science
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Looking for love? Manspreading could be the key to success, study suggestsUsing videos and a Tinder-style app, researchers have determined that people who stretched themselves out were rated more attractive by potential partners
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How the scientific community united against Tribeca's anti-vaccination filmAs soon as the screening of the anti-vaccine documentary Vaxxed was announced at Robert De Niro’s festival, experts joined forces to oppose it -
Anorexia: you don’t just grow out of itThe long read: Adults with anorexia often have distinctive traits that lock them into a destructive relationship with food. But those same traits could help them manage their illness -
Neurosurgeon: Blackwell fight 'should have stopped three rounds earlier'Leading neurosurgeon says it was clear by round seven that Blackwell, who is in a coma, was being badly beaten by Chris Eubank Jr
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Bark to the future: ice age puppies may reveal canine evolutionStudies on pair discovered perfectly preserved in the Yakutia region in Russia five years ago may provide clues about when dogs were domesticated
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Are you being ‘censored’? Updated terms for the modern worldDean Burnett: ‘Censorship’, ‘bias’, ‘free speech’; these are just some of the terms whose meanings are regularly distorted in our modern world.
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Giant rats used to diagnose prisoners with tuberculosis in jailsRats trained to detect landmines are being repurposed to help with the fight against TB in Tanzania and Mozambique
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Extinct 'Siberian unicorn' may have lived alongside humans, fossil suggestsScientists said that creature, which looked more like a rhino than a horse, went extinct 29,000 years ago instead of 350,000 after finding skull in Kazakhstan
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key issues
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SpaceSpaceAurora seen by Tim Peake from International Space Station – timelapse videoBritish astronaut Tim Peake’s latest timelapse video from the International Space Station on Monday shows an aurora over Earth
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BiologyBiologySpiders' closest relative reveals silky secret of evolutionary successScans of spider-like fossil Idmonarachne brasieri point to the idea that the ability to spin silk has given spiders a leg up in evolutionary terms
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GeneticsGeneticsSorry, but you can’t blame your children’s genesFrom intelligence to mental health, nurture is the crucial influence on human development
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Medical researchMedical researchThe MIT lab flushing out a city’s secretsResearchers in Massachusetts are looking at ways to tackle public health issues by delving into the sewers. Luckily, a robot does all the dirty work…
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PsychologyPsychologyThe ‘drugs v talking’ debate doesn’t help us understand mental healthMental illness and how we treat it is back in the spotlight – but confusion and false distinctions create problems for both doctors and patients
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PhysicsPhysicsFirst particle-beams of 2016 in Cern's Large Hadron ColliderThe LHC has begun circulating proton beams again, after a 13-week maintenance break. What are the next steps?
in depth
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The April night skyAlan Pickup on the highlights to look out for during the coming month, with Jupiter still brilliant in the evening and Mars growing steadily brighter just before dawn
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opinion
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Sorry, but you can’t blame your children’s genesFrom intelligence to mental health, nurture is the crucial influence on human development
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Link between fossil fuels and Great Barrier Reef bleaching clear and incontrovertibleData shows bleaching of corals on the Great Barrier Reef coincides with record warm ocean temperatures in the region
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pictures & video
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Aurora seen by Tim Peake from International Space Station – timelapse videoBritish astronaut Tim Peake’s latest timelapse video from the International Space Station on Monday shows an aurora over Earth
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Award-winning images of science in actionThe Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council photo competition allows researchers and doctoral students to share their work in pictures
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New crew arrives on International Space Station – videoA Nasa astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts arrive on the International Space Station around 0520 GMT on Saturday
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Bright meteor sighted in UK skies – videoFootage from the UK Meteor Observatory Network shows a bright meteor streaking across the night’s sky in Hampshire and Wiltshire in the early hours of Thursday morning
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Scientist announces discovery of T rex ancestor – videoHans Sues, chair of the department of paleobiology at the Smithosnian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C., discusses the discovery of T rex ancestor
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ExoMars: Mars exploration mission begins with proton rocket launches in Kazakhstan – videoThe European Space Agency (ESA) launches unmanned probe in Kazakhstan on Monday, beginning the first stage of its ExoMars mission
Spiders' closest relative reveals silky secret of evolutionary success