Latest European climate targets may never be met
Europe has proposed fresh targets for cutting its greenhouse gas emissions between now and 2030, but it is unclear how they will be enforced
The physicist fighting cancer's social network
We can disrupt cancer's communication network using the methods of cyberwar, says Eshel Ben-Jacob
Kazak mathematician may have solved $1 million puzzle
Mathematics may be a universal language but a possible proof of a fiendish problem is proving hard to evaluate – partly because it isn't written in English
Japan's huge magnetic net will trawl for space junk
Gravity wasn't all fiction: tiny pieces of high-speed orbiting debris endanger our satellites. Now Japan is set to launch an electromagnetic net to catch them
Propaganda with an inhuman influence
See how propaganda images have tried to dehumanise people over the past 100 years
Germany's energy revolution on verge of collapse
Coal burning is at a 20-year high and subsidies for renewable energy are about to be slashed – yet Germany swears it will cut greenhouse gas emissions
The urge to dehumanise others is itself all too human
Recognising dehumanisation as part of human nature helps us guard against its darkest consequences
Popping pills for flu fever might make things worse
Common medications that ease the pain and fever of flu might be responsible for as many as 2000 deaths a year
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