Detecting Fraud

Fool Moon

Sceptics of manned lunar landings are still a minority, but their numbers are growing. Here is what they don’t believe

New Monkey Found in Amazon

Tamarins are a small New World monkey, noted for their colourful, silky coats and strange hairstyles

Soaking up the Sun

A solar eclipse provides a rare glimpse of the sun’s atmosphere, otherwise difficult to see

Giant Moa Rebuilt

New Light on Black Holes

The discovery of a midsized black hole may explain how gigantic black holes form in galaxies

Awesome Eruption

Darwin’s Finches

The meticulous study of the finches of Galapagos continues to reveal the mechanism by which natural selection operates

Dual Mommies

Pairs of female Laysan Albatross help each other raise offspring. They are now successfully re-colonising islands

Taming of the Shrew

Recent genetic research on rats shows the possibility of taming hitherto untamable species