SPECIAL FEATURE:  17:15 24 September 2009

There are 7 billion of us and counting, but the raw numbers hide a multitude of complexities

FEATURE:  11:18 21 September 2009  | 28 comments

A few years ago it seemed that quantum computing was about to be unleashed on the world. What happened?

ESSAY:  09:00 19 September 2009  | 175 comments

No one is sure why Homo sapiens is the only primate to have lost its body hair. But we must keep trying to find out, says Elaine Morgan

FEATURE:  17:21 18 September 2009  | 6 comments

People fill their trash cans one day, and it's all gone the next – but no one can be sure where it goes. A pioneering experiment will find out

FEATURE:  10:56 18 September 2009  | 40 comments

Bees that have found food tell their friends about it by dancing. Or so we thought – but it turns out their hive-mates aren't paying attention

FEATURE:  10:20 15 September 2009  | 20 comments

Complex emotions may have emerged from basic physical sensations like cold or disgust

FEATURE:  10:35 14 September 2009  | 11 comments

Wanted: intrepid individuals to explore new worlds. Must be able to work unsupervised. Humans need not apply

SPECIAL FEATURE:  18:06 28 September 2009

We live in an imperfect world, but can we do anything about it? You bet we can. In this special feature, we explore diverse ideas for making the world a better place