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

NASA says moon south pole more rugged than thought24

Possible future landing site marked with towering peaks, deep craters, space agency says 28/02/08 8:45 AM 24

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

Potato fields, pesticides and Parkinson's26

Carleton researcher trying to establish links between weed and bug killers and neurodegenerative disorders 25/04/08 5:06 AM 26

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

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

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

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

Quebec spurs rush in wind power171

Aims for dominance in alternative electricity generation with approval of $5.5-billion in new projects 05/05/08 8:06 PM 171

Humans upset climate cycle, study says103

Eons-long balance between CO² emissions, Earth's ability to absorb them thrown out of whack by humans 28/04/08 12:35 PM 103

Arctic thawing faster than expected318

Report notes differences in everything from sea ice to permafrost 25/04/08 4:56 AM 318

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