CARS
From the racetrack to the emergency room. Technology developed to send Formula 1 cars round a track at high speed turns out to have unexpected uses elsewhere 鈥� including outer space and in hospital. Find out more in our online gallery.
MIND
Humans may be primed to believe in creation. Why are people so ready to accept creationism and intelligent design? Our brains鈥� tendency towards 鈥減romiscuous teleology鈥� might be responsible.
TECH
Micromachines controlled by magnetic fields. Tiny swimming machines, similar to the spinning tails of bacteria, have been powered and controlled by manipulating a magnetic field.
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ENVIRONMENT
Marine animals leak greenhouse gas. Water-dwelling animals release small amounts of nitrous oxide into the atmosphere 鈥� an effect boosted by nitrate fertilisers leaching off the land.
SPACE
Air-breathing planes: the spaceships of the future? Today鈥檚 rockets need multiple stages to climb into orbit, but a new class of spaceship could make it in one jump by sucking oxygen from the air as it climbs.
HEALTH
Bizarre devices from medicine鈥檚 dark past. Over the years, doctors have used everything from ceramic dolls to cut-throat razors to treat their patients. We鈥檝e collected some of the most intriguing 鈥� and painful looking 鈥� in this gallery.
COMPUTERS
Wave your hand to log in. Meet a computer that鈥檚 part robot, part mirror. It responds to hand gestures rather than mouse clicks, making it easier to use while talking to other people.