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DNA reveals Roots author Alex Haley had Scottish blood
March 01, 2009
DNA testing has revealed Roots author Alex Haley was descended from a Scotsman.Researchers found his nephew is distantly related to a woman from South Wales who has traced her lineage back to 17th Century Scotland.Haley s best-selling novel told how his mother was descended from an African man kidnapped into slavery.The DNA evidence supports anecdotes that another ancestor was a white man working on a slave plantation.The author s nephew Chris Ha..
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Explorers quest
A team of polar explorers has travelled to the Arctic in a bid to discover how quickly the ice cap is melting and how long it be before the Arctic summer becomes ice free.Pen Hadow, Ann Daniels and Martin Hartley will be using a mobile radar unit to record an accurate measurement of ice thickness as they trek more than 1,000km to the North Pole.The
Danton wreck found in deep water
By Jonathan AmosScience reporter, BBC NewsA French battleship sunk in 1917 by a German submarine has been discovered in remarkable condition on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea.The Danton, with many of its gun turrets still intact, is sitting upright in over 1,000m of water.It was found by the Fugro geosciences company during a survey for a gas p
Land freed for 1,000 allotments
The National Trust is releasing enough land for up to 1,000 allotments, on some of the most famous country estates in Britain.The land will be available for individuals or community groups in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.The release will be organised through the Landshare website, which matches growers with available land.The Trust says ther
Skylon spaceplane gets cash boost
By Jonathan AmosScience reporter, BBC NewsAn innovative UK launcher concept is to get 1m euros (£900,000) of investment from the European Space Agency (Esa).The Skylon spaceplane would take off from a conventional aircraft runway, carry over 12 tonnes to orbit and then return to land on the same runway.The money will help prove the vehicle s cor
Grow your own
By Sarah MukherjeeEnvironment correspondent, BBC NewsIt wasn t that long ago that "allotment gardening" was almost a synonym for "unfashionable".It was something that people did when they were too old to have anything interesting to do with their summer evenings, before going home to put their slippers on and have a cup of cocoa.But, spurred on by
Farming pressures
By Jean SnedegarBusiness programmes, BBC World ServicePressure is mounting from some scientists for Europe to end its resistance to genetically modified (GM) crops but fears remain about the impact of such technology on the rights of farmers.Many American farmers like the ease of operating a GM system which involves regular spraying of chemicals wh
Grizzlies reveal fancy footwork
By Rebecca MorelleScience reporter, BBC NewsThey may look slow and clumsy, but underwater cameras have revealed that grizzly bears can perform some fancy footwork when a meal is on the cards.A BBC team followed the bears as the annual salmon migration got underway.They filmed them using their huge feet to deftly kick dead fish from deep pools into
Is it selfish to have more than two children?
By Margaret RyanBBC NewsIs having more than two children selfish The future of the planet rarely plays a part when planning a family, but that s got to change, say environmental campaigners.Parents who have more than two children are "irresponsible" for placing an intolerable burden on resources and increasing damage to eco-systems, says a leading
EU court attacks GM crop secrecy
Europe s top court has ruled that EU governments have no right to conceal the location of field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops.The European Court of Justice was responding to a case brought by Pierre Azelvandre in Alsace, eastern France.He wanted to know where GM field trials had taken place in his local area.The only EU-approved GM crop
DNA breakthrough
DNA leads to woman s 1996 killerThe killer of 34-year-old Karen Skipper, whose tied-up body was found in a river, evaded justice for 13 years.Mrs Skipper s body was found in the River Ely, Cardiff, in March 1996, less than a mile from where Geraldine Palk was stabbed to death in 1990.The murder of Miss Palk was eventually solved by DNA technology w
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DNA testing has revealed Roots author Alex Haley was descended from a Scotsman.Researchers found his nephew is distantly related to a woman from South Wales who has traced her lineage back to 17th Century Scotland.Haley s best-selling novel told how his mother was descended from an African man kidnapped into slavery.The DNA evidence supports anecdotes that another ancestor was a white man working on a slave plantation.The author s nephew Chris Ha..
