Some of the most read stories of 2012.
The most popular news of the year included stories on the unusual grey matter of genius, the modus operandi of a dinosaur and the maths of prime numbers.
Photos reveal unique features of genius’s cerebral cortex.
16 November 2012
Xenon has almost vanished from Earth's atmosphere. German geoscientists think they know where it went.
10 October 2012
Tyrannosaurus tore the head off armoured prey to reach the tender neck meat.
24 October 2012
Lining nests with material from discarded cigarettes may help keep out parasitic mites.
5 December 2012
Spike in carbon-14 levels indicates a massive cosmic event — but supernovae and solar flares ruled out.
3 June 2012
Survey 'magic trick' causes attitude reversal.
19 September 2012
Reverse-engineered life form could be used to test drugs.
22 July 2012
Deep-diving remotely-operated vehicle spots the unusual invertebrate off the coast of California
9 November 2012
Direct measurement of a dark-matter ‘filament’ confirms its existence in a galaxy supercluster.
4 July 2012
If it is true, a solution to the abc conjecture about whole numbers would be an ‘astounding’ achievement.
10 September 2012
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News: Readers' choice. Nature (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2012.12053
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