The Guardian
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Toxic shock: Agatha Christie’s poisons
The queen of crime is known for her obscure plots and fiendish clues, but her expertise with poisons often goes unnoticed
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GM embryos: time for ethics debate, say scientists
Wellcome Trust, Medical Research Council and others call for debate on potential of altering DNA to prevent diseases – and risk of ‘designer babies’
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Heroes, monsters and people: When it comes to moral choices, outstanding physicists are very ordinary
Did German physicists have a plan in the 1930s? And if so, was their physics any help?
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Fossilised remains of world’s oldest flower discovered in Spain
Ancient aquatic plant thought to be world’s first flower; studying it could provide a solution to modern pollination issues linked to decline of bee population
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Attack on the pentagon results in discovery of new mathematical tile
Joy as mathematicians discover a new type of pentagon that can cover the plane leaving no gaps and with no overlaps. It becomes only the 15th type of pentagon known […]
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Nobel Prizes in science: strictly a man’s game?
A new play examines why less than 3% of Nobel laureates in science are women –and highlights the stories of a few of those who have succeeded
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Can we reverse the ageing process by putting young blood into older people?
A series of experiments has produced incredible results by giving young blood to old mice. Now the findings are being tested on humans. Ian Sample meets the scientists whose research […]
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Subliminal learning and conscious thought can reduce and enhance pain
New research shows that conscious and non-conscious thought processes can both alleviate and enhance the experience of pain
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Astronomers find aurora a million times brighter than the northern lights
The most powerful aurora ever recorded has been spotted above a failed star 18 light years away, solving a longstanding astronomical mystery