November 2005

• Write poems, get lucky

  They may be badly paid, but artists have more sexual success.

  30 November 2005

• Footprint claims get stamped on

  Age data knock first impressions of marks in Mexican rock.

  30 November 2005

• Radar exposes buried ice on Mars

  Orbiting craft spots underground crater, but no melt water.

  30 November 2005

• Atlantic currents show signs of weakening

  Research cruise reveals evidence of half-century of wane.

  30 November 2005

• BLOG - CONFERENCE REPORT: Materials Research Society

  When 5,000 materials scientists get together, is their behaviour ordered or disordered? Jenny Hogan is at the Materials Research Society's meeting in Boston to find out.

  29 November 2005

• Mind trick 'whittles the waist'

  Illusion helps scientists to spot brain regions that shape our body image.

  29 November 2005

• Report identifies obstacles for AIDS treatment plan

  Weak leadership and stigma of HIV among reasons why WHO is failing to meet goal.

  29 November 2005

• Spacecraft makes a grab for asteroid sample

  Is it second time lucky for Hayabusa probe?

  28 November 2005

• Males can drive species decline

  Too much aggressive sex can kill off lady lizards.

  28 November 2005

• FAQ: Chinese cities face toxic spills

  Explosions at chemical plants leave millions without clean water.

  25 November 2005