Health Flu checks its biological clock to evade detection Flu is an insidious virus. It penetrates your cells, replicates and escapes to infect other cells before your immune system even knows that it is there. Now we know how it times things so well. Like any good thief, flu uses a clock so it can do its dirty work and abscond before it's caught. … 51¶¯Âþ
Earth Is Obama about to blow his climate credentials? The US president could be poised to approve the doubling of imports of tar sands oil, one of the filthiest fuels on Earth Opinion
Technology High-tech Dreamliner's wings clipped by battery trouble Grounded WHEN it went into service a little over a year ago, Boeing's 787 Dreamliner was hailed as a miracle of cutting-edge innovation – the Chicago-based company used lithium-ion batteries, a carbon-fibre fuselage, and blazing fast computer networks to cut down on fuel consumption and provide passengers with a ride like no other. But following … 51¶¯Âþ
Environment Netted Costa Rican birds pay small price for art See more: To see the image this article refers to, keep checking Picture of the Day on our news blog Short Sharp Science Regulars
Earth Midnight sun: How to get 24-hour solar power Rust may be the scourge of electronics but it could help solar power run all night Features
Stellar performances finally gain the limelight See more: An illustrated version of this article will be published within the next two weeks on our CultureLab books and arts blog CultureLab
Enigma Number 1733 Astronomer royal I was talking to my granddaughter about the solar system and how planets and comets move in ellipses with the sun at one focus. I told her how you could draw an ellipse by sticking two pins in a sheet of paper both equidistant from and in line with the central point, placing … Regulars
Feedback: Read this and you're caught Read this and you're caught CONTRACTS, in the law of countries such as England, Wales and Australia, exist only where the parties concerned exhibit the intention to make an agreement, where there is an offer of something of value, and where there is acceptance. Weird and wonderful are some companies' attempts to bind online purchasers … Regulars