Latest papers

Distributed computing. Grassroots supercomputing.

UV circular polarisation in star formation regions: the origin of homochirality?

Life begins.

Molecular hydrogen beyond the optical edge of an isolated spiral galaxy.

Culture and children's cosmology.

In search of the sky compass in the insect brain.

The universe: a cryogenic habitat for microbial life.

Finding extraterrestrial sites for thermophiles.

Complex organic matter in space: about the chemical composition of carriers of the Unidentified Infrared Bands (UIBs) and protoplanetary emission spectra recorded from certain astrophysical objects.

Robotic missions set to benefit as US takes aim at the Moon.

[Heatwave]

The galactic habitable zone and the age distribution of complex life in the Milky Way.

Astrophysics. Are most life-friendly stars older than the sun?

Planet hunting. The search for pale blue dots.

[Towards an unified theory of the universe basic forces ("the everything theory")]

Breakthrough of the year. Scorecard 2002.

Breakthrough of the year.

Breakthrough of the year. The runners-up.

Sex difference in response to stress by lunar month: a pilot study of four years' crisis-call frequency.

Importance of surface morphology in interstellar H2 formation.