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The BBC has made an extraordinary new documentary, presented by Sir David Attenborough, which will reveal the discovery of a fossilised skeleton that may be a vital ‘missing link’ in human evolution.

The 90-minute programme is top secret but The Mail on Sunday has learned from sources in America that the results of the study on which it is based will be revealed by a team of scientists and broadcasters in New York on May 19. for more click here

Drought, fires, killer heat waves, wildlife extinction and mosquito-borne illness — the things that climate change models are predicting have already arrived there, they say. for more click here

It was the flight of fancy behind the Raquel Welch science fiction film Fantastic Voyage.

More than 40 years on, the concept of a microscopic ‘submarine’ that can swim through narrow blood vessels and help save a patient’s life has moved closer to reality. for more click here

LONDON (AFP) — Two separate trials are set to begin in Britain utilising cutting edge stem cell research in a bid to help treat victims of strokes and blindness, medical experts announced Monday. for more click here

The impact caused an ice age that killed some mammal species and many humans 12,900 years ago, researchers report. They say the discovery of tiny heat-formed diamonds is proof of the catastrophe. for more click here

The search for treatments for genetic diseases and cancer has taken an important step forward with an advance that should make it simple to create laboratory rats that lack critical genes. Scientists have isolated the most versatile type of stem cells from rat embryos, providing a tool for knocking out genes in the animals to generate powerful models of human diseases. for more click here

A Berkeley team uses the Hubble telescope to take a picture of Fomalhaut b, a newly found exoplanet. Another second team in Hawaii snaps photos of three other planets orbiting a young star. for more click here

Barack Obama is looking to reverse executive orders on oil drilling and stem-cell research implemented by US President George Bush, the President-elect’s transition team said. for more click here

ScienceDaily (Oct. 28, 2008) — The global financial crisis could seriously delay the discovery and production of many new life-saving medicines, warns a major international conference on October 27. for more click here

The world is heading for an “ecological credit crunch” far worse than the current financial crisis because humans are over-using the natural resources of the planet, an international study warns today. for more click here