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Stunning seeds: a biological meteor wreathed in flames

Some seeds have a look that evokes all-consuming fire, says an artist who captures their portraits with a flatbed scanner

Regulars

The self: Trick yourself into an out-of-body experience

Humans

The self: Trick yourself into an out-of-body experience

Features

Earth

Horsemeat scandal should make us rethink how we eat

Opinion

Environment

World of life's jewelled beauty in new museum shrine

Regulars

Life

Tongue-tingling interface lets you taste data

News

DNA tests can prevent the next horsemeat scandal

Earth

DNA tests can prevent the next horsemeat scandal

News

Plants listen more closely to kin than strangers

Life

Plants listen more closely to kin than strangers

News

Mind maths: The elements of thought

Humans

Mind maths: The elements of thought

Features

Life savings: Inside London's brain bank

Health

Life savings: Inside London's brain bank

News

Life

Open Richard III DNA evidence for peer review

A good case has been made that a skeleton unearthed from a car park is that of the last Plantagenet king of England – it's time to share the data

Opinion

Life

Do get mad: The upside of anger

Features

Snow falling on red squirrels in Scotland

Regulars

Humans

What we really know about human courtship

CultureLab

Earth

Withering heights: Why animals are shrinking

Features