Twitter reveals how Higgs gossip reached fever pitch
Anyone who fondly remembers the heady days of excitement preceding the Higgs boson announcement last year can now relive the experience
Vibrating navigator shows cyclists the way
A buzzing GPS-fuelled belt that tells cyclists when to turn might help them keep their eyes on the road and save lives
Call off the pregnancy police - women want the truth
Pregnant women can do without being made to feel guilty and burdened by wrong or contradictory advice. Just give them the facts, says Linda Geddes
Supernova-powered bow shock creates cosmic spectacle
The infrared vision of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows how a massive speeding star is electrifying its surroundings
First video of squid sex reveals deep-sea Kama Sutra
Watch a pair of squid caught in the act for the first time in an unexpected sexual position
Let's be clear on health risks from radiation
Should Californians have had iodine after Fukushima? In Radiation Robert Peter Gale and Eric Lax clear up the confusion over radiation and health
Wind power delivers too much to ignore
Although aesthetic concerns need to be heard, qualms about wind's reliability are wide of the mark, argues an energy policy researcher
Quadruple DNA helix discovered in human cells
The classic double helix has been joined by a four-stranded version that may play a role in cancer
Turn up the bass to scare birds away from planes
Subwoofers that blast out sounds too low to be heard by humans can keep birds out of busy air space, and prevent them colliding with planes
Earth may be crashing through dark matter walls
If the universe is a patchwork quilt of exotic force fields, we should be able to detect dark matter whenever we cross between patches
Blinded by sun? Let your steering wheel guide you
A steering wheel that buzzes when drivers are dazzled by bright lights and drift from their lane could help curb accidents
NASA planet-hunter is injured and resting
The Kepler space telescope has put its search for alien Earths on hold while it recovers from a stressed reaction wheel
High-tech Dreamliner's wings clipped by battery trouble
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner is replete with cutting-edge technology. But problems with its complex systems now have the planes grounded around the world
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