Must-have robots come nearer with software explosion
Software is about to haul robots out of the lab and into our lives, just as it did with home computing
Apple turns educator with iBook Textbooks for iPad
Apple's new iPad textbooks offer an app-like experience with images, videos and interactive diagrams
Painting Fool's portfolio reveals artificial artist
See artworks created by a budding virtual artist - a talented piece of software that is challenging our ideas about the roots of creativity
US education advocates tackle climate change sceptics
After decades battling to keep creationism out of classrooms, science education supporters are preparing to face a new foe: climate change sceptics
Disrupted body clock may prime you for schizophrenia
Genetic mutations that interfere with circadian rhythms could also trigger the symptoms of mental illness
Zoologger: Gecko's amputated tail has life of its own
Faced with a predator, the leopard gecko can jettison its tail - we explain how it keeps moving without a body
Better mathematics boosts image-processing algorithm
A trick to speed up the Fourier transforms used in image compression could save power too
Why should we stop online piracy?
A little copyright infringement is good for the economy and society, says Matthew Yglesia
Remembering things that never happened
A psychologist and artist team up to capture the memories we've all made up
Portraits of snake charm worth elephant-killing bite
Photographer Mark Laita was recently bitten by one of the most venomous land snakes in the world - his images show why he thinks such risks are worth it
What was the impact of internet's blackout SOPA protest?
Wikipedia went down, denying access to the 85 million people who visit the site every day. Did it do any good?
Somersaulting fly captured in slow-mo wins award
Watch a fly tumble during an escape manoeuvre, a move that's hard to observe in real time
Unsafe abortions rise as contraceptive funding is cut
Successive global falls in abortion rates have stalled, and failure to help the poor get contraception may be to blame
If I'd had any inkling, I'd have been scared to do it
Primatologist Sue Savage-Rumbaugh looks back at how her work on the linguistic capabilities of apes took her into uncharted waters
The algorithms alive and kicking all around us
Nine Algorithms that Changed the Future reveals the algorithms that power everything from the stock market to the movies
Art-ificial: The virtual virtuosos redefining creativity
Does it really take a human to produce a masterpiece? Meet the computerised painters and composers ready to take the artistic Turing test
Obama rejects controversial Keystone oil pipeline
US president Barack Obama has turned down plans for a vast oil pipeline reaching from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico
Why scarab beetles dance on a ball of dung
Whatever ancient Egyptians might have said, scarab beetles dance to the sun not to worship it but to roll their dung ball in a straight line
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