THIS WEEK: 18:00 14 November 2012
Climate predictions of intensifying drought are based on an oversimplified picture, a new analysis finds
THIS WEEK: 18:00 14 November 2012
The new laws in Colorado and Washington should provide a testing ground for health effects and for how people behave when drug laws are relaxed
17:51 14 November 2012
Rumours that the space agency wants to park a spaceport in orbit near the moon carry a ring of truth, space policy experts say
15:38 14 November 2012
The first update since the particle's discovery in July shows it behaving exactly as predicted – giving no clues about how to explain things like dark matter
15:19 14 November 2012
Illacme plenipes almost merits the name "millipede", with its 750 legs – and it can squeeze silk out of the hairs on its back
13:33 14 November 2012
Whole genome sequencing of an MRSA outbreak has identified the person who unwittingly spread the bacteria around a hospital, stopping further infection
UPFRONT: 10:51 14 November 2012
Campaigners linked to the Nordic Cochrane Centre have called on European governments to sue the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche
EDITORIAL: 09:00 14 November 2012
Telepresence may soon give us all a physical presence in a remote location. Expect the unexpected
IN BRIEF: 22:00 13 November 2012
A quick sniff of oxytocin causes men who have a female partner to put more space between themselves and other women
18:10 13 November 2012
A small partner circling a black hole would make the hole wobble and reduce its temperature
UPFRONT: 17:15 13 November 2012
The fungal disease killing ash trees in the UK cannot be eradicated, so instead scientists will go looking for trees with natural resistance
THIS WEEK: 16:53 13 November 2012
People can calculate simple mathematical equations unconsciously, adding weight to the idea that such reasoning isn't an exclusively human trait
UPFRONT: 16:06 13 November 2012
Fracking technology and levelling energy consumption means the US will be self-sufficient for oil around 2035
FEATURE: 14:08 13 November 2012
Transmitting our senses into machines is set to change the way we live, says Helen Thomson, but it's the unintended consequences we should care about
EDITORIAL: 09:00 13 November 2012
To truly understand the Higgs we will need yet another massive particle accelerator – physicists are starting to dream, and now's a good time to start
INTERVIEW: 08:00 13 November 2012
The idea that curvaceous figurines are prehistoric pornography is an excuse to legitimise modern behaviour as having ancient roots, says archaeologist April Nowell
20:00 12 November 2012
Our ancestors began eating grass half a million years earlier than thought, soon after they started leaving the trees for the savannah
20:00 12 November 2012
We might soon know much more quickly if cancer has returned, using DNA tentacles inspired by jellyfish