World's first space detective agency launched
Satellite and drone images are increasingly being used as evidence in court. Now two experts in the field have started a specialist agency
Mind expanding: Think like a child to learn faster
Learning a new skill can rewire your brain within hours. But to keep those circuits strong, you may need to think back to a time when you knew nothing
Inside exotic dead stars are piles of waffles
Neutron stars are made of some of the densest and strongest material in the universe – and they may look like waffles on the inside
Microscopes that see the impossible win chemistry Nobel
Ingenious tricks to see living things at a scale beyond what's possible with microscopes scoop chemistry Nobel prize for three chemists
Mind expanding: Harness the power of knowledge
Knowledge goes beyond memory, forming a rich and detailed understanding of your world. But you can know too much
Does a surplus of men really mean more violence?
Conventional wisdom holds that things get violent when men outnumber women. But the picture is more complicated than that, say three anthropologists
Clever clams and algae show how best to harvest light
Special cells in clams allow columns of hidden algae to near-perfectly harvest light for photosynthesis, pointing the way for efficient biofuel production
The jaguar whisperer who gave them a voice
As a stuttering boy, Alan Rabinowitz liked talking to a zoo jaguar. The inspiring tale of how he grew up to save the big cats awaits in An Indomitable Beast
Moon water blew in on solar wind
A fresh analysis of Apollo moon samples suggests that most of the moon's surface water came from interactions with the solar wind, not comets and meteorites
Extreme coping tips for climbing your personal Everest
Most of us don't have the right stuff for a space mission or shot at the South Pole, but we can have fun reading about what it takes in Extreme
'Final' word on female orgasm is an anticlimax
Women have no G spot and can't have vaginal orgasms, claim Italian sexologists who say clitoris is just a female penis
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