PSYCHOLOGY
Confident about intelligence Do you think you鈥檙e smarter than most? If so, the chances are your children feel the same way about themselves. A study of thousands of twins suggests that intellectual confidence is genetically inherited and independent of IQ
SPACE
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Pulsar seen stealing from neighbour A neutron star with a cosmic case of indigestion could help to explain why some of these ultra-dense stellar embers spin much more quickly than others. Watch our animation of the cosmic theft
PALAEONTOLOGY
Through a scanner darkly Scanners that emit high-energy X-rays are allowing researchers to peer at animals fossilised in dark amber. Our video shows the extremely detailed 3D models that can be created from them
BLOG
When is a flu pandemic not a flu pandemic? Despite the spread of H1N1 swine flu all over the world, including cases of community transmission in Japan, the World Health Organization has decided not to follow its own rules and officially declare a pandemic. We explain why
ENERGY & FUELS
Move over hydrogen and let methanol in Some researchers think the much-discussed hydrogen economy will remain theoretical, and that the next big energy source will be methanol. The idea has received a boost after a study showed how renewable energy can be used to turn water and carbon dioxide into liquid methanol fuel
TECH
Goodbye to the standard asthma inhaler? The next generation devices could use tiny earthquake-like tremors to turn a drop of medication into a fine mist that can more easily reach the patient鈥檚 lungs
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