The spacecraft stack set to fly in pyramid formation
NASA's four Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecraft are set to launch so they can study how Earth's magnetosphere interacts with the sun's
Undersea Jacuzzi may give life to Saturn's icy moon
Dust from Saturn's rings shows Enceladus could have hydrothermal vents similar to those on Earth at the bottom of its ice-covered sea
Threatwatch: Bird flu's back and it's brought friends
Bird flu is breaking out in Egypt and invading the US, while a new strain in China is poised to spread across the world
Zoologger: The baby spiders that munch up their mum
It's a family meal with a ghoulish difference: young velvet spiders feast on their mother to help them survive in the desert
If tobacco gets plain packets will junk food be next?
The tobacco industry is fighting moves to sell cigarettes in plain packs by claiming food manufacturers will be hit next. Will they, wonders Marion Nestle
Tag valuables with a plastic fingerprint
A technique for creating artificial fingerprints could see banknotes, jewellery and even fingers tagged with a similar unique pattern to fight counterfeiters
Chameleons don't change colour, they use smart mirrors
Everyone assumed chameleons actually changed colour, but we now know they really use millions of tiny mirrors to reflect light in different ways
Watch this gecko's explosive self-cleaning trick
A phenomenon dubbed "geckovescence" allows geckos to remain dry and possibly healthy by launching water droplets from their body.
I showed that nicotine is a gateway to hard drugs
Forty years ago, Denise Kandel proposed that cigarettes could boost the chances of people using drugs like cocaine. She reveals how she finally got the evidence
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