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We're all going to die
Can humanity be saved from catastrophe, and is the cost worth it?

Monkeys add up like we do
Rhesus monkeys master basic addition in a similar way to humans.

Race to mimic human embryonic stem cells
'Personalized' tissues come a step closer.

Drug firms accused of biasing doctors' training
The uneasy link between industry and education.

Bat noses inspire robotic sonar
Scans reveal secrets of how sound is sprayed from a bat nose.

Dinosaur discovered after a century on the shelf
New sauropod genus lay unappreciated in London museum basement for 113 years.

Earth-like planets get life assessment
Fresh models suggest only one planet around Gliese might be habitable.

Sidelines
Scribbles on the margins of science.

Autonomy lost
UK biotech flagship absorbed.

Steel count
Steel makers plan to log emissions.

Spending stalemate
As the battle over the US budget drags into autumn, the amount of money available for science is hostage to larger budget disputes. David Goldston explains.

Head in the clouds
'Cloud computing' is being pitched as a new nirvana for scientists drowning in data. But can it deliver? Eric Hand investigates.

Japan gets nationwide warning of earthquakes
Quake alarms now available for home use.

Sabre-toothed cats were weak in the jaw
Skull model shows a wimpy bite for fearsome cats.

Minimum telomere length defined for healthy cells
Mechanism for chromosome corruption also revealed.

Anyone want this old mushroom?
Star specimen of 100-million-year-old fungus in amber up for sale.

Dogs help sniff out genes
Researchers unleash power of canine genome.

Space experiments should be done on the cheap
We rarely learn anything Earth-shaking from space labs, says Philip Ball - which is why inexpensive missions like Foton-M3 are the way to go.

This quantum stuff just doesn't add up
Mathematical quirk of light shines a path to quantum cryptography.

Mammoth hair offers new style of research
Study reveals valuable store of ancient DNA in museum samples.

Stone tool reveals lengthy Polynesian voyage
Adzes form the first hard evidence of two-way travel between Hawaii and Tahiti.

Alien birds may be last hope for Hawaiian plants
Invasive birds are now the main reason that some native forests thrive.

Passing the test
What role should the federal government have in pre-college science education? David Goldston looks at why the US Congress is acting now to help define that.

Copycat consolidation
As more blockbuster drugs come off patent, generic drugmakers face a changing landscape. Meredith Wadman looks at their strategies for survival.

The theatre: Bringing the past to life
Can a stage spectacular based on a TV documentary bring science to life and please the punters too? Brendan Maher joins a palaeontologist to watch the dinosaurs walk.

Environment: Riding on the roof of the world
China's railway to Tibet is an engineering marvel or an environmental menace — or perhaps both. Jane Qiu takes a ride to find out.

Birds may 'see' magnetic north
Study links migratory navigation systems in the eyes and the brain.

Europe plots course for funding navigation system
Money raised to salvage Galileo.

Tiny RNAs, big problems
Spread of breast cancer to other body parts is linked to microRNA.

Mixing the oceans proposed to reduce global warming
Could nutrients from the deep could help remove carbon dioxide from the air?

Enter the dragon
Once a poor village, Shenzhen is now one of the wealthiest cities in China. David Cyranoski learns its plans for the future.

The long and winding road
German scientists must persevere in the stem-cell debate, despite the occasional setback.

Genome abuse
Citizens are right to resist government pressure to expand population DNA databases.

Toxic alert
A method of knocking out genes in mice needs more discrimination than many have recognized.

Chemists poke holes in ozone theory
Reaction data of crucial chloride compounds called into question.

Pressure for environmental disclosure increases
Companies urged to measure their carbon costs.

South African scheme lures in top talent
Government adds 51 research chairs to its universities.

Q&A: King of the stem cells
On 14 September, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) appointed Australian biologist Alan Trounson as its new president. The CIRM has lacked a permanent director since neuroscientist Zach Hall departed in April, amidst rumours of tension between himself and Robert Klein, chair of the $3-billion agency's board.

Stem-cell fraudster 'is working in Thailand'
Woo Suk Hwang may be back in the cloning lab.

Bacteria may be wiring up the soil
Microbes charge debate over nano networks.

Stem cells by any other name
The US registry formerly known as 'embryonic'.