How to train a canine conservationist
Could your pet be a super-sleuth? Hyperactive canines are using their noses to help conserve rare and endangered species
Virtual reality resurrects a defunct exhibition
Using laser-scanning techniques, the Science Museum in London has created a faithful virtual tour of its shipping gallery, which shut last year
UK farmers start shooting badgers to prevent TB spread
A controversial pilot trial to cull badgers has begun in England, in the hope that it will prevent the animals from spreading bovine tuberculosis
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Health myths: We should live and eat like cavemen
Our bodies evolved for eating the food our ancestors could catch or gather, not stuff grown on farms. So the 鈥減aleo diet鈥� has got to better for us, hasn鈥檛 it?
Strike blinds the world鈥檚 largest radio telescope
The ALMA observatory has stopped taking data due to a worker鈥檚 strike spurred by the extreme conditions in Chile鈥檚 remote Atacama desert
Japanese probe to sniff out why planets lose gases
Sprint-A will be the first satellite designed to study planets from Earth鈥檚 orbit, figuring out the conditions that let a world hold on to its atmosphere
Health myths: Being a bit overweight shortens life
Carrying just a few extra pounds, far from being a one-way ticket to an early grave, seems to deter the grim reaper
Brown dwarfs: From zeroes to astronomical heroes
The most unloved, drab objects in all of space are fast becoming the new cosmic 鈥渋t鈥� objects, providing insights into exoplanets and a lot more besides
Health myths: Antioxidant pills help you live longer
The evidence is in: popping pills containing antioxidants such as vitamin A and E doesn鈥檛 help you and may be harmful
Exploring our love/hate relationship with Gaia
Why did the public love James Lovelock鈥檚 Gaia theory so much while scientists hated it? The Gaia Hypothesis by Michael Ruse gets to the heart of the question
Health myths: Our bodies can and should be 鈥榙etoxed鈥�
There are all kinds of programmes and products designed to help us 鈥渄etox鈥�. Do we need them and do they work?
Can we make a national heritage site on the moon?
Space archaeologist Beth O鈥橪eary has long advocated protecting the Apollo lunar landing site. Now there is a bill in the US Congress that proposes to do just that
Health myths: Sugar makes children hyperactive
Many parents are utterly convinced that eating sugary foods makes their kids bounce off the walls. They鈥檙e wrong
State of innovation: Busting the private-sector myth
Forget Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. It is government that should be credited for backing wealth-creating technology, says economist Mariana Mazzucato
Health myths: Drink eight glasses of water per day
This myth just won鈥檛 go away, but the truth is no one even knows where it came from. And why pure water, not tea or juice?
Fish need no refrigeration in Earth鈥檚 coldest city
Bone-chilling photographs of the Siberian city Yakutsk, where winters hit -40 掳C, have prompted the creation of an extreme cities exhibition
Old 快猫短视频: 50 years battling the waves
From the August archives of 快猫短视频: how we learned to say 鈥渢sunami鈥�, battling back the sea, and the downside of a perfectly smooth Earth
Acidifying oceans will heat the planet more
Carbon dioxide stored in the ocean will accelerate climate change rather than slow it, thanks to phytoplankton
X Prize for genomes cancelled before it begins
The $10 million prize, intended to spur a revolution in human genome sequencing, has been withdrawn just weeks before it was to be put up for grabs
NASA seeks takers for moon-mission launch pads
Three 3700-tonne mobile launch platforms first used during the Apollo era are up for grabs as museum artefacts, artificial reefs 鈥� or scrap metal
Black hole ejects 鈥榮pace slinky鈥� in Hubble movie
For the first time, a series of images captured over 13 years has revealed the spiral motion of a jet of superheated gas shooting from a black hole
What forensics can say about Syria chemical attack
As the political pressure ramps up, science can help us pinpoint the chemical agent used in Syria, but time is running out
Should Fukushima鈥檚 radioactive water be dumped at sea?
Japan鈥檚 Nuclear Regulation Authority has upgraded the severity of the situation at Fukushima, reopening questions about how to deal with the radioactive water accumulating at the plant
