Stuff symphony: Beautiful music makes better materials
The hidden structures of music are universal patterns of nature – and they can help us create new materials like artificial spider silk, says Markus Buehler
Fiery black hole debate creates cosmological Wild West
Bids to solve the black hole firewall paradox are producing a free-for-all in theoretical physics – cue time reversal, walls of ice and bouncing stars
Threatwatch: Mother virus of China's deadly bird flu
Ten years after H5N1, more deadly bird flu has emerged from China, most recently a strain called H10N8. Is it time to target the virus spawning them all?
Lunar law row hots up as NASA enters private moon rush
NASA wants to strike a deal with firms building lunar landers, but contention over property rights may still stymie commercial growth on the moon
Pompeii-like volcanic ash kept dino remains fresh
Millions of years before volcanic ash entombed the people of Pompeii, a group of dinosaurs suffered a similar fate, new research in China suggests
Ouch! Pain threshold genes amplified by lifestyle
Environmental factors such as diet and stress could be affecting how sensitive you are to pain – by retuning your genes
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