Nobel laureate Higgs discovered and answers questions
Peter Higgs broke his silence this morning to speak about sharing this year's Nobel prize in physics, his history with the subject, and a love of good beer
What is the point of a theory of everything?
History tells us that we will gain from the search for ultimate truth – just not what we expected, says MacGregor Campbell
Chemical weapons watchdog in surprise Nobel win
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has won this year's Nobel peace prize for its 'extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons'
Feedback: Guns for the blind
Pork pie MRI, cement rain, excessive toothpaste consumption and more
What our 3D-printed future looks like
On-demand organs, Terminator-style arms and aviation nostalgia – the best of 3D printing is on show at London's Science Museum
Fighting iguanas are real-life Game of Thrones dragons
They don't have wings or breathe fire, but these iguanas in Costa Rica are surely the closest thing we have to dragons
Threatwatch: Disease may run amok while the CDC sleeps
With US Centers for Disease Control workers on enforced furlough, several outbreaks in North America are not being tracked or investigated by federal officials
Zombie star caught feasting on a soggy asteroid
The rocky remains polluting the atmosphere of a white dwarf include the first chemical evidence that water can exist on Earth-like exoplanets
Hunter-gatherers got on fine with Europe's first farmers
After the first farmers colonised Europe, local hunter-gatherers hung around for two millennia, living alongside their agricultural competitors
Zoologger: Elephants understand what it means to point
Chimps and seals can learn to understand human arm gestures, but only with training. For African elephants, there is no training required
'Terminator arm' churned out of 3D printer
Transparent plastic arm shows how 3D printers can create strong structure, mobile joints and delicate sensors in one process
Life's purpose: Can animals guide their own evolution?
It's heretical, but it might just be true: organisms may be able to direct the evolutionary path their descendants take. Bob Holmes thinks the unthinkable
Can science stop government shutdowns?
Some researchers think mathematical laws can explain how societies stop working. We should find out if they're right
'Black glass' could be first comet chunk found on Earth
Chemical clues hint that the strange stone found in the Egyptian desert comes from a comet that exploded near Earth 28 million years ago
Animals tracked with tiny tags summon their own drones
Keeping tabs on threatened species just got easier, thanks to sensor-laden, networked tracking tags, and automated drones that fly out to gather the data
How to sniff aliens' gas in exoplanet atmospheres
Aliens on distant worlds would probably leave traces in their planet's atmosphere – a new method could identify the signatures of unearthly life forms
Bedside scan can show embers of consciousness in comas
A simple scan reveals when a brain is processing information consciously, telling minimally conscious people apart from those in a vegetative state
Terraforming Earth: Geoengineering megaplan starts now
To avoid dangerous climate change, we need geoengineering on a giant scale. We can now sketch out the basics of this world industry and where it would operate
Planet Bling: solar system's giants host megadiamonds
Crushing temperatures and pressures in gas giant Saturn's interior could turn soot into immense 'diamondbergs'
Vast ancient tomb raised from the dead by restoration
An enormous burial mound that captures the rays of the rising equinox sun has regained its splendour after a nine-year restoration
Social realism lets gamers feel reality's bite
Video games are getting closer to their "Citizen Kane moment" as they give interactions between players greater social consequences
The maths that saw the US shutdown coming
Can a new mathematical model predict the endgame of empires? Peter Turchin says his work shows why the US is in crisis, and what will happen next
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