The Guardian
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Why is the scientific revolution still controversial? (podcast)
David Wootton’s new book challenges the notion that knowledge is culturally relative and truth is simply consensus
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Astronomers capture revolution of far distant planets
The best views yet of a planet moving around a star 63 light years away, have been photographed by the Gemini South telescope in Chile
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Man fitted with robotic hand wired directly into his brain can ‘feel’ again
Advanced prosthetic allows paralysed man to control movements and register when the robotic hand is touched
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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 that can do this, and the first discovered in 30 years
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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