PSYCHOLOGY
Confident about intelligence Do you think you’re smarter than most? If so, the chances are your children feel the same way about themselves. A study of thousands of twins suggests that intellectual confidence is genetically inherited and independent of IQ
SPACE
Pulsar seen stealing from neighbour A neutron star with a cosmic case of indigestion could help to explain why some of these ultra-dense stellar embers spin much more quickly than others. Watch our animation of the cosmic theft
PALAEONTOLOGY
Through a scanner darkly Scanners that emit high-energy X-rays are allowing researchers to peer at animals fossilised in…
