#RosettaWatch: 67P formed when two baby comets got together
A gentle dance involving two chunks of dirty ice may explain the distinctive duck-like shape of the Rosetta probe’s quarry
Seeing awe-inspiring natural sights makes you a better person
The sense of awe we feel from gazing at the Grand Canyon or up at some mind-bogglingly tall trees seems to make us more considerate, helpful and ethically aware
UK’s legal highs ban is unscientific and will lead to more harm
A plan to prohibit psychoactive substances not covered by existing law will only make matters worse, warns former UK government drug adviser David Nutt
Ice hockey players wear boot and stick sensors to up their game
Skates, stick, helmet and wearable tech? At the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, ice hockey is getting a high-tech boost
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Guilty pleasures: Just how bad is social smoking?
The risk of heart disease leaps with just a single cigarette – but the good news is that quitting the cancer sticks always pays
Feedback: Do Brussels bureaucrats impose quackery? Guess!
We muse a homeopathic ocean; homeopathic risk rank rule; law battle – Murphy versus Sod and more
Help me 3D print homes for a NASA mission to Mars
How might future visitors to Mars build shelter? NASA’s 3D Printed Habitat Challenge aims to foster an innovative, sustainable solution, says Sam Ortega
Solar-cell thread heralds promise of wearable chargers
Fibres containing a mineral called perovskite have been woven into cloth that acts as a solar cell
Guilty pleasures: Can you ease the effects of drinking too much?
Overdoing the alcohol can take a serious toll on your health, but there a few clever ways to help you feel better, faster
Antisocial media: How Facebook is helping us to be nicer
Don’t unfriend just yet – Facebook is stepping in to mediate online confrontations by making an emotionally intelligent response the easiest thing to do
Empathetic budgies yawn when they see their peers do the same
Your budgie isn’t bored, it just finds yawning as contagious as you do. These common pets are the first non-mammals in which yawning has been caught spreading
Gene study shows humans took Egyptian path out of Africa
Eurasian genomes have more in common with Egyptian than Ethiopian ones, suggesting Eurasians left Africa via a northern route
Lost memories recovered in mice with a flash of light
Traces of “forgotten” memories lurk in the brain and can be revived with the right tools – raising hopes of new ways to help people with Alzheimer’s or amnesia
It’s time we turned social networks into real communities
If social networks were countries, they’d be police states. To change that we may have to rebuild from the bottom up
Mars lander gets set for mission to probe planet’s depths
NASA’s InSight rover is being put through its paces in preparation for its trip to Mars next year
