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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | EU reveals energy plan of action
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has announced "historic" plans to make Europe "the first economy for the low-carbon age".
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Water scarcity: A looming crisis?
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Map details global water stress
Agriculture uses up to 70 times more water to produce food than is used in drinking and other domestic purposes, including cooking, washing and bathing.
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BBC NEWS | Europe | Profile: Martti Ahtisaari
.. the Nobel peace price winner of 2008 and ex-president of Finland.
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BBC NEWS | Health | Robo-skeleton lets paralysed walk
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Solar plane makes record flight
A UK-built solar-powered plane sets an unofficial world endurance record for a flight by an unmanned aircraft.
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Flat-earthers: the ultimate conspiracy theorists (and yes, they do exist)
Although it sounds like an "elaborate joke," the Flat Earth Society has attracted some true believers. The article talks about the history of the flat earth idea (it's modern; it's only b...
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Begging for more than small change
People who engage in behaviour in pursuit of "intrinsic" goals [...] tend to be more highly motivated and more likely to engage in environmentally friendly behaviour than individuals who ...
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BBC NEWS | Europe | Barroso trade threat on climate
The idea of climate trade sanctions against nations such as the United States has long been promoted by the French. They say it is unfair for Europe's firms to bear a financial risk becau...
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BBC NEWS | UK | Iraq dates 'planned in advance'
Top secret plans for attacking Iraq were drawn up five months before the war started, a court martial has heard.
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Printers betray document secrets
In 11 out of 12 tests, the team's methods identified which model of desktop laser printer was used to print particular documents.
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BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Worker sacked over blog comments
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Fears raised over digital rights
The consumer group said people were finding that they could not make compilations for their own use or easily move digital copies between different devices. In its statement to the inquir...
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BBC NEWS | Health | HIV funding priority shift call
Substantial investment in condom promotion, HIV testing and vaccine research has had limited success in Africa, they argue in Science. Instead male circumcision and reducing multiple sexu...
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BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Country profiles | Country profile: Burma
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Web in infancy, says Berners-Lee
Sir Tim predicted that the web's ability to engender collaboration could one day see the web being used to help manage the planet.
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BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Australia to begin carbon capture
Several years of testing have convinced scientists that the site in southern Australia will be able to safely absorb 100,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases.
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Four sound effects that made TV history
The BBC's Radiophonic Workshop would have been 50 in April 2008.
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Possible new UK law will require psychics to prove claims
If it is passed, the law -- an anti-fraud measure aimed at protecting consumers -- may severely curtail the activities of spiritualist healers, psychics, mediums, and related practitioner...
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Starlings blacken motorway skies
Police in Scotland ask motorists not to be distracted as tens of thousands of starlings turn the sky black.
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Developers to play with BBC wares
We want to identify online talent and exciting propositions that use that talent and showcase that to the world. We want people to have fun with our content as well Ben Metcalfe, project...
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Browser aims to open up the web
The difference between online and offline, the web and the desktop will blur in the near future
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BBC NEWS | Entertainment | US TV shows threatened by strike
The Writers Guild of America wants its members to receive payment when their work is featured on the internet and via mobile phones. Broadcasters are preparing to screen reality shows if...
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How Skype and Kazaa changed the net
About how [Niklas Zennström's] two inventions came about, and how broadband and wireless devices are shaping his vision for the future.
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Co-opting the creative revolution
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Hyper-connected generation rises
"In the same way mobiles are a necessity, in five years time being hyper-connected will become a necessity to be an active participant in the social world."
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BBC NEWS | Europe | Navarra embraces green energy
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Power station harnesses Sun's rays
Ultimately, the entire plant should generate as much power as is used by the 600,000 people of Seville.
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Chimps have 'sense of fair play'
Chimpanzees display a similar sense of fairness to humans, one which is shaped by social relationships, experts claim.They found that, like humans, chimps react to unfairness in various w...
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BBC NEWS | Health | Dominant men 'smell attractive'
Women subconsciously prefer the aroma of dominant men when they are at the most fertile stage of the menstrual cycle, research suggests.
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BBC NEWS | Health | Woman's scent can lure or repel
A woman's body odour can help her attract men when she is at her most fertile and repel them when she is not.
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Altruism 'in-built' in humans
Children and chimpanzees are both willing to help, but they appear to differ in their ability to interpret the other's need for help in different situations
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Predators 'drove human evolution'
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BBC NEWS | Health | Partner choice 'shaped by father'
Scientists have found women who were treated well by their dad during childhood are attracted to men who resemble their father facially.
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BBC NEWS | Health | 'Altruistic' brain region found
Altruism - the tendency to help others without obvious benefit to oneself - appears to be linked to an area called the posterior superior temporal sulcus.
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BBC NEWS | Health | Generosity 'may be in the genes'
Some people may be genetically destined to have a generous personality, Israeli research has suggested.
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BBC NEWS | Business | EBay to ban negative seller views
Online auction site eBay has said it plans to overhaul its feedback system and will ban sellers from leaving negative comments about buyers.
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BBC NEWS | Special Reports | Climate scepticism: The top 10
We look at 10 of the arguments most often made against the IPCC consensus, and some of the counter-arguments made by scientists who agree with the IPCC.
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BBC NEWS | Europe | Why are Dutch children so happy?
Dutch children have been rated the most fortunate children in Europe. Their parents go out of their way to please them, and teachers expect less of them than some of their European counte...
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BBC NEWS | Africa | China in Africa: Friend or foe?
China's gifts to modern-day Africa will soon include a gleaming new conference centre at the headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa - a symbol of Beijing's commitment to African...
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BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Warning over 'falling population'
Low fertility in Scotland cannot be attributed in a simplistic way to people holding low fertility aspirations.
