US and China鈥檚 emission cuts may not be enough
Pledges made last week won鈥檛 keep global warming below the 2鈥壜癈 limit. But adopting best practices could allow the US and China to go beyond those promises
Tagged fish make an easy meal for eavesdropping seals
Seals learn quickly that 鈥減ings鈥� make tagged fish easy to find, putting tagged animals, and scientific findings based on tagging studies, at risk
Plastic pads let you climb walls like Spider-Man
Using a new adhesive, climbers can now shimmy up walls gecko-style. Plus the greatest human migration tracked by smartphone and the danger of killer robots
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Dawn of farming sparked speed-evolution in weeds
Just a few millennia after farmers began domesticating crops, weed species had also adapted to survive exclusively on agricultural land
Flushing is a feminist issue this World Toilet Day
These striking portraits reveal a daily struggle for sanitation that affects the health, safety and schooling of millions of women and girls
Chance to bury your DNA on the moon in a time capsule
A venture called Lunar Mission One aims to crowdfund a moon shot to bury a time capsule including your hair and digital records of human civilisation
Quantum logic: It鈥檚 simpler to be two things at once
From city design to economics, we can improve our models of complex systems if we embrace quantum weirdness, argue physicists Vlatko Vedral and Mile Gu
Gift-wrapped: Exploring the history of selling pleasure
Packaged Pleasures explores the sensual mass marketing that technological innovation in the 19th century make possible
Philae lander sleeps but Rosetta mission lives on
The European Space Agency has announced that Philae has detected organic molecules on comet 67P 鈥� and there are many more scientific discoveries to come
Is mystery Russian spacecraft a satellite-killer?
A Russian spacecraft is visiting satellites, raising fears it could be part of an anti-satellite programme 鈥� if it鈥檚 not an inspection craft
