SPACE
Rover zooms in on largest meteorite found on Mars. A baseball-sized iron meteorite being studied by NASA鈥檚 Opportunity rover promises to reveal details of the history of water on the Red Planet
NEUROSCIENCE
Virtual reality gets totally immersive. Neuroscientists studying the mechanisms of bodily perception have created a 鈥渇ull immersion鈥� virtual-reality device that can simulate out-of-the-body experiences. Watch our video to see the huge advances in the animation of virtual worlds and machines that this promises
COSMOLOGY
Five snacks that might be shaped like the universe. Does the universe resemble a peanut or a Pringle? We chew over snack foods that different theories suggest might be bite-sized models of our cosmos
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PHYSICS
Snapshots from inside an exploding star. Physicists at Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago have used a supercomputer to model the extreme physics of a supernova explosion
BLOG
Look this way for key to time travel. Tedious meeting? Speed it up with a pair of specs that adjust your perception of the flow of time
EVOLUTION
Ancestral infection reveals ancient butchery. Evidence from Australopithecus remains reveals infection with a bacterium normally acquired from large mammals, suggesting that this early human ancestor was slaughtering animals more than 2 million years ago
INNOVATION
A cookbook you can taste鈥� plus trashy shoes, a folding electrical plug and a brilliantly improved cheese-grater are among the ingenious entries in our gallery from this year鈥檚 International Design Excellence Awards