Young star with four gas giant planets baffles astronomers
A young star has a planetary system befitting one much older, creating questions about how planets form. Ben Lewis reports.
Alien intelligence
In this issue: Inside an alien mind – The plastic problem – Calling the stem cell race – Gallery: fossils in amber – No fungi, no us – Science predicts extreme weather
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Facility ups top X-ray pulse rate by orders of magnitude
First results shed light on antibiotic resistance. Andrew Masterson reports.
Science history: the man who tried to measure weather and war
Lewis Fry Richardson believe morality should always trump science. Jeff Glorfeld reports.
Science history: the man who went from bomb-maker to pacifist
Mark Oliphant was one of the engineers of the Manhattan Project, but later became a campaigner for peace. Jeff Glorfeld reports.
Primate portrait wins major prize
The winner of the annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is announced.
