July 2005

• Fast sequencing comes to light

  Personal quest to read genomes yields results.

  31 July 2005

• Santa and little helper seen beyond Pluto

  Competing teams spy objects on fringe of Solar System.

  29 July 2005

• Foam chunks burst NASA bubble

  There will be no more shuttle flights until debris problem is fixed.

  28 July 2005

• Courting bird sings like a cricket

  The manakin makes swiftest known movement in vertebrates.

  28 July 2005

• Climate pact panned as diversionary tactic

  Policy experts say treaty is designed to distract from Kyoto.

  28 July 2005

• Flu viruses mix it up

  Study of gene swapping adds to pandemic fears.

  28 July 2005

• Humans learn without explicit thought

  Amnesiacs show how we pick up new tricks from force of habit.

  27 July 2005

• Ghostly particles unearth core radioactivity

  Antineutrinos created inside our planet reveal how it stays warm.

  27 July 2005

• Europe elects a research council

  Scientists cheer choice of members.

  27 July 2005

• Shuttle launch succeeds

  NASA gets Discovery off the ground.

  26 July 2005