Mapping moon's Shackleton reveals icy secrets
Shackleton, ice, south pole - what comes to mind? A moon base, perhaps, once you've seen the latest radar maps of a deep lunar crater
Growing up next to a secret nuclear facility
Life next to a secret nuclear facility PLUS: The ideas that paved the way for Darwin and the diseases we share with the rest of the animal kingdom
US government backs off social media monitoring
Following New Scientist's report on government plans to monitor social media, the Department of State has quietly rescinded its solicitation
The openness revolution will not be trivial
Openness is a good thing for science but you can't just wish it into existence - it takes hard work and money too, says Joanna Haigh
Medical marijuana does not increase teen drug use
An analysis of US teens finds no correlation between increased drug use and legalisation of medical marijuana
Road repair tech sees and fills cracks on the move
The device is able to identify more than 83 per cent of the cracks in the road and then fills them as it passes
Cave art appreciation opens ancient human minds to us
Science may soon tell us who made ancient art, but it'll need help from unexpected quarters to explain why they did it
The wasteful quest for immortality
Mary Midgley, the nonagenarian philosopher, believes that living forever is overrated: quality of life - not quantity - is more important
Kids' antibiotic prescriptions fall in the US
Warnings about antibiotic overuse appear to have been heard in the US, where prescriptions for children dropped by 14 per cent between 2002 and 2010
Tiny human liver grown inside mouse's head
A human liver just 5 millimetres in size has been grown inside the head of a mouse. But can the organ replicate all liver functions?
Big Brother is watching Facebook and Twitter
The US government wants to monitor activity on social networks to get hints of political unrest
Greece needs technological help to reboot economy
The new Greek government will be powerless to transform the country without improved computer systems, economist warns
Why haven't bald men gone extinct?
Even as we get to grips with the biology of baldness, the shiny pate remains a real evolutionary mystery
Biomedical beauties: Wellcome Image Awards winners
The Wellcome Image Awards celebrate unexpected biomedical structures and patterns - see the winner and the best of the rest here
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