Space Black hole feasting may help crack four cosmic puzzles Gas cloud encounters supermassive black hole. The cloud's positions in 2006, 2010 and 2013 are indicated in blue, green and red respectively It's a meal the size of a solar system. The supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy has started chowing down on a passing cloud of gas three times as massive … 51¶¯Âþ
Earth Outbreak of global warming optimism is naive Hopes that we have extra time to rein in emissions and avoid severe climate change are missing the bigger picture, says an energy industry watcher Opinion
Earth A garden of my own amid a sea of garbage Island of green (Image: Timothy Allen) YOU can grow food in the unlikeliest of places, it seems. Here in Djenné, Mali, a green-fingered local takes some time to look after his garden. Photographer Timothy Allen took the picture while in Mali to photograph the annual restoration of the Great Mosque of Djenné. "By chance I … Regulars
Health Fixing broken brains: a new understanding of depression Untreatable depression is on the rise, hinting at fundamental flaws in our understanding of the illness. But new treatments offer hope for everyone Features
Life DNA fails to take off For every dollar invested in the Human Genome Project, $141 was returned to the US economy (Image: Donald E. Hurlbert and James di Loreto/Smithsonian) Even crucial science doesn't necessarily translate into an exciting exhibition, to judge by Genome: Unlocking life's code , an exhibition in Washington DC Genome : Unlocking life's code, National Museum of … CultureLab
Physics Rare particle decay is bad news for exotic physics (Image: CERN) The two red lines seen emerging from the smoosh of particles above may look like the highly sensitive antenna of a strange organism, but they are actually the distinctive calling card of an incredibly rare particle transformation. Physicists who work on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland, today confirmed that … Regulars
Feedback: How to unwind your DNA Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more How to unwind your DNA A PERSON called Sara from an organisation called the Institute of HeartMath seems to know something that the rest of the scientific world doesn't. Geraldine Goon directs us to an article in the online publication … Regulars