Canadian space pioneer retiring

Bjarni Tryggvason, one of the country's original six astronauts stepping down after almost 25 years 30/04/08 4:40 PM

Startled nomads rescued South Korea's first astronaut39

Yi So-yeon said she thought she might die in harrowing re-entry 30/04/08 6:35 AM 39

Hubble captures crashing galaxies3

Institute releases 59 new images of collisions to mark 18th anniversary of its launch 24/04/08 1:31 PM 3

Russian space capsule lands way off course15

First South Korean astronaut and crewmates safe despite heavy gravity force during 'ballistic landing' 19/04/08 1:19 PM 15

Radio telescopes capture black hole's belch3

Jet of supercharged particles seen emanating from blazar 24/04/08 1:37 PM 3

New planet is smallest outside solar system9

Spanish scientists express hope for discovery of planet like Earth after turning up red dwarf 30 light years away 10/04/08 1:15 PM 9

Canada losing ground in space33

As Canada's space agency celebrates the installation of Dextre the robot on the International Space Station, the country's space program is in serious trouble 19/03/08 4:42 AM 33

South Korea clips astronaut's wings2

Man intended to be first South Korean in space replaced by woman after violating security rules in Russia 10/03/08 3:25 AM 2

Martian rumblings21

Spacecraft photographs Martian avalanche for first time 03/03/08 7:51 PM 21

Total recall: The curse of a perfect memory47

Ms. Price can remember what happened every day since 1980. The 'woman who can't forget' talks about her life 10/05/08 10:06 AM 47

Nature's own honeytrap8

Sexy Australian orchids do more than embarrass wasps, study finds 08/05/08 1:39 PM 8

CO² pollution threatens koalas, researcher says100

Greenhouse gas may increase level toxicity of toxicity in eucalyptus leaves – the only food they will eat 07/05/08 1:47 PM 100

Orangutan population plummets36

Plantation expansion puts world's largest grouping – on Borneo – in danger of extinction within three years, conservationists say 07/05/08 9:16 AM 36

New study ties sleep to array of health problems18

Short sleepers smoke, drink more; oversleepers tend to inactivity 07/05/08 12:19 PM 18

Surgery fixes Filipino girl's upside-down feet24

Teenager with severely clubbed feet undergoes operation in New York to help correct problem 01/05/08 1:24 PM 24

N.Z. scientists thaw huge squid12

Largest colossal squid ever caught to be examined Wednesday, with whole procedure streamed online 29/04/08 10:32 AM 12

Hair of the dog fights allergies21

Children exposed to dogs at young age less likely to develop range of allergies, researchers find 28/04/08 8:02 PM 21

Gene therapy fights blindness14

Experiments improve vision in people nearly blind from inherited affliction, scientists say 28/04/08 8:48 AM 14

When humans almost lost out38

Mankind may have had brush with extinction about 70,000 years ago, genetic study says 24/04/08 2:20 PM 38

Ancient poop offers clues to first humans in North America27

The 14 coprolites – fossils of feces – were found in the Paisley caves in south-central part of Oregon by University of Oregon researchers 03/04/08 4:58 PM 27

Scientists find fossils of Europe's first humans72

Jawbone of human ancestor nearly 1.2 million years old suggests people lived on continent much earlier than originally thought 27/03/08 3:41 AM 72

Medical journal calls for taser study12

Potential health risks of stun guns needs independent analysis 01/05/08 4:43 PM 12

Suit making waves36

As swimming records fall, athletes are breaching contracts to wear the LZR, a Speedo swimsuit developed with help from NASA; critics question legality of materials used and call suit ‘technological doping' 15/04/08 9:59 AM 36

Solar balloons may power remote areas

Relative cheapness, ease of transportation would make them useful for areas blacked out by natural disaster, designers say 14/04/08 8:12 AM

Looking for the 'God particle'255

Scientist who speculated on existence of subatomic particle almost certain CERN nuclear collider will find it 08/04/08 12:00 PM 255

Australia boosts tsunami detection

Deep-ocean buoy dropped into sea off northeastern coast now operational 25/03/08 12:43 PM

