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cell biology

Raindrops make soil bacteria take off and fly through air

Earth

Raindrops make soil bacteria take off and fly through air

When raindrops hit the ground, they throw microbes into the air in aerosols – with possible implications for the climate, agriculture and diseases

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True's beaked whale

Life

First-ever underwater video of the elusive True's beaked whale

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Bomb crater pond

Life

WW2 bomb craters are a home to rare and vulnerable animals

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Artificial mouse embryo

Health

Artificial embryo grown in a dish from two types of stem cells

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Elephants sleep for just 2 hours a day – the least of any mammal

Life

Elephants sleep for just 2 hours a day – the least of any mammal

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Extinct squid relative

Life

Squid evolved in marine wars more than 100 million years ago

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Fingernails on a blackboard

Life

The feeling you get when nails scratch a blackboard has a name

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Bees learn to play golf and show off how clever they really are

Life

Bees learn to play golf and show off how clever they really are

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Altruism

Life

Does a networked world need a new approach to doing good?

Leader

great auk

Life

Resurrecting nature: Extinct is not forever

Dreams of Jurassic Park are so last century. Now biologists want to use de-extinction biotechnology for conservation. But is it a good idea?

Features

Life

The 1830s seamstress who solved Aristotle’s octopus mystery

Features

Life

Mystery eye disease is latest blow for Australia’s sick turtles

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Life

Big builder ants and tiny guard ants live together in one nest

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Life

Dwarf planet Ceres hosts home-grown organic material

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