What’s been on The Great Beyond this week and a few extras…
Monday November 12
Arizona biologist dies of plague / An inquisition for Galileo / UN: don’t clone people
Tuesday November 13
‘Chocolate beer’ is older than we thought / Invasive fish are Emperor’s fault / Getting hydrogen from microbes / Japan’s singing road
Wednesday November 14
Japan, India, China: We like the Moon too / No space walks after smoky suit / New great ape fossil
Thursday November 15
Why Zack is a failure and Andy succeeds / Far East kicks US in education fight
Friday November 16
Dinosaur of the Day: a ‘Flintstones lawnmower’ / Climate change round up / Why shouldn’t we eat whales?
Other Nature blog posts you may have missed
Climate Feedback: the BBC’s approach to climate sceptics
Nautilus: Tribulations of women in academic research
The Niche: when international collaborations depend on differences in local attitudes
Ones that got away
A baffling nuclear facility break-in, from the NY Times
The curious case of George Gipp’s DNA testing, from AP
Intelligent design’s “insidious new assaults on science”, in Salon