Life First mind-reading implant gives rats telepathic power brightcove.createExperiences(); Video: Watch a pair of rats communicate by mind-reading I do not think, I am thought The world's first brain-to-brain connection has given rats the power to communicate by thought alone. "Many people thought it could never happen," says Miguel Nicolelis at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Although monkeys have been able to … 51¶¯Âþ
Earth Time to forget global tipping points The idea that Earth is approaching a point of no return is probably untrue and almost certainly unhelpful Opinion
Technology China's next-generation internet is a world-beater The net's new tiger, China, is creating a faster, more secure system that is way ahead of the West 51¶¯Âþ
Environment Living on the edge of the Snake See more: To see the image this article refers to, keep checking Picture of the Day on our news blog Short Sharp Science THE ordered lines of Jerome, Idaho (population: 10,000) start to disintegrate as you approach those parts of town that teeter on the edge of the Snake river canyon. Here the homes are … Regulars
Life The curious lives of the people who feel no fear Some people really are not scared of anything. Understanding why reveals the way the rest of us process terror Features
Enigma Number 1739 Dodecagarden In our local park the "Dodecagarden" is fenced in by 12 straight fences: the shortest is 1 metre long and the longest is less than 100 metres long. The 12 corners of the garden all lie on a circle whose radius is a whole number of metres, and the 12 angles made at the … Regulars
Feedback: Right is wrong Right is wrong PARANOID observation of the week comes to us from Russia, courtesy of Jeff Clarke, who uncovered it at the news site RT.com . Operating on the principle that readers' comments on news events can be more interesting than the coverage of the news itself, Jeff turned to what RT's readers had to … Regulars