Computer program can now map CO2 emissions from homes, offices and roads
A new smartphone app lets you control every gadget in your smart home, from TV to thermostat
Haroche and Wineland found ways to handle quantum objects without destroying them, paving the way for today's atomic clocks and quantum computing
How was the pharmacy that distributed a fungus-contaminated steroid allowed to engage in large-scale manufacture of prescription drugs?
The man who inspired Jurassic Park has now given us a 100-million-year-old amber fossil with a freeze-frame surprise inside: a spider poised to attack a wasp
Felix Baumgartner should break the sound barrier when he jumps from his balloon at an altitude of 36 kilometres
Watch how a novel approach to oil clean-up can quickly transform a slick into a gel that will later give up the oil on land
Before Darwin, the study of animals was dominated by imagination and morality. Genetic engineering makes that true once more, argues Caspar Henderson
Most of Europe's nuclear reactors lack the means to handle a major event such as an earthquake or flood
Biologist and philanthropist Eric Peterson explains why the best way to do coherent, long-term research was to create his own institute on a Canadian island
From pigeons that can recognise faces to a chimp that stores rocks to throw at visitors, all animals have memories. But how similar are they to ours?
The prize is well-deserved, biologists agree, but one winner is worried about what comes next
Soon you could be controlling your computer via gesture-reading command bracelets and desktop devices
Fertility rates in the US have been falling since the downturn started, but still aren't as low as Europe's
The SpaceX-owned Dragon space capsule will be the first US craft to send critical supplies to the International Space Station since the shuttle