The carbon football could become the hottest of superconductors, reports Philip Ball. Bugs for toxic clean-up Paint, polish and glue make tasty snacks for new bacteria. Stars run away for two reasons A new study finds that two old theories of why stars hurtle through the heavens are both right.
Earthquake prediction has the reputation of a black art.
Philip Ball looks at three new studies that are trying to make it a science. End not nigh Fears that the end of the world might be hatched in a particle accelerator are unwarranted, explains Philip Ball. There is more to a blink than meets the eye, Jessa Netting finds. A new composite ceramic could extend the lifetime of artificial hip implants. Falcons spiral in for the kill Sideways vision means there is more to the prey-plucking plummet of a peregrine falcon than meets the eye.