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

Monday April 07

$50bn AIDS funding passes first hurdle / Koalas threatened by ‘leather leaves’ / First success for US pro-research group / US search engine permits ‘Abortion’ searches

Tuesday April 08

Heated row over cooling article / ‘Vulcan’ shows carbon dioxide’s death-grip / Human to human bird flu transmission

Wednesday April 09

Amber spider-glass / Creationist act passes another hurdle / UN enlists Google in refugee work / The wrath of Khan

Thursday April 10

Pretty space pic: a Martian moon / Spain faces worst drought in years / Hurricane seer sees more storms, and more criticism

Friday April 11

Strewth mate! Climate change is ruining me bevies! / UN: climate change behind ‘food crisis’ / Party like it’s 1961 / Jellies ‘were first animal’

Other Nature blog posts you may have missed

Climate Feedback: Don’t know much about history, don’t know much about the IPCC

Indigenus: Lots in a name

Nascent: Nature.com nominated for a Webby

Ones that got away

The lost rear leg of very old snake, from the BBC

A frog with no lungs, from Reuters