November 2006

• The calm instead of the storm

  Surprise El Niño soothed this year's hurricane season.

  30 November 2006

• Top stags sire more sons

  Male deer with better sperm invest in male offspring.

  30 November 2006

• Extreme monsoons on the rise in India

  Rainfall events and floods are getting more intense.

  30 November 2006

• Forests keep active in old age

  Established forests may continue to increase soil carbon stores.

  30 November 2006

• US Supreme Court hears climate case

  States and the Environmental Protection Agency argue over regulation of emissions.

  30 November 2006

• The key to Stradivari's tone

  Antique violins may have been chemically tuned.

  29 November 2006

• Does everyone smell different?

  People really do seem to have a unique odour that marks them out.

  29 November 2006

• One look says it all

  Women beat men at the task of being attuned to a familiar face.

  29 November 2006

• Small animals levitated by sound

  Insects and fish emerge intact from uplifting experience.

  29 November 2006

• Gulf Stream weakened in 'Little Ice Age'

  Freezing medieval weather linked to diminished ocean current.

  29 November 2006