Self-help healthcare fuelled shock Greek election win
Volunteer-run services are plugging holes left by cutbacks in Greece and may have helped focus support for the radical Syriza party
Keeping an open mind about consciousness research
Open Mind is an eclectic open-access website about cutting-edge consciousness and cognitive research
Laser flight path caught on camera for the first time
It's usually only possible to see the spot where a laser lands rather than its path, but now an ultrafast camera has caught those photons mid-flight
Ancient planets are almost as old as the universe
The oldest rocky planets yet are 11.2 billion years old, just a little younger than the universe – meaning the galaxy made an early start on planet building
Shoes vs barefoot: The myth of the normal foot
The average Western foot is deformed by shoes. If you ditch them, will your feet bounce back or are you simply asking for trouble?
Eco-city dreams vs real eco-activism
Utopian plans for green cities are blasted in Julie Sze's Fantasy Islands, while Paul Steinberg holds out hope for the humble in Who Rules the Earth?
How science tells us to ignore celebrity endorsements
Tim Caulfield's Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything? shows that celebrity advice, while difficult to ignore, is bunkum
La Niñas on the rise in climate change double whammy
A see-saw effect of warm water slushing in the equatorial Pacific may make extreme climate events El Niño and La Niña twice as frequent
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