August 2006

• Watch out!

  How to spy on SMART's lunar impact.

  31 August 2006

• Gene therapy grapples with cancer

  Boosting killer T cells shows promise with skin tumours.

  31 August 2006

• Multiple copies of a mystery gene may make us human

  From mice to monkeys to chimps to people, a brain-protein gene pumps up.

  31 August 2006

• Enzyme cuts out acrylamide

  Unapproved food additive could make baked goods safer.

  30 August 2006

• Nuns go under the brain scanner

  Imaging study shows that godly experiences trigger a network within the brain.

  30 August 2006

• Mud volcano floods Java

  Disaster-plagued Indonesian island faces new threat.

  29 August 2006

• Will the hobbit argument ever be resolved?

  Debate over tiny human's evolutionary status is set to rage on.

  25 August 2006

• Key stars have different birthdays

  Astronomers tear up textbooks over stellar nurseries.

  25 August 2006

• Bird flu data liberated

  Agreement reached, in principle, to release avian influenza data.

  24 August 2006

• Pluto loses planet status

  Tense debate ends with a definition of 'planet'.

  24 August 2006