February 2003

• Museum preservatives taint tribes' relics

  Repatriated tribal artefacts could pose poisoning risk

  28 February 2003

• Don't eat yellow worms

  Jaundiced soil-dwellers expose arsenic pollution.

  27 February 2003

• Peat fuelled past pollution

  Pre-industrial bog burners left cancerous chemicals in Scotland.

  27 February 2003

• Cells inspire spacecraft

  NASA seeks inspiration from under microscope.

  27 February 2003

• Phones download DNA

  Scientists get genome information anytime, anywhere.

  26 February 2003

• UV blinds barnacles

  Thinning ozone cuts ocean's sunscreen

  26 February 2003

• Troubled waters exposed

  Web campaign spotlights endangered ocean life.

  25 February 2003

• Bugs build tiny balls

  Three microbes cooperate to build and run spherical home.

  25 February 2003

• Flash pads lure female fish

  Males impress mates with gaudy d�cor.

  24 February 2003

• New gauze promotes natural healing

  Biodegradable bandage made from wound-healing proteins.

  24 February 2003