February 2002

• Tyrannosaurus couldn't run

  But its huge legs would power a worryingly fast walk.

  28 February 2002

• Control of Jupiter's radio emission and aurorae by the solar wind

  Two space probes lift the lid on Jupiter's magnetosphere.

  28 February 2002

• Bilinguals kick out their tongues

  Linguists filter languages for sound before meaning.

  28 February 2002

• Honey smells like teen elephant

  Young male elephants produce sweet secretions before starting to stink.

  28 February 2002

• COLD safer than HOT

  New theory shows that high performance needn't mean high risk.

  27 February 2002

• Third beats second in vote

  Those doing badly in polls often have the most staying power.

  27 February 2002

• South Pole re-routed

  Satellites see through snow to steer safely across Antarctica.

  26 February 2002

• Fishing scars Atlantic reefs

  Trawlers threaten cold-water corals thousands of years old.

  26 February 2002

• Stop and search

  Glowing nanobots map microscopic surfaces.

  25 February 2002

• Yum, amino acids

  Molecules with a taste for monosodium glutamate give protein flavour.

  25 February 2002