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18 January 2011 Last updated at 23:09 ET

India aims for tidal power first

The Indian state of Gujarat plans to build Asia's first commercial-scale tidal power facility.

Galileo price rises 1.9bn euros

Europe will have to spend a further 1.9bn euros (£1.6bn) on top of the 3.4bn already committed to complete its Galileo satellite-navigation system.

Cash boost helps bustard project

A project to reintroduce the great bustard to the UK is given a £1.8m boost from the European Union.

Sharks are probably colour-blind

Sharks are probably unable to distinguish colours, according to a study examining the creatures' retinas. Earth News
Wine's future 'needs new grapes'

Maps of the grape genome can provide wine-growers with the new varieties they will need to deal with disease and regulations, a study suggests.
EU scolds Sweden over wolf hunt
Genetics 'has role in friendship'
Queensland's soggy soils revealed
UK urged to halt shale gas tests
Deepest part of ocean gets probed
Fall of Rome 'recorded in trees'
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