Rhodes Must Fall campaigners barking up the wrong tree
If trustees of the UCT fund have "blood on their hands" because of investment in Lonmin then so must trustees of all pension funds similarly invested.
Studies all can access and apply
The UK will make publicly funded studies open to all.
Mankind responsible for 70% of radical Arctic ice melt
A study has found only 30% of radical loss of the Arctic’s ice is due to natural variability in the Atlantic, and it will probably get worse.
Politics & scandal: From ‘sit down’ to ‘step aside’
While disgraced officials may resign, firing them is tricky. SA’s parties are trying to come up with ways to deal with those who try to brazen it out.
The fine art of the Neanderthals
Several times in the past 10 years scientists have had to rewrite the textbooks on Neanderthals, the last species of human to go extinct.
The beauty of the very best ideas
World’s leading thinkers write on what impresses them — from Darwinism to the concept of ‘deep time’
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US moon base needs money to move beyond dreams
In the latest tell-people-what-they-want-to-hear speech on the election circuit, Newt Gingrich made a remarkable promise: he wants a moon base.
Celebrity sense and nonsense
The pseudo-scientific utterances of famous stars are often dangerously misleading or just wrong.
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New sea creatures found living in extreme conditions
Scientists exploring underwater vents near Antarctica have found a world of creatures thriving in temperatures of 400C°.
Light-beating neutrinos stun scientists
Scientists have reacted with cautious shock to results that showed that certain subatomic particles can travel faster than light.
