TaxonomyWhy museums’ animal collections favour malesThey are showier, and more easily caughtprint-edition iconOct 24
DisinformationLithuanians are using software to fight back against fake newsThe country is besieged by Russian propagandaprint-edition iconOct 24
AgriculturePlantation owners profit by not persecuting primatesMonkeys act as pest controllers who take their fees in fruitprint-edition iconOct 24
DementiaClaims about a treatment for Alzheimer’s should be met with cautionMore trials would be a good ideaprint-edition iconOct 24
DysgenicsMigrants from coalfields take DNA as well as talent with themEducational achievement has a genetic component. Bad news for deprived areasprint-edition iconOct 23
A walk in the woodsHow to make use of all of a treeA giant Finnish timber mill explores sustainable forestryprint-edition iconOct 17
Happiness and historyHow to reveal a country’s sense, over the years, of its own well-beingRead its books. By computerprint-edition iconOct 17
PalaeontologyTrilobites marched across the seabed in single fileThey used long spines to stay in contactprint-edition iconOct 17
Cannabis and pregnancyIn rats, cannabis during pregnancy rewires the brains of offspringHuman mothers take noteprint-edition iconOct 17
Defence mechanismsTo see off piranha this fish has strong armourThe mighty pirarucu’s super-tough scalesprint-edition iconOct 16
The 2019 Nobel prizesBatteries, exoplanets, cosmology and cell biology win Nobel laurelsAnd humanity is enriched in both body and spiritprint-edition iconOct 10
Global healthHow to defeat AIDS, malaria and tuberculosisAs with other conflicts, money is the sinews of the war on diseaseprint-edition iconOct 10
Natural materialsHow spider silk avoids hungry bacteriaNo antibiotics are involvedprint-edition iconOct 10
The 2019 Nobel prizesNobel prize for chemistry: the lithium-ion batteryAn overdue award for a ubiquitous inventionOct 9