World's biggest volcano was born in the dinosaur age
Found deep under the Pacific Ocean, the largest volcano on Earth is also joint top in the solar system's volcano league table, alongside Olympic Mons on Mars
Fiftieth anniversary of the day the Earth moved
A diver plunging deep between continental plates shows the beauty of a theory first published 50 years ago today
Virgin Galactic ship shakes its space-flight feathers
On its second rocket-powered flight, Richard Branson's SpaceShipTwo flew longer and higher than it has done before, and tested a safety mechanism called feathering
The jets of air that can alter your emotions
The discovery that simple blasts of air can effect our emotions could lead to novel long-distance communications or add a new dimension to video games
Penal code: The coming world of trial by algorithm
We are creating a society where all-seeing intelligent computer code can punish every wrongdoer – but do we want it?
Gravity movie shows the dark side of space flight
The new movie Gravity makes you feel what it's like to be in orbit, and the physics is great too. You won't envy astronauts any more, though
Feedback: Profitable protection
Save yourself from remote brain manipulation, official pickpockets, super supersize coffee, and more
The right to genetic ignorance
People should be free to choose whether to be informed about risk factors in their genomes, or those of their children
Quantum chip connected to internet is yours to command
A 2-qubit chip put online will allow anyone with a web browser to practise quantum programming and run basic algorithms in the nascent quantum cloud
Threatwatch: Syrian refugee flood brings many dangers
More than 6 million Syrians have become refugees, raising the risks to the entire region
Solar system caught in an interstellar tempest
The gas cloud we've been zipping through on the edge of the Milky Way is either more turbulent than imagined or we're poised to pop right out of it
Your genomic future: Personalised medicine is here
Genome sequencing is bringing a medical revolution for families with rare diseases, and the rest of us will benefit too. Find out how in this special report
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