Threatwatch: Can we really spot covert nuclear tests?
Conflicting evidence of North Korean activity in 2010 forces us to ask if monitoring systems are good enough to make a test-ban treaty enforceable
First cloud operating system could lighten your laptop
An operating system that runs fully in the cloud could bring in a new era of super-adaptable "dumb terminals"
Astrophile: First puffy, 'warm Jupiter' spotted
The slowly evaporating planet 55 Cancri b could help explain why some worlds have atmospheres while others don't
UK badger cull tentatively supported by science
Within days sharpshooters will begin killing badgers in a bid to stop them infecting cows with TB - the science justifying it doesn't convince everyone
Tiny crystal flower blooms in a furnace
A rose-like nanostructure holds the promise of increased capacity in next-generation energy storage
Feedback: Psychics succumb to the unforeseen
Weather eye on cloud computing, free will for free, exploding colons, and more
Diagnosing death in famous writers
Starting with syphilitic Shakespeare, John Ross tours the demises of literary great minds in Orwell's Cough PLUS ethics of synthetic life and updating Aristotle
Friday Illusion: Sneaky snake seems to slither
See a new illusion where changes in brightness create phantom motion
Satellite broadband gets millions more Africans online
The launch of a new satellite will provide broadband access for millions in Africa, without having to rely on fault-prone undersea cables
Rationality's Rottweiler sinks his teeth in big pharma
The scourge of bad science is at it again. This time Ben Goldacre has got the powerful pharmaceutical industry in his sights. And he's very angry
Fruit flies' eyes shrink a little to see
Light detection turns out to involve certain cells contracting - and other sensory systems might use the same trick
Cellphones track how malaria spreads in Kenya
The phones of 15 million Kenyans have revealed how human travellers spread the disease to areas with fewer infected mosquitoes
Black glass holds first Mars soil sample on Earth
Chemical traces in a meteorite that recently struck the Moroccan desert offer an unprecedented glimpse of Mars's surface
SpaceX satellite loss is a warning for ride sharers
"Buyer beware" applies even in space, if you're trying to cut costs with a secondary payload launch for your satellite
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