PHYSICS
Journeys to Earth鈥檚 extremes From Antarctica to the Chilean Andes, via the Atacama desert, mount Wilson observatory in California and the Large Hadron Collider, Anil Ananthaswamy鈥檚 unique travelogue attempts to unlock the secrets of the universe
ZOOLOGGER
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Mummy, can I have some more carrion soup? Squeamish readers, look away now: the life cycle of the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides is a tale of decaying corpses, regurgitation and excellent parenting skills
TECHNOLOGY
Baby robot gets an upgrade See smarter legs, more sensitive hands and a better brain developed for a toddler-sized robot 鈥� it鈥檚 designed to test theories about the development of real children
LIFE
For a long life, smile like you mean it If you want to live to a ripe old age, then smile 鈥� and make sure you don鈥檛 fake it. Pro baseball players in the 1950s who genuinely beamed in their official photographs tended to outlive more sullen-looking sportsmen and those who put on fake smiles
TECHNOLOGY
Sneaky app raises spectre of zombie cellphones Researchers have made a weather-forecasting app for the iPhone and Android phones that secretly passes them a user鈥檚 location and phone number. Criminals could use the same approach to take control of your cellphone, harvest its address book, and even send emails
ENVIRONMENT
Which climate changes can be blamed on humans? Our 鈥渇ingerprints鈥� have been detected on a variety of aspects of the climate, from rainfall to the salt content of the oceans. We look at the latest evidence from the UK Met Office