News, January 2000

• Revolution and evolution

  From mobiles to Millennium wheels, there's something fascinating about things that go round. So why can we never remember which way they rotate, asks Eleanor Lawrence?

  31 January 2000

• Dry as a rat

  Merriam's kangaroo rat, a rather winsome desert rodent, goes to extraordinary lengths to survive without water. New research shows that its abilities vary depending on where it calls home.

  31 January 2000

• The winds of pain

  Migraine brought on by the weather? It sounds crazy, but a new study hints that it might just be true. Sara Abdulla explains.

  28 January 2000

• Bonehead

  The brain could be the control centre for maintaining strong and healthy bones. Eleanor Lawrence reports on a finding that may open up new therapeutic avenues for diseases such as osteoporosis.

  28 January 2000

• Every photon is sacred

  A infrared light detector with unprecedented sensitivity might help researchers identify molecules in space, reports Philip Ball.

  27 January 2000

• Water, water everywhere

  27 January 2000

• The hydrological cycle

  27 January 2000

• Politics go with the flow

  Geology could be the secret weapon in ensuring that neither India nor Pakistan will be able to carry out clandestine nuclear tests.

  27 January 2000

• A twist in the tail of snake evolution

  Reconstructed skulls from an extinct group of Australian snakes may provide the much-needed missing link in the slippery story of snake evolution, Eleanor Lawrence explains.

  27 January 2000

• Plants put safety first

  Research may have uncovered to the key to the safety valve that allows plants to cope with the vicissitudes of solar energy, reports Christopher Surridge.

  27 January 2000