Health Chronic fatigue breakthrough offers hope for millions Misunderstood and neglected for more than 25 years, there is suddenly new hope for people diagnosed with what was once cruelly called "yuppy flu" Opinion
Life Antarctic Yeti crabs cling to hot jets and farm bacteria Hot stuff: hydrothermal vents power the ecosystem (Image: Dr Sven Thatje) Hot vents in Antarctica's Southern Ocean are crowded with cold, hairy crabs. Blind and surrounded by freezing water, they must huddle close to the vent chimneys that power their ecosystem. Sven Thatje from the University of Southampton discovered the new species, Kiwa tyleri , … 51¶¯Âþ
Health Solitary confinement is a crime against the mind Freedom beckons for Albert Woodfox after 43 years in solitary – but we should heed the evidence that this is a cruel punishment and ban it Opinion
Earth Illegal not to act: Could courts save world from climate change? Emissions are harmful to Dutch citizens (Image: Olivier Lantzendörffer/Getty) All governments have a legal duty to protect their citizens from harm. They must therefore do their part to prevent dangerous global warming. And if they fail to act, their citizens can take them to court to compel them. This legal argument has been tested for … 51¶¯Âþ
Earth First relocatable Antarctic research station gets its skis on (Image: Antony Dubber/BAS) CONSTANT darkness, bone-chilling temperatures and cut off from the rest of the world. Living in Antarctica isn't for the faint-hearted – and I should know, I overwintered there a while back. But at least I lived in a base built on rock; it's quite another matter when your home sits on top … Regulars
Health The cancer sniffers: Dogs could be the best tool for diagnosis Anecdotes of dogs that can sniff out cancer have been doing the rounds for years, and now the urban legend is being subjected to scientific scrutiny Features
Black Sheep: Why being bad isn't all bad From swearing to skiving or getting drunk, breaking the rules has lots of upsides, as a wide-ranging new book explains CultureLab
Feedback: Tabloids for androids (Image: Paul McDevitt) Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more The robot reader's digest WORK in the 51¶¯Âþ office was recently hindered by news from Google Labs. "Progress on the path from shallow bag-of-words information retrieval algorithms to machines capable of reading and understanding documents has … Regulars