ZOOLOGGER
The swollen brain of the swarming locust These hugely damaging insects might not seem smart, but their brains are 30 per cent bigger than those of solitary locusts: a consequence of group living, perhaps
HEALTH
Do you care what happens to a baby鈥檚 blood sample? Pinpricks of blood taken from newborns are a gold mine for medical research 鈥� but now some parents are raising privacy issues. We explore the ethical quandaries 鈥� and opportunities 鈥� of research using newborns鈥� blood
PHYSICS
Quantum snooper could get positive ID from one photon 鈥淕host imaging鈥� using entangled photons offers a way to take digital snaps of objects not directly visible to the camera, but requires thousands of photons to build up an image. A new version of the technology could give a positive ID using just one pair of entangled photons
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BUMPOLOGY
Taste of a fetus Babies whose mothers consumed garlic or anise during pregnancy are drawn towards those smells in the first few days after birth: we investigate how flavours get into the amniotic fluid
SPACE
Sound of the 鈥榣ittle bang鈥� Smashing gold ions together in particle accelerators can create matter as hot and dense as just after the big bang. Now physicists have calculated what such 鈥渓ittle bangs鈥� sound like
INNOVATION
鈥榃hite spaces鈥� could extend range of internet hotspots A new breed of wireless routers tuned to unused TV frequency bands could keep users attached to their domestic broadband connection hundreds of metres from their homes