November 2007

• A simpler recipe for human stem cells

  Adult skin cells turned to pluripotent stem cells without a cancer-causing agent.

  30 November 2007

• The salt flat with curious curves

  Mapping one of the flattest parts of the planet will help satellite calibration.

  30 November 2007

• Q&A: What Lincoln had

  John Sotos reckons that Abraham Lincoln had a rare, cancer-causing genetic disease. Brendan Maher talks to him about the diagnosis, and the ghoulish hobby of posthumous study.

  30 November 2007

• Splitting the quark

  If quarks are made of preons, then stars made of the stuff should be detectable.

  30 November 2007

• What comes next for the IPCC?

  Now their fourth assessment is complete, should this climate-science advisory panel change?

  29 November 2007

• How to make a zombie cockroach

  Researchers discover how wasps' venom makes roaches their slaves.

  29 November 2007

• The evolution of a killer

  Could better surveillance have staved off a deadly tuberculosis outbreak?

  28 November 2007

• Red wine mimic can fight diabetes

  Chemical cousin of red-wine extract restores insulin sensitivity in mice.

  28 November 2007

• Now in Arabic...

  Science classics get translated.

  28 November 2007

• Monuments and instruments

  The architecture of the buildings in which researchers work can have a crucial effect on the fruits of their labour, Emma Marris finds.

  28 November 2007