Germanwings crash: Why did jet descend into ravine?
The A320 is one of the safest planes around, but flight 4U 9525 descended inexplicably into the Alps until it crashed. New Scientist investigates the possible reasons
Three ways to fix the LHC before its big reboot
The Large Hadron Collider has got a short circuit, which could delay the monster machine's restart by weeks. Here are three possible fixes
Dwarf planet Ceres might have right stuff for life
NASA hopes Dawn mission can answer the big question: could life lurk in icy volcanoes on Ceres, the asteroid belt's biggest resident?
NASA's Curiosity rover finds fatty acids on Mars
The lard-like molecules that showed up in Mars's Gale Crater are important for life, but could still be non-biological in origin
Turbo termites threaten to eat Florida
Two species of super-destructive termites may be interbreeding in southern Florida. And the offspring grow, and eat, twice as fast as their parents
Black holes devour stars in gulps and nibbles
Black holes rip stars apart and feast on them when they approach too close – but some black holes are gluttons while others play with their food
A Beautiful Mind mathematician wins Abel prize
John Nash, made famous by the film A Beautiful Mind, has won the Abel prize – but not for his best-known work
Swiss cheese is not a sign of Martian climate change
Growing circular pits in Mars's south polar ice cap were thought to be a sign that the planet is warming – but a new model shows it is a natural cycle
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