Mars rover beams back eerie human voice - and postcard
As well as broadcasting the first human voice from an alien planet, Curiosity has sent back stunningly detailed images of its destination, Mount Sharp
First mating humpback whale image wins photo prize
Jason Edwards has won the New Scientist Eureka Prize for Science Photography for a second year with an image of mating humpback whales
Cyborg tissue is half living cells, half electronics
Lab-grown heart cells, neurons and blood vessels snaked through with nanowires are blurring the boundary between electronics and biology
Twitter as you've never tasted it before
Infographics can be so boring! Find out how you can drink and hear tweets instead of just reading them
Infrared video captures bees cooking wasp invader
Watch how a bee colony uses heat to suffocate intruders that threaten a hive
Biotech is thrusting us into new political territory
Stem cells, embryo research and synthetic biology are just a few of the issues that will force strange new political alliances, says Jonathan D. Moreno
Boo! Robots learn to jump like frightened mammals
A biologically inspired system gives robots the equivalent of the mammalian amygdala, a part of the brain that responds quickly to threats
Rooted in experience: The sensory world of plants
There are vegetable versions of sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch - and they're remarkably similar to our own
New Orleans braces for storm on Katrina anniversary
A category 2 hurricane is expected to hit the city on 29 August, seven years to the day after its devastation by Katrina
Neil Armstrong: First moonwalker and cool-headed nerd
A self-described nerdy engineer, the first human on the moon was also an unflappable problem-solver who survived a string of near-disasters
Ad-busting apps help voters see through political noise
Two new smartphone apps recognise political ads on TV or radio and then identify the groups behind them
Teenage cannabis use leads to cognitive decline
Getting stoned before the age of 18 contributes to lower IQ and persistent memory problems in middle age
Artificial intelligence fights notorious crop pest
A software-based monitoring system could keep the oriental fruit fly in check, saving farmers billions of dollars
Space cubed: Dawn of the nano-sats
Can't afford a Curiosity? Fleets of tiny, cube-shaped spacecraft modules could provide a cheaper ticket to explore the cosmos
Sleep your way to greater knowledge
The brain doesn't just consolidate memories while we slumber, it can learn about smells too
Almost toothless rodent survives on soft prey
Newly discovered rodent does without molars by eating earthworms
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