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

Monday June 16

Discovery touches down / Advertising to aliens / Suit up! Next-gen space wear is here / Can fMRI tell if I secretly love the Yankees?

Tuesday June 17

Super science books sale / Straight men and gay women have similar brains / Cheating across the world / In the beginning was the word…

Wednesday June 18

‘Big sexy’ dinosaurs of the day / What does N stand for? Nonsense? / Chimps’ canny coquettish calling / Wikitannica

Thursday June 19

Songs about science VII: ‘It’s a long way from Amphioxus’ / Can cloned cells cure cancer? / Medical scans get a splash of colour

Friday June 20

Sea surface science satellite launches / Whale watching worldwide / Don’t worry Australia, you’re not fatter than America

Other Nature blog posts you may have missed

In the Field: just call it ice!

Spoonful of Medicine: is there any point to menu labeling?

Ones that got away

Stalin’s secret atom bomb lab, from Reuters

Why fuel prices threaten research boats, from the San Diego Union Trib.