science
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ESA unveils third mission to Mercury to investigate water ice and volcanoesBepiColombo spacecraft will also attempt to explain why the solar system’s smallest planet appears to be shrinking
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Mars covered in toxic chemicals that can wipe out living organisms, tests revealDiscovery has major implications for hunt for alien life on the red planet as it means any evidence is likely to be buried deep underground -
Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science?It is an industry like no other, with profit margins to rival Google – and it was created by one of Britain’s most notorious tycoons: Robert Maxwell -
Creationist uses Trump order to get permission to take rocks from Grand CanyonGeologist Andrew Snelling sued US Department of the Interior when it initially turned down his plan to prove the Bible’s great flood story is true
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A history of human creativity: the good, the bad, and the uglyIan Sample delves into our evolutionary past to explore the role creativity and collaboration may have played in early human societies
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ESA’s BepiColombo Mercury mission thrives on ambition and co-operationThe European Space Agency unveils its ambitious €1.3bn Bepi Colombo mission to inner planet Mercury
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Hepatitis B jab to be added to immunisations of babies born in UKBabies born from the 1 August will be offered new “hexavalent” jab in effort to clamp down on infections that cause cirrhosis and liver cancer
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Scientists deploy GM sheep in fight to treat Huntington’s diseaseTransgenic flock brought to UK for research into incurable brain condition, which affects more than 6,700 people in the country
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key issues
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SpaceSpaceFlight into the furnace of Mercury could bring us closer in hunt for alien lifeInvestigation will give clues about where to look for habitable planets
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BiologyBiologyA history of human creativity: the good, the bad, and the ugly – Science Weekly podcastIan Sample delves into our evolutionary past to explore the role creativity and collaboration may have played in early human societies
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GeneticsGeneticsScientists deploy GM sheep in fight to treat Huntington’s diseaseTransgenic flock brought to UK for research into incurable brain condition, which affects more than 6,700 people in the country
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PsychologyPsychologyEverybody lies: how Google search reveals our darkest secretsWhat can we learn about ourselves from the things we ask online? Seth Stephens‑Davidowitz analysed anonymous Google search data, uncovering disturbing truths about our desires, beliefs and prejudices
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PhysicsPhysicsESA unveils third mission to Mercury to investigate water ice and volcanoesBepiColombo spacecraft will also attempt to explain why the solar system’s smallest planet appears to be shrinking
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Feathered dinosaurs from China visit the UKAn exhibition including iconic – and infamous – feathered dinosaur specimens comes to Europe for the first time
in depth
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The great American total solar eclipseStarwatch On 21 August the total eclipse makes landfall in Oregon at 10:17 PDT and speeds across the country to leave the coast of South Carolina at 14:48 EDT
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opinion
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Messy, always late and swear like a sailor? It just means you’re super smart | Arwa MahdawiMessy, always late and swear like a sailor? It just means you’re super smart
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The Guardian journalist Deborah Orr began taking antidepressants this week – but only after a year of psychotherapyI took my first antidepressant this week. The effects were frightening
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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
Religious leaders get high on magic mushrooms ingredient – for science