What’s been on The Great Beyond this week and a few extras…
Monday October 29
Power problems for space station / A clam named Ming / Arthur Kornberg
Tuesday October 30
FEMA fake press conference scandal / 52m year old spider X-ray / Organic food ‘better for you’
Wednesday October 31
Leslie Orgel / Spooky science for Halloween / Tiger tales triple bill / More space station woes
Thursday November 01
Washoe the chimp dies / New planets’ hidden mystery
Friday November 02
Appetite for fish means reef destruction / Robot race shifts gear / The Lance Armstrong Mighty Mouse
Other Nature blog posts you may have missed
Peer to Peer – Blogging about peer-reviewed research
The Sceptical Chymist – The qualifying exam: Good luck, sucker!
Climate Feedback – White House advisor edits climate report
In the Field – The Nature editor goes to Spain
Ones that got away
In the hunt for shipwrecks “buccaneering ways of yesteryear” are back, says the Independent
Schools in the US are producing more science graduates than the market can support, says Business Week
‘The Most Beautiful Planetary Maps Ever’, on Wired