October 2007

• Cat joins the genome club

  Draft sequence of cat announced.

  31 October 2007

• Knocking down cholesterol helps prostate cancer treatment

  Weakening cells' membranes may boost radiotherapy efficiency.

  31 October 2007

• VIDEO: Palaeontology: Tunnel vision

  Is blasting into a river bluff any way to do palaeontology? Alison Abbott reports on an unusual expedition into the Alaskan wilderness in search of the bones of polar dinosaurs.

  31 October 2007

• Colours light up brain structure

  Neuronal circuits can now be seen in a multicolour 'brainbow'.

  31 October 2007

• SPECIAL REPORT: Model behaviour

  The brain is no longer the black box it used to be, and neuroscientists are starting to put new knowledge to good use, developing better animal models for psychiatric disorders. Alison Abbott reports.

  31 October 2007

• China blasts off on lunar exploration

  Chang'e mission heads for the Moon.

  31 October 2007

• Gas may be to blame for extinction

  Contrarian theory argues against meteorite killing dinosaurs.

  31 October 2007

• Sidelines

  Scribbles on the margins of science.

  31 October 2007

• Sponsor hunt divides geosciences union

  Plans to approach ExxonMobil spark angry response.

  31 October 2007

• India digs deep to build neutrino lab

  Underground physics facility gets the green light.

  31 October 2007