Space vs time: One has to go 鈥� but which?
If we want to progress towards a theory of everything, we need to understand how space and time fit together鈥�� if they do at all, says Anil Ananthaswamy
Exhibition blurs boundary between you and your objects
William Blake鈥檚 death mask (with EEG) next to a Cyberman鈥檚 head and a gargoyle: a new exhibition crosses the lines between humans and the things we make
We should praise Hawking鈥檚 boycott of Israeli meeting
Stephen Hawking鈥檚 considered decision to support an academic boycott of Israeli institutions should not be derided, says Jonathan Rosenhead
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Beautiful freak in Ecuador鈥檚 life raft of the frogs
This gloriously freakish fringe tree frog looks like it belongs in a Hayao Miyazaki fantasy, but in fact it lives in a safe haven that鈥檚 almost as magical
Mushrooms are the new styrofoam
Eben Bayer鈥榮 company makes packaging from agricultural waste and the mycelium of mushrooms 鈥� he says the next step is to make building materials this way
Mind-reading monkey brains look similar to ours
Macaques and humans share similarities in a brain structure involved in theory of mind 鈥� the ability to infer what others are thinking or feeling
Court ruling on genes is a 鈥渧ictory for common sense鈥�
Mary-Claire King, who discovered the BRCA1 cancer-related gene, says she is delighted by the US Supreme Court ruling that makes it illegal to patent it
