Monkeys 'feel' texture of virtual objects
Rhesus macaques have learned to feel the texture of virtual objects on a computer screen without touching a thing
World's first cloned human embryonic stem cells
Human embryonic stem cells have been cloned by fusing skin cells with unfertilised eggs - the trouble is they have three sets of chromosomes
First ever image of fourth-order rainbow
A German photographer has snapped a a picture of the first fourth-order rainbow reported in nature
Stumbling onto remedies
Great Discoveries in Medicine shows that many of the treatments commonly used today were discovered in surprising ways
Apple kills off original Siri app, tells users to upgrade
The iPhone 4S's new feature used to be available on older handsets - until Apple removed it
Heretical crystal takes Nobel glory
The Nobel prize in chemistry was awarded for the discovery of quasicrystals, which evoke Islamic tiling but broke the rules of crystal symmetry
When orchestras summon a storm
From Vivaldi's The Four Seasons to Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony, atmospheric scientists take a look at depictions of weather in classical music
Space apps: smartphone at heart of satellite mission
Do today's smartphones contain enough circuitry and sensors to run a space mission? A British space pioneer is about to find out
Faster-than-light neutrinos? New answers flood in
Explanations are coming in thick and fast for the seeming ability of subatomic particles to break the cosmic speed limit
Scott and Amundsen: Race for the South Pole
On the 100-year anniversary of Scott and Amundsen's journey south, we take a trip to the Antarctic
App could help you control your home appliances
Teletouch, a smartphone app that can control your lights and even your TV, could become the ultimate universal remote
Electrons dance in slow-mo
Watch a cloud of electrons bob up and down in this simulation
Climatequake: Will global warming rock the planet?
The Earth's crust will heave as ice melts and the sea rises - and that could unleash earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis
Ice-age nettles may survive in dark Chinese caves
Walk into a cave in south-west China and you could be stepping back 30,000 years - they could be a time capsule preserving rare nettles from the last ice age
Evolutionary clues from ancestors' brains?
In The Fossil Chronicles, anthropologist Dean Falk delves into two major fossil finds that have stirred controversy about human evolution
Forget the new iPhone, let's talk Siri
At Apple's press conference today a personal assistant program called Siri was announced that could change how we interact with our phones
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