Heading in the right direction: humans have an inbuilt compass
Research suggests that people – like migratory birds – can sense the magnetic pull of the poles. Dyani Lewis reports.
Life on Mars: the evidence assessed
In this issue – Life on Mars – Is the future battery powered? – Science communication in the age of fake news – How to make your garden bee-friendly – Roadblocks in the way of electric cars
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Researchers send qubit back in time
Experiment reveals the possibility that an electron in space might ‘spontaneously localise into its recent past’. Samantha Page reports.
Science history: the man whose balls didn’t explode
Leo Baekeland invented Bakelite, the salvation of America’s billiard players. Jeff Glorfeld reports.
Half-century-old sperm still up to the job
Researchers defrost sheep sperm frozen in the 60s, and successfully impregnate ewes. Andrew Masterson reports.
