May 2005

• Fertilizer from the stars

  Could a gamma-ray burst have provided nutrients for early plants?

  31 May 2005

• Galactic neighbour gets supersized

  Andromeda galaxy is three times larger than was thought.

  31 May 2005

• Did climate shift kill giant Australian animals?

  Bones suggest that early humans did not ruthlessly wipe out huge beasts.

  30 May 2005

• Life is short in online news

  How long did it take you to find this story?

  27 May 2005

• Mouse study claims plastics pose cancer risk

  Oestrogen-like compound shown to alter breast development.

  27 May 2005

• Wind map shows top sites for turbines

  Earth's breezes prove fast enough to provide plenty of power.

  26 May 2005

• Stroke patients shed light on metaphors

  US team finds key part of the brain that decodes figurative speech.

  26 May 2005

• Stem-cell vote defies Bush

  US House of Representatives moves to relax constraints on embryo work.

  25 May 2005

• Planetary billiards answer Solar System riddle

  Scattering rocks moved planets and battered the Moon.

  25 May 2005

• Ageing cells may lead to clogged arteries

  US team helps explain why even healthy eaters get heart disease.

  25 May 2005