Mice are first pioneers of medical micromissiles
Tiny machines powered by stomach acid have been tested in live mice, and could one day deliver drugs directly into the stomach lining
Eureka relived: Rogue boiling points
We all know that water boils at 100 °C. So was the 18th-century scientist who pushed the boiling point to 112 °C wrong? There was only one way to find out
Zoologger: Spider has sex, then chews off own genitals
Self-castration after once-in-a-lifetime sex helps coin spiders protect their mate from the unwanted attentions of other males
Beagle 2 spotted on Mars in one piece after 11 years
The UK spacecraft thought lost on the surface of Mars in 2003 has now been found. And it might still have useful data that we could one day retrieve
The moment the SpaceX rocket crash-landed on a boat
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, tweets dramatic pictures from his firm's recent failed attempt to land a rocket on a boat
Feedback: Mindlessness for health
The boojum was seen, you see, scandal on a plate, chemistry by the numbers and more
Reliving five eureka moments lost in history
Water doesn't just boil at 100 °C and chemistry owes a lot to alchemy: recreating long-forgotten experiments provides surprising insights into today's science
Map that changed the world has its 200th birthday
The technique may be centuries old, but the same method used to make this map of rock types across the UK is still powerful, and has even been applied on Mars
Super-zoom for microscope samples made from nappies
A polymer usually found in babies' diapers can puff cells up, acting like an ultra-zoom lens and bringing nanoscale features into focus with standard microscopes
Geese use the Himalayas like a massive rollercoaster
They're well adapted high-flyers, but instead of staying straight and level at lofty altitudes, migrating geese save energy by flying up peaks and down valleys
If birds in a truck fly, does the truck get lighter?
Yes, but it also gets heavier, say researchers who weighed flapping birds with super sensitive scales
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