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

Monday June 02

‘Carbon scrubber’ breakthrough / Buzz Lightyear, toilet and Japanese lab lifted to space / And the winner is … Melting Bob / Scammers get scientific

Tuesday June 03

Europe says Sanofi-Aventis blocked investigators / Papua New Guinea forests under threat / Mini planet found far away / NASA PR ‘mischaracterized climate change science’

Wednesday June 04

Astronomers perform galactic limb surgery / Biofuel row at UN food meeting / When did humans get to New Zealand?

Thursday June 05

No rest for Phoenix / Iceland polar bear shooting row / Kibo brings more hope to space

Friday June 06

McCain is a Martian! / Cane toads killing crocs / Orogeny by jerks

Other Nature blog posts you may have missed

Climate Feedback: Quirin Schiermeier is taking a trip on a research icebreaker

Nascent: ‘WikiProteins is a bit rubbish’

Ones that got away

UC Davis has a professor of beer, from the LA Times

Can ‘friendly bacteria’ save the frogs? From the BBC