January 2005

• Mossy spirals reveal primitive patterns

  Plants rescued from space-shuttle wreckage are generating results.

  31 January 2005

• Titanic life may bloom without water

  Hydrocarbon seas on Saturn's moon could be a solvent for biological molecules.

  31 January 2005

• Britain clamps down on animal activists' tactics

  UK government proposes legislation to curb 'economic' campaigning.

  31 January 2005

• Sign language reveals fast track to grammar

  Languages are quick to develop conventions about word order.

  31 January 2005

• Furnace creates instant fossils

  Artificially petrified wood could help clean up radioactive waste.

  28 January 2005

• Gas-emitting plastic stops blood clots

  Replacement arteries could be made smaller and safer.

  28 January 2005

• Fire shapes global vegetation

  A world that never burned would contain twice as much forest.

  28 January 2005

• muse@nature.com: To know a veil

  Attempts to date the Turin Shroud are a great game, says Philip Ball, but don't imagine that they will convince anyone.

  28 January 2005

• Ion-drive probe snaps lunar pics

  SMART-1 sends first images as it edges towards the Moon.

  27 January 2005

• Nations ranked in order of greenness

  State leaders given league table of environmental performance.

  27 January 2005