Parallel sparking: Many chips make light work
If computing power is to continue making giant leaps, chips need to talk to one another. Is it time for the second digital revolution, asks Douglas Heaven
Hyperactive volcano dusts Japanese city in ash
A 5-kilometre-high plume of ash towers over Mount Sakurajima, one of the world鈥檚 most active volcanoes
The future of fabrication is a tough picture to paint
An exhibition on manufacturing鈥檚 future and an evangelical book on nanotechnology highlight that the directions we鈥檒l take are very much up for grabs
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Meet the NASA scientist devising a starship warp drive
To pave the way for rapid interstellar travel, NASA propulsion researcher Harold 鈥淪onny鈥� White plans to manipulate space-time in the lab
Stand up for Turkey鈥檚 jailed doctors and scientists
Academics and medics being unjustly jailed in Turkey and elsewhere need the support of their peers around the world, says Carol Corillon
States lead the US toward a new era in its war on drugs
A new system of evidence-based punishment for drugs crimes is paying dividends in a country plagued by overpopulated prisons
Galactic zoo took shape near the dawn of the universe
Distinct globs and discs emerged a mere 2.5 billion years after the big bang, adding a new wrinkle to theories for how structure emerged across the cosmos
Ancient pawns: pieces from 5000-year-old board games?
At a 5000-year-old burial site in Turkey, archaeologists have found 49 small sculpted pieces that could belong to some of the earliest known board games
Astrophile: Elderly couple kicked out of the galaxy
A chance encounter with a mid-sized black hole probably sent two white dwarfs flying from their birth cluster and leaving the Milky Way
