MEDICINE
Virtual body parts take guessing out of surgery Personalised simulations of live body parts means doctors could soon be testing treatments on your virtual twin before you undergo the real thing
ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
Junk food stunts growth of young suburbanites In suburban America, crow parents are opting to feed their young easier-to-find, less nutritious food 鈥� and it is having a detrimental effect on their chicks
SPACE
Free-floating black hole may solve space 鈥榝irefly鈥� mystery Astronomers are still struggling to explain a mysterious object that flared and dimmed in 2006. A rogue black hole might be to blame
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BLOG
Meet the real 40-year-old virgins Despite the caricature portrayed in the recent hit film, little is known about middle-aged adults who have never had sex. A new US survey has changed all that
PSYCHOLOGY
Why your brain just can鈥檛 remember that word Tip-of-the-tongue moments and d茅j脿 vu are phenomena that reveal our brains鈥� occasional slip-ups. Now we鈥檙e a little closer to understanding both experiences
TECH
Computer generated sounds shape up Even the most visually stunning computer-generated movies use sound effects captured in the traditional way. Hear a new computer model that is set to change that. It makes realistic water sounds by simulating the tiny bubbles that cause splashing noises
ENERGY
Preparing for chaos in the electricity grid Controlling a few hundred power stations to provide the nation with electricity is relatively easy. But what happens when people start to produce their own power with millions of microgenerators?