April 2005

• Catalytic converters clean up

  Lemon juice chemical refreshes car exhaust.

  29 April 2005

• Star reaches out to white dwarf

  Image fleshes out theory of how stellar bodies interact.

  29 April 2005

• Has bubble burst over exploding toad tale?

  Evidence points to bloated toads and hungry birds, but not explosions.

  29 April 2005

• No booze needed for beer goggles

  Fast flashes of certain words can affect your libido.

  28 April 2005

• Climate change alters genes on the fly

  Fruitflies are among those responding to an ever-warmer world.

  28 April 2005

• Video conferencing gets quantum security

  Photon technology ramps up encryption speeds.

  28 April 2005

• Crystal creates table-top fusion

  It won't solve our energy crisis, but could help treat cancer.

  27 April 2005

• Ozone hits record low in 2005

  Chilly Arctic winters are sapping our atmospheric protection

  27 April 2005

• Little tremors are key to earthquake forecasts

  Seismologists unravel California's 'late quake'.

  27 April 2005

• muse@nature.com: Proof of faith?

  Some adherents of 'intelligent design' think that holes in the theory of evolution prove the existence of a creator. Religious scientists with a sense of humour may have the best chance of debunking this idea, says Henry Gee.

  27 April 2005