Tree's a crowd

The loggers' chainsaws may not spell doom for tropical forest lands after all

Drawing a bead on waste

Gene trouble

The prehistoric mammoth throws a sophisticated modern scientific method into disarray

Worm sutpnse

Face off ?

Super power

After all these years, science finally creates superconducting transistors

The core of a star

Celestial cousins

Spy vs spy

The war of wits that goes on between plants and viruses

Artificial muscle

With the discovery of a new molecule, it could be possible

A mammoth clone?

Scientists are trying to create it, though the chances are slim

Participatory approach

The 'executive arm' of the brain also helps in making decisions

Dealing with mutant genes

Important, but not busy

Ageing chromosomes

'Arms race' and evolution

The origin of species

Express yourself

The latest on calcium's role in regulating expression or repression of genes

Let there be light

High-efficiency solar panels are here

Antarctica's violent past

The biggest icy continent was rocked by a huge volcanic eruption

Sharp picture

A technique used by astronomers is being used to produce better contact lenses

Safe crash

Pollutants in space

Do cancer-causing compounds exist beyond earth's atmosphere?

Final solutions

Scientists are using the DNA as a computer to solve complex problems

Giant computer