Does this climate narrative really change anything?
Naomi Klein's analysis of climate change is a full-blooded offensive against free-market fundamentalism and elite money-players, but key questions are left unanswered
Manhattan Project radiation-proof window for sale
An auction house is selling off one of the few remaining leaded windows that physicists peered through when developing the first atomic bombs
The woman who saved Mongolia's stolen dinosaurs
Though illegal for more than a century, looting Mongolian dinosaur fossils was commonplace – until culture minister Oyungerel Tsedevdamba stepped in
Private flights may make space station more expensive
NASA will have to pay firms like SpaceX and Boeing more than it pays Russia for rides to the International Space Station, according to a new report
Development goals 2.0: focus on premature deaths
The UN Sustainable Development Goals, in force from 2016, should focus on cutting premature deaths by tackling chronic disease, say health experts
A paean to plants: The story of botany at Kew gardens
Some may still see it as a Cinderella science, but botany flowers magnificently in Plants: Roots to riches and the accompanying 25-part BBC Radio 4 series
Wind causing most of temperature rise in north-west US
The north-west US has been getting hotter over the past 100 years, bringing pest infestations and wildfire. But it seems human-caused climate change isn't to blame
Possessed! The powerful aliens that lurk within you
Once they were free-living bacteria, then they hijacked complex cells, now it turns out they have a hand in everything from memory and ageing to obesity
Was Aristotle the inventor of science?
The ancient Greek philosopher deserves our homage, and Armand Marie Leroi delivers it in his edifying and excellent book, The Lagoon
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