it is now highly unlikely that America will participate in joint missions to the Red Planet in 2016 and 2018.

Wolfram Alpha unveils Pro service

The data-crunching site unveils a premium service that allows users to upload data, photos and sounds for analysis.

Transplant jaw made by 3D printer

An 83-year-old woman is fitted with a jaw made by a 3D printer in what doctors say is the first operation of its kind.

Contador given two-year drug ban

Alberto Contador is handed a two-year ban for a doping offence - and is stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title.

Malaria toll 'is twice as high'

The number of deaths worldwide from malaria has been underestimated, according to data published in the medical journal the Lancet.

Jurassic cricket's song recreated

The "love song" of a 165-million-year-old insect is recreated from a tiny and remarkably intact fossil, say scientists.

China in EU carbon scheme 'ban'

China tells its airlines not to pay charges to the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme, aimed at cutting carbon emissions.

PM urged to cut wind farm subsidy

More than 100 Conservatives are among MPs who have written to the prime minister calling on him to slash subsidies for onshore wind turbines.

Prince optimistic for fisheries

Prince Charles says there are reasons to be optimistic about the state of the world's oceans, but it is "critically urgent" to tackle overfishing.

Clan chief joins conservation row

A clan chief is accusing the Scottish government and SNH of not listening to islanders' concerns about a conservation area.

Striking galaxy image from Hubble

The Hubble space telescope captures an image of a "barred spiral" galaxy that could help us better understand our own Milky Way.

Seagrass age surprises scientists

Meadows of seagrass, a keystone species in marine ecosystems, found in the Mediterranean Sea are likely to be tens of thousands of years old, a study shows.

VIDEO: How plants warn each other of danger

Professor Iain Smith shows how researchers have captured the process by which plants alert each other to potential threat.

Five killer whales 'sue' SeaWorld

Five killer whales are named as plaintiffs in a lawsuit which argues that they deserve the same constitutional protection from slavery as humans.

VIDEO: Birds' paradise lost in Kashmir?

Nearly a million migratory birds visit Kashmir's wetlands every year, but this time the severe winter has made it nearly impossible for them to find food.

VIDEO: Northern Lights captured from space

The first 'moving' images of the Northern lights, or Aurora Borealis, as seen from Space have been released by NASA, after they harnessed a new time-lapse photographic technique.

VIDEO: Flute or coupe? Scientists decide

French researchers from the University of Rein have discovered that the shape of the glass may affect our experience of drinking champagne.

VIDEO: Russia finds vast sub-glacial lake

Russian scientists have been drilling for two decades in the Antarctic and say they have found a vast sub-glacial lake.

VIDEO: 'I carried Mars rock in hand luggage'

The Natural History Museum in London has acquired its largest Martian meteorite, which could hold new clues to life on Mars.

VIDEO: Nepal national park breeds crocs

A breeding centre in Nepal's Chitwan National Park is preparing endangered Gharial crocodiles for release back into the wild.

VIDEO: Converting solar energy into new fuels

Researchers in Glasgow are working on a way to remove greenhouse gas from the atmosphere and put oil back under the North Sea.

VIDEO: Skydiver: My mum's still scared

An Austrian adventurer planning the highest skydive in history has announced he will make the attempt later this year.

Brown bear cubs released in wild

Orphaned bear cubs released in Greece

Does outdoor play help keep the doctor away?

Does outdoor play help keep the doctor away?

VIDEO: Tribes untouched by civilisation

Saving the mysterious Amazon tribes untouched by modern world

Ape versus machine

The primate who solves a memory test faster than you can blink

7 questions on skydiving and parachuting

Test yourself on the history of aerial adventure

Star nursery in sharpest picture

Most detailed image to date of the Carina Nebula

Satellites spy on Europe?s farms

How drones and satellites are catching farming cheats