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Physics agency instigates review

The body overseeing UK astronomy and physics is to commission an independent review of its operations.

The probe into the effectiveness of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) follows widespread concern over the status of its budget.

The council says its settlement from government has left it no choice but to find £80m of savings through to 2011.

This puts at risk a number of current science...

Bush calls for offshore drilling

President George W Bush has called on Congress to end a 27-year ban on drilling for oil in US coastal waters, to reduce...
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Greenland whale hunt 'commercial'

Animal welfare campaigners say Greenland's whaling, held under rules permitting subsistence hunting, has become too...
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Climate book is judges' hot pick

A book about global warming has won this year's Royal Society prize for popular science writing. Mark Lynas' Six Degrees:...
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