Birds guided by social concern

The social behaviour of a bird species found in Africa is remarkably similar human actions

What shaped human intelligence?

Scientists are trying to uncover the adaptive pressures that transformed primates into intelligent humans

The minute metal munchers

Some fungi and bacteria can be used to extract metals from mine effluents

Preserving movies

Swinging protection

Spin-off to space

The billion-dollar Star Wars programme lies abandoned, but the technology will now be used to combat asteroids

Auctioning legacies

The strength of the future

Composite materials, which can be tailored to specifications and strengths and ultimately replace even steel, have come of age in India.

It's mama's fault

Scientists suggest a disorder that causes periods of ecstasy and depression is passed on through mothers.

Matters of the heart

Silent terror

Vaccinated against conception

The latest in the array of contraceptives are vaccines against reproductive hormones.

A journey to discover

Forget me not

Blast blanket

Thousand-in-one electron

Real vision

Researchers delve into the mystery of how the hand percieves what the eye cannot

Lung power

What does it take for a lay athlete to take on a Serge! Bubka or a Carl Lewis? Good,powerful lungs, say scientists

Bang on clusters

Models to explain the formation of structures in the universe take shape

Super chip

Human work done over 57,000 years would be accomplished in one second flat by a wonder computer developed by the US

New era semiconductors

From missiles to VCRs, a scintillating change is foreseen, At a smart new breed of semiconductors enter the realm of electronics

Mammoth mollusc

Return to glaze

Neutron streams

The pull against the push

Cosmologists take a closer look at how gravity is strangling an expanding universe