14:00 26 December 2009

There was plenty to hold the attention of those with an academic interest in sexual attraction and reproduction

14:00 26 December 2009

Dinosaur hunters and anyone with an interest in prehistoric creatures great and small were not disappointed

NEWS PREVIEW 2010:  12:00 25 December 2009  | 15 comments

It's more like 6000 metres under the sea than 20,000 leagues, but an ambitious series of undersea explorations in planned

FEATURE:  08:00 24 December 2009  | 51 comments

Some religious rituals are traumatic one-offs, others are soothing and repetitive - but it's best to stick to one or the other

12:36 23 December 2009  | 14 comments

Clones of an ancient bush have been discovered in California by botanists who reckon it first grew at the height of the last ice age, 13,000 years ago

NEWS PREVIEW 2010:  09:00 23 December 2009  | 46 comments

Fifty years ago next April, Frank Drake kick-started the modern search for extraterrestrial life at a radio telescope in West Virginia

00:00 23 December 2009  | 13 comments

Male Muscovy ducks have evolved super-long penises – with "explosive erection" ability – while females retaliate with antagonistic vaginas

17:41 22 December 2009

Australian bees defend their hives from beetle invasion by entombing the attackers in resin

THIS WEEK:  11:22 22 December 2009  | 33 comments

Microbes entombed in a salt crystal have survived for 30,000 years by feeding off the remains of algae that were trapped along with them

16:16 21 December 2009  | 41 comments

Generous people aren't fighting the urge to screw others over – the desire for fairness lies in a brain area that controls intuition and emotion