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For the first time, astronomers have found an object on a certain collision course with Earth – fortunately, it is too small to cause damage

The whirlpools had been predicted to occur when hot plasma cools and sinks back into the Sun – now they have been seen for the first time

A simulation of the way outsider galaxies like the Milky Way are drawn into larger clusters explains how they can cling onto their star-forming ability

Rich countries are failing to deliver on promises and threaten "son of Kyoto" global warming pact with failure, top climate envoy says

Two virologists who discovered HIV, and a third who showed that a virus causes cervical cancer, share this year's Nobel prize for medicine

looks at the latest patents that could take the world of aviation and space exploration to new heights

A massive assessment of the planet's mammals finds one in three marine species, and one in four on land, are being pushed towards extinction

A team of physicists claim to have a mathematical proof that some things will always be impossible to describe computationally (full text available to subscribers)

In 1984, Francis Crick suggested that a simple brain structure may help remove unwanted visual information – now research backs up the theory

A portable microscope mounted on a mouse's head makes it possible to observe cells inside its brain while it goes about its usual business

Honeybees seem to use complex calculations to figure out which direction to look for nectar

A long-mooted single, cheap tablet combining a slew of drugs that protect against heart disease and stroke is at last to be tested

A mammoth project to restore the Florida Everglades is still too bureaucratic and slow to halt species loss, says the panel charged with reviewing the plan

People who contribute content to sites like YouTube and Wikipedia may be in it for personal glory, not the common good

A search to find small objects beyond Neptune has turned up nothing, bolstering theories that 'all hell broke loose' in the early solar system

The European Union was planning to impose limits on CO emissions from cars, but car makers argue that the financial crisis will make the targets impossible to achieve

The isolation and confinement of polar research bases during the long, dark months of winter offer lessons for long-term spaceflight

fMRI is a widely-accepted, useful research tool, but whether it can really predict who is telling the truth is another matter entirely (full text available to subscribers)

Women looking for both short- and long-term relationships go for geniuses over dunces, according to a new study

The battle to squeeze the most gas safely into hydrogen vehicles continues, but will "nanosponges" or ants' poison win out?