Twin craft head for heart of Earth's magnetic storm
Dancing off the pre-dawn haze, eerie spotlights announced the launch of the first spacecraft to measure the bands of charged particles that encircle Earth
Unsure robots make better teachers than know-alls
Students learn best from a robot when it makes mistakes that they can correct
Fracking could be combined with carbon capture plans
Using carbon dioxide to fracture methane-rich shale is more effective than using water - and the CO2 remains trapped below ground
Eating less fails to extend monkey lives
Calorie restriction may have health benefits, but a new study suggests it isn't the key to a longer life
Two dead stars provide low-tech way to test Einstein
The orbit of a binary star system is being slowed so quickly by gravitational waves that you could measure the change with your wrist-watch
Feedback: God saves the Loch Ness monster
Creationism meets Nessie, the value of sauce, minute-by-minute coverage of a 10-second race, and more
One-Minute Physics: How to travel through the Earth
Watch an animation that shows what would happen if you fell in a hole through the Earth
The science behind our weirdest behaviours
Could sneezing, yawning and tickling have a shared function? PLUS The call to bring back parasites and the woolly credulity of Sheldrake's swansong
Even greener alternative: Energy from algae
Oil is running out, but biofuels guru Jonathan Trent says algae is an alternative that can produce oil while cleaning wastewater - and feeding us too
Fungi could thwart carbon capture efforts
A fungus living among the roots of most plants kicks carbon out of the soil and back into the atmosphere
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