science
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Melting and cracking – is Antarctica falling apart?Although fracturing and surface melting on the Larsen C ice shelf might sound like indicators of climate change, these processes are natural
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Finding Neemo: Nasa goes from the bottom of the ocean to outer spaceNasa astronauts-aquanauts have made a temporary underwater home to prepare for future missions. An Aussie space engineer is part of the team -
The hunt is on for gravity wavesSpacewatch Three craft, millions of kilometres apart and linked by lasers, will watch out for minute ripples in the fabric of spacetime -
Blue prints: photography pioneer Anna Atkins's hand-crafted images – in picturesVictorian botanist Anna Atkins brought nature to life with her striking, modern-looking cyanotypes of seaweed and algae
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Hill fort hotspots in UK and Ireland mapped for first time in online atlasScotland is home to majority of 4,000 sites on database – but many are not on hills and are not really forts, say researchers
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What will happen when a self-driving car kills a bystander?The technological autopsy on last year’s Tesla Autopilot crash has now closed. Regulators must now take responsibility for safety improvements.
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Turkish schools to stop teaching evolution, official saysBoard of education chairman says subject is debatable, controversial and too complicated for students
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Manchester gets NHS's first high-energy proton beam cancer therapy machineNinety-tonne cyclotron at Christie hospital will give NHS patients access to treatment that is currently only available abroad
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key issues
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SpaceSpaceThe Guardian view on plutocratic Mars missions: escape velocityEditorial: The race between wealthy tech billionaires to get to Mars is a distraction from mortality
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BiologyBiologyThe week in wildlife – in picturesBison, bluebells, bumble bees and beavers are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
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GeneticsGeneticsWomen with BRCA gene mutations given clearer picture of breast and ovarian cancer riskResults of Australian study will provide carriers with greater confidence in decisions they make about prevention strategies
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Medical researchMedical researchManchester gets NHS's first high-energy proton beam cancer therapy machineNinety-tonne cyclotron at Christie hospital will give NHS patients access to treatment that is currently only available abroad
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PsychologyPsychology‘It's a superpower’: meet the empaths paid to read your mindThey feel your pain as if it were their own – and charge you £200 an hour to do so. Why has empathy become such a prized commodity?
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PhysicsPhysicsThe hunt is on for gravity wavesSpacewatch Three craft, millions of kilometres apart and linked by lasers, will watch out for minute ripples in the fabric of spacetime
in depth
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‘It's a superpower’: meet the empaths paid to read your mindThey feel your pain as if it were their own – and charge you £200 an hour to do so. Why has empathy become such a prized commodity?
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opinion
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The Guardian view on plutocratic Mars missions: escape velocityEditorial: The race between wealthy tech billionaires to get to Mars is a distraction from mortality
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In a world ruled by rumour, it is vital that scientists speak with humility and clarityFacts are the science world’s stock-in-trade, but in an era of fake news it is ever more important to build public trust by avoiding exaggerated claims and jargon
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pictures & video
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New Zealand launches 3D-printed rocket into space – videoStunning images from New Zealand’s North Island as Rocket Lab, a Silicon Valley-funded company, launches the maiden space flight of its battery-powered, 3D-printed rocket from the Mahia peninsula
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The Antikythera mechanism: the world's first computer? – videoThe mechanism was found on the 2,000-year-old Antikythera shipwreck, considered the greatest archaeological discovery of the 20th century
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Riders on the storm: the scientists who chase tornadoes - in picturesScientists and meteorologists from the Center for Severe Weather Research try to get close to supercell storms and tornadoes, trying to better understand tornado structure and strength, how low-level winds affect and damage buildings, and to learn more about tornado formation and prediction.
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Eighteen-foot nodosaur unveiled at Alberta museum – videoOne of the best preserved armoured dinosaurs in the world has been unveiled at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology in Alberta
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Narwhals: new footage reveals possible purpose for mysterious tusk – videoDrone footage in Canada captures the behaviour of rarely-seen narwhals which appear to use their long tusks to tap and stun fish, making them easier to catch
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75m-year-old 'Ghostbuster' dinosaur discovered – in picturesScientists from the Royal Ontario Museum have identified a new species of anklylosaurid, named Zuul crurivastator
Queen's speech doesn't help British businesses frozen out of EU space contracts