Astrophile: The Most Cruel Death of Cupid and Belinda
The stage is set for a dramatic collision around Uranus that hints at an epic cycle between the planet's moons and rings
Zoologger: colour tricks help put a cuckoo in the nest
Unlike most birds, female cuckoos come in different colours - it's all part of a strategy to avoid raising their own chicks
Two separate extinctions brought end to dinosaur era
Evidence of two distinct events may explain why such a high number - around three-quarters - of species died out 65 million years ago
Video reveals how a moth can become invisible
Watch a moth use a clever trick to blend seamlessly into the bark of a tree
Iran Space Agency to launch a monkey into space
A rhesus macaque may become the next space tourist after the Iran Space Agency announces plans to ramp up its space programme
Z, the diamond-melting machine with lightning veins
This picture is as close as anyone has ever got to the Z machine - the huge electromagnetic pulses it generates to research nuclear fusion are deadly
Feedback: Isaac Newton, action and reaction hero
Physics in development hell, Alan Turing meets the call-centre operative, algorithm-free software, and more
US women begin receiving free birth control
Under new US healthcare law, birth control and other women's medical services will now be free for many women
Tales of the first seafarers
Jaw-dropping insights into the first ocean-goers get lost in a sea of repetition, PLUS: letting the Mississippi flood and a hidden history of the cell
First gliders navigate ever-changing Penrose universe
Mathematical creations called gliders have negotiated a constantly shifting world made of Penrose tiles for the first time
Robot trading loses firm $440 million in 45 minutes
An "unapologetic advocate" of high-frequency computerised stock trading has suffered a massive blow - thanks to a failure of its technology
How a crash could create a supermassive black hole
Watch a simulation that could reveal how black holes can quickly become gigantic
Only you: 11 things that make each of us a one-off
No matter how alike two people seem, they're never the same. Find out the 11 features that make you truly peculiar
Thermal scavenger sounds alarm before planes crack up
Sensors that monitor aircraft for signs of stress could be powered by materials that scavenge energy from temperature gradients
Most distant black hole 'heard' munching star
The wobbles in energy produced when a far-away black hole consumes a star could help test Einstein's general relativity
Greenland loses ice in fits and starts
Predicting exactly when Greenland loses its ice will be tricky, but better models suggest the total loss may not be too severe
Bio-artists who tinker with tools of science
When working with cutting-edge technology in chemistry and biology, does an artist eventually become a scientist?
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