High-tech ship sets sail50

German freighter slashes fuel use on maiden voyage by flying giant kite 01/02/08 1:16 PM 50

Computer programs that make you sweat6

As part of a research project, a team at Carleton University is designing physically demanding games to get players off the couch 21/01/08 4:12 AM 6

In Pictures: Search for the Higgs boson

Particle accelerator will look for key to physics closet 08/04/08 12:29 PM

Lyuba gives scientists glimpse inside mammoth1

Body of baby mammal found last year studied with CT scans for location of internal organs 10/04/08 1:25 PM 1

Gene trial shows promise in rare disease

Experimental treatment appears to have helped children with incurable neurological disorder but one death prompts concerns 13/05/08 12:56 PM

British lawmakers to debate limits of embryo research

MPs are expected to vote in favour of sending the bill to its committee stage where they will argue the ethics behind stem-cell research as well as the legal limit on abortion 11/05/08 8:31 PM

Enzyme blocker keeps mice slim4

Key hunger signal short-circuited by blocking single enzyme in brain, researchers say 06/05/08 1:20 PM 4

Ontario takes lead in global genetic war with cancer2

Ten countries to join in research project to detect and defeat the mutations that drive 50 different malignancies 30/04/08 1:20 AM 2

Aboriginal man found in glacier linked to 17 living people47

Remains were found in 1999 by hunters in Tatshenshini-Alsek Park 28/04/08 5:40 AM 47

Darwin's private papers on Net

Thousands of images and items – including drafts of major work – now available online, Cambridge University organizers say 17/04/08 1:55 PM

Gene tied to tobacco dangers40

Three scientific teams find 'double whammy' gene tied to dependency, inability to quit, cancer 02/04/08 1:06 PM 40

Polar research coming in from the cold6

After 50 years, the Polar Continental Shelf Project is enjoying a warmer reception from scientists and politicians 12/05/08 3:46 AM 6

Seeing the trees for a forest27

World planting drive sets goal of seven billion by late next year 13/05/08 12:50 PM 27

From carbon sink to carbon source121

Pine beetle outbreaks that leave millions of decaying trees mean B.C. forests will release more CO² than they absorb 23/04/08 2:06 PM 121

Whale of an idea1

Buoy system uses sound to find whales so ships can avoid hitting them 07/05/08 1:11 PM 1

Global cooling theories put scientists on guard227

Defenders of warming thesis willing to bet Nature prediction on cooler decade is wrong 09/05/08 2:12 PM 227

Iceberg dead ahead!18

Canadian and U.S. spotters being kept busy this year by hundreds of frozen chunks in Atlantic shipping lanes 09/05/08 4:10 AM 18

Myanmar warned of wind, but not the water

Local monitoring needed to provide alerts about danger from storm surges, UN says 07/05/08 1:37 PM

U.S. honey bee deaths up over last year40

Losses increase from last year, to 36.1 per cent of commercially managed hives affected, apiary inspectors say 07/05/08 9:41 AM 40

Massive reservoir to help Everglades recover14

Mammoth construction project to build facility larger than Manhattan in bid to revive Florida swamp system 06/05/08 1:56 PM 14

Out of Africa25

Two big genetic studies confirm theories that modern humans evolved in Africa and then migrated through Europe and Asia 20/02/08 9:42 PM 25

History: Titanic file grows

N.S. Archives adds digitized newsmagazine reports on tragedy 14/04/08 1:40 PM

Rivets a Titanic problem, book says56

Metallurgists blames use of low-grade rivets for sinking of ocean liner after hitting iceberg 18/04/08 2:09 PM 56

Biology: You can lead a fish to the net ...1

But can you make it catch itself? Scientists test Pavlovian feeding plan for fish farming 26/03/08 8:10 AM 1

Three Canadians given prestigious Gairdner awards12

Annual biomedical awards have come to be known as the 'baby Nobels' 15/04/08 4:40 AM 12

Editor's choice: It's primate playtime25

Young male monkeys like playing with trucks and young female monkeys prefer dolls, study finds 08/04/08 1:54 AM 25