No easy parking spot for first-ever comet landing
High-res images from the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft show its target comet is covered in cliffs – great for science but scary for landing
Harness randomness to succeed at life
From tennis to the stock market, How to Predict the Unpredictable by William Poundstone aims to teach you how to overcome a universal human weakness
What the polls really mean for the future of Scotland
Scotland will vote "yes" to independence, according to two opinion polls – but analysing polling stats suggests the vote is balanced on a knife-edge
Zoologger: Fish that picks its work partners wisely
Coral trout work together with moray eels to winkle out hidden prey – and they skilfully decide both when to collaborate and which eels are best
WHO fast-tracks use of experimental drugs for Ebola
The World Health Organization is launching the biggest emergency clinical trials in history as experimental treatments are prepared for the Ebola epidemic
Myths and reality of the Nazi space rocket
Seventy years ago this month, one of the second world war's scariest weapons began to rain terror on London. But the V-2 was also the world's first spacecraft
Burning blue sky: Earth's cloud shield is failing
It's the clouds that stop the oceans boiling. But as the planet warms, our main defence against the sun's fierce heat is weakening
A manifesto for playing god with human evolution
Fancy living forever, or uploading your mind to the net? The Proactionary Imperative embraces transhumanist dreams, but reminds why we need medical ethics
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