June 2007

• Europe burns its wine lake

  Leftovers become biofuel as officials move to cut excess production.

  29 June 2007

• Urine grows better fish food

  Human waste could be an alternative to chemical fertilizers.

  29 June 2007

• Out of the desert, on to the sofa

  Cats' DNA reveals time and place of domestication.

  28 June 2007

• Ancient seeds reveal Andean crops

  American and Old World horticulture began about the same time.

  28 June 2007

• Genome transplant makes species switch

  One type of bacterium has been reprogrammed into another.

  28 June 2007

• Elephants run in slow motion

  Unusual gait could reduce stress on the limbs of large animals.

  27 June 2007

• Asteroid mission gears up for launch

  NASA mission leaders hope Dawn will rise on time.

  27 June 2007

• Crater candidate spotted in Tunguska

  Siberian lake could have been made by asteroid blast.

  27 June 2007

• Research returns to Biosphere dome

  Self-sufficiency research lab leased to environmental studies.

  26 June 2007

• Parasites suck toxins from sharks

  Intestinal worms collect heavy metals from the sea.

  25 June 2007