Milky Way brims with planets
Carl Sagan would have loved it: not only are there billions and billions of stars in our galaxy, but each one may harbour a planet
Learn a language, translate the web
Free online lessons aim to turn willing students into a commercial translating juggernaut. But can they compete with professional linguists?
Hormone can mimic effects of a good workout
Irisin, a newly discovered hormone that surges during exercise, may confer some of the benefits of a workout when levels are artificially boosted
Why physicists can't avoid a creation event
The big bang may not have been the beginning of everything - but new calculations suggest we still need a cosmic starter gun
CES: Waterproof gadgets are a surprise hit at show
Waterproofing of gadgets is a major theme at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas
Oil spill on Christmas Island threatens red crabs
Hundreds of thousands of juvenile land crabs are being threatened by a fuel spill from a cargo ship in the Indian Ocean
Should computers have their own websites?
Computer scientist Stephen Wolfram says a new .data domain would make it easier for computers to share and access online data
Hooke springs to life in new portrait
A new portrait of Robert Hooke aims to restore his image, which may have been obliterated from history by an angry Isaac Newton
Students break record by folding toilet paper 13 times
Watch a massive toilet-paper structure take shape, incorporating the maximum number of folds ever achieved
Battle to eradicate polio reaches critical endgame
The long campaign to eradicate polio will turn on a radical plan to prevent the polio vaccine itself from keeping the disease going
Largest dark matter map holds clues to dark energy
We may not know what dark matter is but it's still helping to nail the properties of the equally mysterious dark energy
Making native animals feel at home again
Artist Fritz Haeg's Animal Estates project examines the way that urban spaces are changing other species' environments
CES: One Laptop Per Child shows off wind-up tablet
The low-cost tablet is designed for children in developing countries
Fracking risk is exaggerated
Two of the main objections to "fracking" for shale gas have been blown out of proportion, according to British geologists
Into thin air: Gliding to 90,000 feet
A record-breaking pilot with lofty ambitions aims to fly higher than ever before - and, as Catherine Brahic discovers, he won't be needing an engine
Lizards may be made smarter by warming world
The sincid lizards of Australia are smarter at avoiding predators when their eggs are incubated at warmer than normal temperatures
Earthquake-damaged particle smasher set to restart
A Japanese particle accelerator used to study neutrinos has passed a key test after undergoing extensive repairs following last year's megaquake
Twitter helps track cholera spread in Haiti
Using Twitter updates and online news websites to track disease outbreaks could be just as quick and reliable as more traditional methods
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