What a shot

Now robomops!

Abling the disabled

Friends in greed

Union pangs

Uk patients flood Spain's free healthcare

Who will win?

Trees are bad

Doctored!

Ethics of science in practice

Cleaning up its act

Royally subsidised

World cup organisers criticised for "unhealthy" sponsorships

Online

Antarctic explorer Robert Scott's last letter put on display

Plant from 1491

Cyber threats as art

Turning to God

Godfrey Baseley, the man behind "The Archers", BBC's popular serial on agricultural information, is dead. His 'gossip' was valuable advice to the …

The discovery machine

Ultra-smart software is outdoing humans, making scientific discoveries and helping drivers cope with bad driving

Never mined

A simple, inexpensive device now gives hope to thousands living in fear of stepping on a live landmine

Earth health

Clinically clean, gleamingly coloured, hermetically sealed fruits and vegetables face the challenge of organic food

Magnetic trap

A new method for detecting fingerprints at the scene of crime is sure to give criminals some second thoughts

How wind lures mosquitoes

Spread of malaria depends on the direction of wind

Ape and human cast

Fossils>> Dinosaur • The UK/South Africa

History’s keepsake

Auction>>History • UK

Star among star gazers

Memoir>> My Brief History • by Stephen Hawking • Bantam • Rs 850

Man behind scientist

Film>> Stephen Hawking • UK