September 2002

• Archer fish never look back

  Even the best baseball players dither more than an archer fish.

  30 September 2002

• Cows' eyes betray stress

  The whites of a cow's eyes could be a measure of its welfare.

  30 September 2002

• Big diamonds grown faster

  Large, perfect crystals should broaden diamond's technological applications.

  30 September 2002

• Lab shrunk to a chip

  Circuits that shunt liquids rather than electrical currents could soon screen chemicals.

  27 September 2002

• Genes caught skipping from bacteria to beetle

  Tokyo team claims first direct evidence of horizontal gene transfer.

  27 September 2002

• More power to pedal pushers?

  Revolutionary crank could speed cycling.

  27 September 2002

• Museum researchers go on display

  Darwin Centre to show science in action.

  27 September 2002

• Generation next

  Reproductive transplants push fertility frontiers.

  27 September 2002

• Vegetal vampires stalk South America

  If you go down to the woods today beware of thieving flowers.

  26 September 2002

• Physicist found guilty of misconduct

  Bell Labs dismisses young nanotechnologist for falsifying data.

  26 September 2002