Alex's adventures in numberland

• New mathematics gallery at the Science Museum – in pictures

  10 Sep 2014, 10:10 EDT: Images from Zaha Hadid Architects explain its design for the Science Museum’s £5m maths gallery, which is due to open in 2016
  

Across the universe

• Rosetta comet rendezvous is a triumph for the European Space Agency

  6 Aug 2014, 8:52 EDT: Stuart Clark: Rosetta has arrived at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. One of the most audacious space missions in decades, it is designed to reveal clues to the origins of the solar system, our home planet and life itself

Animal magic

• Star-crossed wolves produce litter of seven

  25 Aug 2014, 2:40 EDT: Incredible footage just broadcast in the Italian media reveals that the celebrity wolves Slavc and Juliet have just had a litter of seven cubs.

Brain flapping

• The brutal oppression of the Nerds and the Geeks

  11 Sep 2014, 7:18 EDT: Dean Burnett: The use of the term ‘nerd’ doesn’t quite match the terrible history of the ‘N-word’, despite what some people might say

GrrlScientist

• Murmuration over Otmoor

  6 Sep 2014, 7:03 EDT: GrrlScientist: Tens of thousands of starlings produce spectacular sky shows with their movements at sunset as they gather together every evening during autumn and winter.

The H Word

• Ashya King: An odd form of celebrity

  8 Sep 2014, 3:20 EDT: The case of Ashya King highlights a peculiarity in our culture, the family medical ‘human interest’ story. Emm Johnstone explains how such stories of private pain became public property – especially when a dangerously sick child was the focus of attention.

Head Quarters

• Mental health stigma hasn't gone away

  28 Aug 2014, 2:00 EDT: Stigma surrounding mental health comes in many forms, and it’s important to understand what the differences are

The Lay Scientist

• Why we shouldn't sneer at Ashya King's parents

  5 Sep 2014, 6:07 EDT: Andrew Holding: It’s easy to dismiss the parents of Ashya King as scientific illiterates in need of a good education, but science engagement that assumes and mocks ignorance is offensive and rarely effective.

Life and Physics

• What does it feel like when everyone else finds the Higgs, and you don't?

  6 Sep 2014, 8:57 EDT: Jon Butterworth: A short film on the ups, but mainly downs, of a difficult search.
  

Lost Worlds

• Who loves dinosaurs

  23 Aug 2014, 3:40 EDT: From brainless behemoths to sprightly saurians, Doctor Who’s prehistoric beasts have evolved alongside the Time Lord himself writes Marc Vincent
  
  

Neurophilosophy

• Brainy processing at your fingertips | Mo Costandi

  8 Sep 2014, 5:25 EDT: New research shows that nerve endings in the fingertips perform neural computations that were thought to occur in the brain.

Occam's Corner

• Crystal histories and mysteries revealed

  6 Sep 2014, 7:21 EDT: A new film tells the intricate tale of a science that transformed our view of the world

Political Science

• “Science is not Neutral!” Autumn 1970, when British science occupied itself

  8 Sep 2014, 6:34 EDT: The British Science Festival has long frustrated people as more about PR than debate. In 1970, activists decided to shake things up and staged an intervention.
  

Sifting the evidence

• Smoking and mental health, what's the connection?

  15 Jul 2014, 9:32 EDT: Suzi Gage: People with mental health problems who smoke cost the UK economy £2.34bn, according to new research. But why is smoking so prevalent in this group?

Small world

• Microlithography techniques give arrays the nanoscale edge

  9 Sep 2014, 3:00 EDT: Deborah Rowe: A recent advance in nanotechnology could herald the widespread uptake of nanoelectrode arrays and the next generation of low-cost, high-performance nanoscale biosensing devices