What’s been on The Great Beyond this week and a few extras…

Monday January 28

‘A radical violation of the truth’ / Asteroid not going to hit Earth / ‘Ion shield’ developed for Mars missions / Can shining lights on your head cure dementia? / In this day and age…

Tuesday January 29

The ego has landed / Pope takes another pop at science / State of the science / A plague on the weak

Wednesday January 30

US agency ‘hid hurricane health hazard’ / Periodic Table Printmaking Project / Hummingbirds’ musical tail / Galapagos sea lions slaughtered

Thursday January 31

Watching football can kill you / Mercury flyby brings data “goldmine” / ‘White Nose Syndrome’ threatens America’s bats / Pope steps up rhetoric on science / ISS gets closer to full power

Friday February 01

Roy Orbison joins the insect world / Scientists catch new elephant shrew, then kill it / Seinfeld Science: Don’t Double Dip

Other Nature blog posts you may have missed

Climate Feedback: EU climate plan “hits the sweet spot”?

Nautilus: What’s in a Jane?

The Niche: Stem cells and the State of the Union

Ones that got away

Alien species are landing in Antarctica, according to Reuters

What old logbooks can reveal about cod, from the Christian Science Monitor

Researcher dresses up as hippo, gets stuck in mud, from the Daily Mail