Zoologger: Spiny mice save their skin by shedding it
Some lizards give predators the slip by shedding their tail, for example, but among mammals, only spiny mice have a similar strategy
Solar maximum? Oh, you just missed it
The sun reached peak activity in its northern hemisphere in 2011 it seems, with the southern half lagging behind - it may signal the coming of an extended quiet phase
Earth cracking up under Indian Ocean
The whole world shuddered in April this year as Earth's crust began the difficult process of breaking a tectonic plate
Ageing cells offer new target for Alzheimer's therapy
Brain cells that turn toxic in old age and release damaging proteins are linked to the accumulation of plaques in Alzheimer's disease
Tiny seahorse spotted in underwater Google Street View
This pygmy seahorse was confirmed in Australian waters for the first time during the underwater Catlin Seaview Survey, which is mapping the world's reefs
Europeans did not inherit pale skins from Neanderthals
Modern humans in Europe became pale-skinned too recently to have gained the trait by interbreeding with Neanderthals
Thermoelectric efficiency boost is good news for solar
A way of bumping up the efficiency of thermoelectric materials has tantalising implications for the efficiency of solar panels
Bionic legs could soon be controlled by thoughts alone
Watch a robotic exoskeleton that could make wheelchairs obsolete during a recent demonstration
Russian chemist faces trial over expert testimony
Olga Zelenina has been released from prison for now, but will still be put on trial for "doing her job" as an expert witness in drug trafficking case
Is hearing more important than seeing?
In The Universal Sense, Seth Horowitz makes a compelling case for our most underrated sense, hearing
Malaria-carrying mosquitoes slip through the net
Bed nets have helped to reduce malaria cases in Africa - but the pathogen-carrying mosquitoes are changing their behaviour, putting people at risk
Handle the truth: Navigating knowledge in the web age
Insights, tools and ideas that could help reveal what to believe and what to disregard in the modern information ecosystem, ranging from politics to science
Warmonger or idealist: the roots of human conflict
Homo sapiens is not a particularly violent species - we just have more worth fighting for than other animals
Climate change already harming the global economy
The world's failure to tackle climate change is costing 1 per cent of global GDP every year, boosting the case for urgent action on emissions
Vampire squid from hell eats faeces to survive depths
By eating dead animals and other waste, vampire squid can live in parts of the ocean too toxic for most predators
Newly spotted comet may outshine the full moon
Fresh from the icy reservoir called the Oort cloud, comet ISON could be on track to skim the sun and become spectacularly bright next November
Mimicry beats consciousness in gaming's Turing test
Two video-gaming software bots have managed to convince human judges that they are human too - mainly by copying how we act
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