Wake up and smell the comet: Rousing the Rosetta probe
Asleep in the dark near Jupiter, a spacecraft is almost ready to make the first ever landing on a comet – if we can wake it. Stuart Clark joins mission control
McMath and Muñoz cases challenge definition of death
Two brain-dead patients kept on life support are causing controversy. Do we need to rethink life's cut-off point, wonders ethicist Richard Huxtable
Rubbery robot fingers play piano faster than a human
A soft robot can bend in just 50 milliseconds to hit keys and play a simple tune
Star-aligned temples hint at Pompeii's religious mix
Temples in the ill-fated Roman port seem to be aligned with stars important in Greek and Egyptian mythology, suggesting Pompeii was a cultural melting pot
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Australia dithers as another heatwave strikes
The Australian government's reluctance to admit the reality of climate change means it is failing to save people's lives as heatwaves become more common
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