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• Physics names winners and losers
  
  UK physics and astronomy will spend nearly £2bn in the next three years, but some programmes face cuts.
• Diamonds hint at 'earliest life'
  
  Tiny slivers of diamond may contain the earliest traces of life on Earth, a study finds.
• Extinction risk 'underestimated'
  
  Current methods used to assess species on the brink overlook some key factors, a team of scientists claim.
• Cold sore virus secret revealed
  
  The secret of how the cold sore virus persists for a lifetime in the body may have been cracked by US scientists.
• Africa moves to stop fish theft
  
  African governments meet to stop illegal and unregulated fishing that costs the continent $1bn a year.
• Climate concerns halt coal plant
  
  The US state of Georgia blocks construction of a new coal power plant based on concerns over carbon emissions.
• Saarc agrees climate change moves
  
  South Asian environment ministers agree on joint measures to tackle climate change.
• Arms embargo hurts Ivorian fishing
  
  Ivory Coast calls on the UN to lift an arms embargo that hampers its efforts to tackle illegal fishing.
• New mate for lonely elephant beetle after banana boat ride
  
  A worldwide search uncovers a mate for a lonely giant elephant beetle which arrived in Britain in a banana load.
• Feeling the heat - centuries of knowledge of surviving in world's drylands at risk
  
  Centuries of knowledge needed to survive in the world's drylands are being sacrificed in the name of progress.
• Mechanics of curbing climate change
  
  Despite recent criticisms, the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism is delivering the goods.
• Ocean robbery
  
  Illegal fishing is a blight on nature and the poor
• Green menace
  
  Chinese seaside city battles onslaught of algae
• Phoenix diary
  
  Did 1970s mission find life on Mars, or was it a mirage?
• Green response
  
  Writers' thoughts on your comments in our Green Room
• Hi-tech health
  
  How innovation is transforming care in the NHS
• Fire in the sky
  
  What does Siberian blast tell us about asteroid threat?
• Doubt over date for Brit invasion
  
  Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain in 55BC could not have occurred on the date stated in many history books, astronomers claim.
• Violin secrets lie in the wood
  
  The unique sounds of a Stradivarius violin may come down to the density of the wood it is made from.
• Mother's junk food 'harms child'
  
  Eating a poor diet when pregnant or breastfeeding may cause long-lasting health damage to the child, animal studies suggest.
• France plans revolution in space
  
  As it takes over the EU's rotating presidency, France says it wants to give European space policy a new political direction.
• Contest to build Galileo begins
  
  The procurement process is opened to construct Europe's much-delayed Galileo satellite-navigation system.
• Anger at Kenya biofuel approval
  
  Environmentalists ask Kenya to revoke a decision to allow a biofuel project to go ahead in coastal wetlands.
• Algae invade China Olympic venue
  
  More than 10,000 people work to clean up green algae that has invaded the Olympic sailing venue in Qingdao.
• Report finds golden eagle decline
  
  The use of illegal poisons is identified as one of the main reasons behind a fall in eagle numbers.
• Turtles return home after UK stay
  
  Two loggerhead turtles are flown to Gran Canaria and returned to the wild after washing up on UK shores.
• 'Green' energy spending on rise
  
  Investment in 'green' energy surged in 2007 and early 2008 despite financial market woe, a report says.

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