Science and Environmental News from the British Perspective

China spacecraft returns to Earth

China's space capsule returns to Earth after a mission which saw the country's first manual docking procedure and its first woman in space.

• Analysis: Running to catch up
• Spacecraft touches down Watch

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Warning over new 'dash for gas'

The government needs to multiply investment in clean energy four-fold and resist the urge to pursue a shale gas boom, official advisers say.

• Anger over agency's shale report
• Public 'back wind farm subsidies'

'Paint-on' batteries demonstrated

Researchers in the US demonstrate the recipe for "paintable" batteries, spraying them onto everything from bathroom tiles to a beer mug.

• BAE details 'structural battery'
• Dye turns fabric into a battery

• Reindeer is oldest UK rock art

  A reindeer engraved on the wall of a cave in south Wales has been confirmed as the oldest known rock art in the British Isles.
  

• Bone-eating worms drill with acid

  Bone-eating deep sea worms dissolve seabed skeletons with acid, according to scientists. BBC Nature
  

• Rare mussels almost 'wiped out' BBC Nature

• Rare Roman find made in Scotland

• Oldest pottery cooking pot found

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