Leigh Dayton

Science: How a protein can pull the wool over a sheep's eyes

A home fit for platypuses?

Technology

Technology: Robot senses the movement of the seas

On the saving of the species: No one knows how many million species exist on Earth or how to save them all. But scientists agree that extinction is not just a biological problem

Legal straitjacket could drive psychiatry underground

New life for old forest: As loggers and environmentalists battle over North America's ancient forests, a new philosophy is emerging. Canadian scientists are rewriting the ecological rules, with far-reaching consequences for the forestry of the future

Can koalas bear the twentieth century?: Cuteness is no protection from disease. Nor, it seems, does it offer immunity from the ravages of urban development, logging and agriculture. Without help, the koala could disappear altogether

Science: An electric solution to losing your hair

World's largest buffalo herd under threat

Science: Older mothers have more left-handed babies

Patient denied rights to own tissue

Science: Step-wise extinctions preceded demise of dinosaurs