ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
Eject! Eject! Frog embryos adopt radical anti-predator defence Tree frog embryos can hatch three days prematurely if they detect the approach of a snake. We have the video
CLIMATE CHANGE
Forget climategate, here鈥檚 鈥渄eniergate鈥� Those sceptical of the science showing anthropogenic global warming have seized on hacked emails, claiming they reveal evidence of malpractice. But what about the dodgy tactics used by the deniers? We list their attempts to water down the science
TECHNOLOGY
Old plastic bags made into carbon nanotubes Instead of being burned, or converted into new ones, plastic bags can be 鈥渦pcycled鈥� into valuable carbon nanotubes that can then be used to make high-power batteries
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BLOG
Betting on the existence of God 鈥� the particle, not the deity German physicist Alexander Unzicker is inviting LHC insiders and the rest of the world to place bets on finding the Higgs boson
CULTURELAB
Christmas present wish list From graphic novels and science poetry to video games and e-readers, it鈥檚 our wish list for fabulous holiday gifts
VIDEO
Unfolding the Earth A new technique for unpeeling the Earth鈥檚 skin and fitting it to a flat surface provides a fresh perspective on our planet鈥檚 geography. See maps that string out the continents in a single line, or unite the world鈥檚 seas into one giant ocean
SPACE
Dinosaur-killing impact set Earth to broil, not burn An asteroid impact 65 million years ago did not trigger global wildfires after all, reopening the question of what killed off most of the world鈥檚 species