UK failing to protect bees from pesticides, say MPs
A report by the Environmental Audit Committee says the UK鈥檚 coalition government is too soft on neonicotinoid pesticides that harm pollinating insects
Ancient Earth fossils could be found on the moon
Experiments with a large cannon have shown that fossilised algae could have travelled to the moon intact, providing an exciting window into Earth鈥檚 past
Bahamian paradise built by bacteria using Saharan dust
The islands of the Bahamas sit on a mysterious limestone column that may have its origins in a desert 8000 kilometres away
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Robot carers and exoskeletons: Latest disability tech
Inventors are extending the powers and independence of people who are disabled or can鈥檛 look after themselves 鈥� and the tech is spinning off in surprising directions
We鈥檙e putting a forest on a climate-change fast-track
An ambitious experiment that exposes a natural woodland to rising carbon dioxide levels will tell us what鈥檚 in store for the world鈥檚 trees, says Rob Mackenzie
Genetic moderation is needed to debate our food future
GM is now a term loaded with baggage. 快猫短视频s must allow for people鈥檚 objections to show the public there鈥檚 nothing 鈥渟pooky鈥� about it, says Susan Watts
Your third hand: Why tongues have the mouse licked
Dexterous, sensitive and precise, it鈥檚 the ultimate hands-free device 鈥� no wonder the tongue is at the heart of a new generation of computer controls
Decisions ripple through flocks of birds like a wave
3D videos of starlings show that cues to turn flow through the flock like ripples on a pond, rather than spreading evenly like a diffusing gas
鈥楨pigenetic鈥� gene tweaks seem to trigger cancer
We now have direct evidence that environmentally driven changes to DNA can trigger tumours. The good news is that these changes are, in theory, reversible
Festival shows the promises and perils of open data
Governments and big businesses want information to be free, but how will it work? A Berlin festival last week cast a friendly but critical eye over the idea
Bloodsuckers fed on dinosaurs 130 million years ago
Insect fossils reveal that bugs have been feeding on blood since the early Cretaceous
Don鈥檛 scrap Europe鈥檚 chief scientific adviser
Groups opposed to genetically modified crops want the European Commission to drop its chief science adviser. Bad idea, says science advocate S铆le Lane
Urban growth: bio-bricks offer a whiff of the future
The latest addition to the New York skyline is more than a smelly oddity: bricks made from corn stalks and mushrooms could be used to build disaster relief shelters
The super-abundant virus controlling your gut bacteria
A newly discovered virus could lurk in the guts of almost three-quarters of people around the world, possibly influencing how our gut bacteria behave