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BBC NEWS | UK | England | Cambridgeshire | Men in touch with feminine side
A Cambridge University study found 17% of men have "female brains", while 14% of women have a "masculine brain".
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Mobiles for the 'world's poorest'
Past lessons have shown that many Africans are entrepreneurial enough to develop their own services and solutions once a technology arrives.
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BBC NEWS | Health | Mobiles linked to disturbed sleep
The study indicates that during laboratory exposure to 884 MHz wireless signals components of sleep believed to be important for recovery from daily wear and tear are adversely affected.
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BBC NEWS | Americas | Brazil Amazon deforestation soars
Rising commodity prices are encouraging farmers to clear more land to plant crops such as soya.
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BBC NEWS | Americas | Pressures build on Amazon jungle
The responsibility is not only with the farmers involved at the forefront, but it is the chain of production that buys from them as well. The big soya companies, the meat storage plants t...
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BBC NEWS | Americas | Biofuels 'crime against humanity'
A United Nations expert has condemned the growing use of crops to produce biofuels as a replacement for petrol as a crime against humanity.
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BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Why do ordinary people commit evil deeds?
Understanding how someone could have engaged in wrongdoing, rather than dismissing it as a bad deed done by a bad person, allows us to identify corrosive social forces [that] we need to c...
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BBC NEWS | Business | Venezuela breaks ties with Exxon
Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA has announced it is suspending sales of crude to Exxon Mobil, in response to legal action brought by the US firm.
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BBC NEWS | Americas | Chavez calls for anti-US alliance
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has called on other Latin American and Caribbean countries to form a military alliance against the United States.
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BBC NEWS | UK | Education | What makes a good teacher?
Teachers liked to be given practical guidance on how to improve their teaching, yet what they really needed to develop was their own judgment of what works and what does not work in their...
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Whistle-blower site taken offline
A controversial website that allows whistle-blowers to anonymously post government and corporate documents has been taken offline in the US.
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BBC NEWS | Scotland | Glasgow and West | Massive wind farm gets approval
With 140 turbines, it will generate 322 megawatts of electricity - enough to power nearly every house in Glasgow.
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BBC NEWS | Health | Finger length 'key to aggression'
Men with the shortest index fingers scored higher on measures of physical aggression than those with longer index fingers, but the study's findings did not apply to women.
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BBC NEWS | Europe | Turkey in radical revision of Islamic texts
Turkey is preparing to publish a document that represents a revolutionary reinterpretation of Islam - and a controversial and radical modernisation of the religion.
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BBC NEWS | UK | Drugs for ADHD 'not the answer'
A study obtained by the BBC's Panorama programme says drugs such as Ritalin and Concerta work no better than therapy after three years of treatment.
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BBC NEWS | UK | Girls 'more skilled on computers'
Girls are more confident than boys about using a computer, a survey of more than 1,000 children suggests.
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BBC NEWS | Technology | How Twitter makes it real
As I sit here writing this I feel connected to a community of people, feel that we share a space that none of the social network sites can conjure up, a space that is both here and not he...
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BBC NEWS | Health | Stress 'harms brain in the womb'
Children whose mothers were stressed out during pregnancy are vulnerable to mental and behavioural problems like ADHD, mounting evidence suggests.
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BBC NEWS | Health | Daily caffeine 'protects brain'
Coffee may cut the risk of dementia by blocking the damage cholesterol can inflict on the body, research suggests.
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BBC NEWS | Health | Masturbation 'cuts cancer risk'
Men who ejaculated more than five times a week were a third less likely to develop prostate cancer later in life.
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Kadima secures Israeli majority
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From Edible to Incredible
Eight amazing pictures made with food.
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French marchers say 'non' to 2007
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Microsoft bows to pressure on XP
Microsoft extends the shelf life of XP.
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BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Madonna 'to leave record label'
Madonna is expected to leave her record label and sign a wide-ranging $120m deal with concert promoter Live Nation.
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BBC NEWS | Americas | Bush 'involved' in CIA leak case
President Bush was involved in misleading the public over leaking a CIA agent's identity, an ex-press secretary says.
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BBC NEWS | Technology | How next billion will shape net
Internet law professor Michael Geist looks at how another billion users will change the net
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Autism symptoms reversed in lab
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UK educator decries domination of education by management-oriented language
An Oxford professor examines the gradual takeover of all policy writing on education by the language of business management: "efficiency," "providers," "audits," "performance indicators,"...
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Blue jean dye kills cancer cells
UK researchers are employing tiny gold "nanoparticles", 1/5000th the thickness of a human hair, to deliver the chemical compound directly into cancer cells, tearing them apart instantly.
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BBC NEWS | Health | Prostate test counselling 'vital'
There are fears that widespread introduction of the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test could lead to many unnecessary operations.
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Duran Duran to give virtual gigs
Virtual live performance by Duran Duran in Second Life; as Darren says, it's the "firsts" that have real PR play today, but SL doesn't have the population / reach to go beyond firsts toda...
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BBC Mundo NOTICIAS
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BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Reading
BBC coverage of Reading Football Club
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BBC NEWS | England | Berkshire | Reading named worst for families
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BBC SPORT | Football | Internationals | How to beat Croatia
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BBC News | TV AND RADIO | Moomins creator dies
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Circumcision rituals in Senegal
A story on the modern ramifications of the traditional coming-of-age ritual in Senegal, a circumcision rite, now held to retard AIDS transmission.
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Water shortage 'a global problem'
As if we didn't have enough to be upset about, now they say we're going to run out of fresh water.
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A Nigerian Pentecostal pastor builds a church in Ukraine
Sunday Adelaja, who left Nigeria "to escape witchcraft and study in the Soviet Union," has founded a flourishing Pentecostal church in the heart of Eastern Orthodoxy.
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