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  1. Cutting edge: Kevin Butt

    Ground-breaking research into worms could be vital for the environment and life itself Earthworms have been studied closely for more than a century. Charles Darwin produced a book on the creatures...

  2. Clawing at a life on land

    At some 75cm across and capable of cracking open a coconut shell with its formidable claws, the land-dwelling coconut crab is your beach lounger's worst nightmare. Fortunately for the sunbather, the...

  3. Not mushroom left for pickers

    The camera focuses on the small, white circle. The robot sizes up its target, then an arm extends downwards until the suction cup on the end is pressed against the helpless mushroom. It is captured...

  4. How green was my valley

    World leaders pondering the possible consequences of man-made climate change would be wise to consider the fate of the Roman Mediterranean. Computer modelling has revealed that the now-arid region...

  5. The science of really useful matter

    We are no longer limited to applying natural materials cleverly, we can make substances with the properties we want. Olga Wojtas reports An occupational hazard for professors is having to explain...

  6. Inquiring nurses to get funds

    A new strategy will boost the nursing contribution to research and development. Claire Sanders reports The funding council has agreed to end the anomaly that was crippling both nursing research and...

  7. Long-serving revisionist researcher is sacked

    A researcher at France's largest research organisation has been dismissed for revisionism. Serge Thion, who started working at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in 1971, was sacked...

  8. Staring into space

    European leaders want to integrate public space efforts into other activities. Jane Marshall reports. Space is no longer a separate entity, and space exploration must be fused with other activities...

  9. Bomb parents wonder what they did wrong

    New technologies are creating new ethical dilemmas. Joseph Rotblat asks if an old one, the atomic bomb, still has lessons for the 21st century. Should scientists be concerned about the social and...

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