Space & Physics
The Dawn of the Space Mining Age
New legislation and interest from a number of private ventures could lead to extraction of valuable minerals from asteroids—and sooner than you might think
Stories by Richard Yonck
Mind & Brain
‘Optocapacitance’ Shines New Light on the Brain
A novel twist on the young field of optogenetics may provide a new way to study living human brains as well as offering innovative therapeutic uses.
Technology
Facing Up to Online Murder and Other Cybercrimes
A recent report from Europol's European Cybercrime Center includes a forecast that the world's first "online murder" will likely occur before the end of 2014.
Is All the Universe From Nothing?
In March, a team of researchers based in Antarctica announced they'd detected gravitational waves, faint echoes from the first moments of the Big Bang.
