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Stone Age humans crossed Sahara in the rain
20:00 09 November 2009 | 1 comment
Wet spells in the Sahara may have helped early humans migrate out of Africa
Super-efficient cars racing to win the X prize
18:28 09 November 2009 | 9 comments
With $10 million prize money at stake, the race to build energy-thrifty cars that appeal to the mass market is hotting up
Plan to pierce heart of urban monster volcano
THIS WEEK: 16:05 09 November 2009 | 21 comments
Next month, geologists will begin to drill into a huge volcano in Italy that has towns on top of it: is that a good idea?
Head-mounted microscope sees brain beneath the skull
14:45 09 November 2009 | 14 comments
A microscope fitted to rats' heads watched the animals' brains in action as they roved freely
Breath of fresh air transforms stem cells
14:32 09 November 2009 | 3 comments
Specialised lung tissue has been created by exposing stem cells to the open air
Stop selling out science to commerce
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: 14:08 09 November 2009 | 46 comments
Corporate might and commercial pressures are undermining research. It's time for scientists to blow the whistle, say Stuart Parkinson and Chris Langley
Gizmos allow artists to 'feel' their creations
FEATURE: 11:57 09 November 2009 | 3 comments
Artists are leaving keyboards and mice behind to work more intuitively with touch screens, input devices with physical feedback and air-drawing
Extraterrestrial rafting: Hunting off-world sea life
FEATURE: 10:46 09 November 2009 | 20 comments
Do the moons of Jupiter and Saturn harbour life in their chilly oceans? A flotilla of space probes is being lined up to haul anchor and find out
Spy-in-the-cab could improve teenage driving
FEATURE: 12:00 08 November 2009 | 28 comments
Novice drivers are responsible for a disproportionate number of accidents – now an in-car warning system has cut incidents of reckless driving by half
Evidence recovered from dirty DNA samples
IN BRIEF: 11:00 08 November 2009 | 5 comments
Contaminated DNA that would normally be written off can now provide evidence, thanks to amplification enzymes that tolerate pollution
Why did our species survive the Neanderthals?
BOOKS & ARTS: 10:00 08 November 2009 | 66 comments
According to Clive Finlayson in The Humans Who Went Extinct, we were just lucky
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Murderer with 'aggression genes' gets sentence cut
"Isn't there a thing called 'equality before the law'? Judgment should be according to what he did, not what he may have a higher probability to do." bartleby
FEEDBACK
Why it's good to log out
How to harness malingering electrons, a quantum bifurcating footpath, and the importance of seeking medical attention if you snuff it
CULTURELAB
The murk and the magic
21:18 09 November 2009 - updated 22:07 09 November 2009
A bold new play shows a darker side of Isaac Newton, who spent much of his time navigating the muddled mazes of theology
Al Gore's convenient solutions
18:25 09 November 2009 - updated 19:05 09 November 2009
Al Gore discusses his latest book, Our Choice, which looks at the technologies that will solve global warming and the political obstacles that stand in their way.
THE HUMAN BRAIN
Clever fools: Why a high IQ doesn't mean you're smart
IQ measures the brightness of our mental searchlight. But where we point it also matters
TECHNOLOGY
How your brain sees virtual you
The way the brain regards the virtual "you" may help explain why some people spend large chunks of their life online playing immersive games
