Paralysis adds to horror of waking up under the knife
The largest ever study of patients who wake up during surgery has revealed that pain is not the worst part of being conscious in the operating theatre
Red sprites and gravity waves dance in a stormy sky
Some of nature鈥檚 rarest and most stunning atmospheric phenomena have been captured by a storm-chasing photographer
Stonehenge surrounded by mysterious buried monuments
The landscape around the famous stone circle conceals 17 ritual monuments, a 鈥渉ouse of the dead鈥� and what appears to be a ceremonial path
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Jurassic corpse-eaters revealed by fossil reptile
The remains of a 3-metre-long ichthyosaur are covered in marks left by the creatures that gnawed its bones, hinting at the creatures that feasted on death during the dinosaur era
Early autism intervention speeds infant development
A pilot study suggests that it is possible to accelerate the development of children with symptoms of autism 鈥� even those as young as 6 months old
Japan tries everything it can to start whaling again
Six months on from a court ruling that stopped it from whaling in Antarctic waters, Japan is angling to restart its 鈥渟cientific鈥� whaling programme
Want to grow the UK economy? Invest in green energy
The UK鈥檚 economy would be boosted by 1.1 per cent by 2030 if it cut its greenhouse gas emissions, rather than sticking with dirty fossil fuels
Spidery forest gadgets catch secret nuclear blasts
Hidden in the Norwegian forest, this huge steel web can sense the inaudible rumble of a nuclear blast or a meteor strike half a world away
