Will record floods finally shift UK climate debate?
There is a possible silver lining to the disastrous floods swamping the UK – an end to public apathy on climate change
Snowboard cross tops Winter Olympics danger list
How hazardous are the Winter Olympics? The first attempt to comprehensively address the question is available – and could make the games safer in future
Coral bleaching makes fish behave recklessly
Fish on dead reefs stray out into the open instead of staying well hidden within the coral – it makes them easy prey for marauding predators
Ancient structures rebuilt using 3D-printed bricks
After scanning France's medieval Bourges Cathedral with lasers, researchers are rebuilding it, brick by brick, to explore masonry-age engineering
Cure for love: Sex with a mantis ends in dinner
Praying mantises bring new meaning to the phrase "dinner date" – this luckless male is being eaten alive by the female he is mating with
Cure for love: Fall for a robot to fend off heartache
Some people have already "married" video game characters. As robots become more lifelike, will more of us seek solace in their artificial embrace?
Feedback: Dodging the Nutribullet
Dodging the Nutribullet, never going to let you down in my essay, conference offers axiom pulpit and more
Elephants and rhinos benefit from drone surveillance
Drones are an effective way of catching wildlife criminals in the act, concludes the Namibian Ministry of Environment and Tourism after tests
Urban supernova-spotting at London's hidden observatory
Among community gardens in a sleepy London suburb, Jacob Aron finds a place where you can watch stars explode – it is helping to uncover dark energy's secrets
World governments set out to slash wildlife crime
A global coalition has committed itself to stop the trade in illegal wildlife products, yet it has no strategy to cut demand for products like rhino horn
Ancient genome won't heal rifts with Native Americans
The divide between geneticists and Native Americans in the US will only be bridged when everyone accepts that identity is about more than genetics
Empires and slave-trading left their mark on our genes
DNA shows how peoples interbred over the past 4,000 years, and links these interbreeding events to the rise and fall of empires
Termite robots build castles with no human help
A swarm of self-organising robots can cooperate to build structures, making decisions based on their environment with no human control
Zoologger: The hardest ant in the world
While most animals flee from a fire ant's lethal venom, the tawny crazy ant simply has a quick acid bath and comes back for more
Belgium legalises euthanasia for children of any age
The country is the first to grant children of any age the right to die – but don't expect a euthanasia explosion
'There is no DNA test to prove you're Native American'
DNA testing is changing how Native Americans think about tribal membership. But anthropologist Kim Tallbear says identity is not just a matter of blood ties
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