CultureThis week: Good news, bad newsCanada and U.S. look to ease border restrictions, while the RCMP’s top job is once again open
WorldIt’s life, but not as we know itAn unusual microbe shows how little we may still know about life on our own planet, let alone elsewhere
CultureDestination MarsHuman explorers will set foot on the red planet one day. And it might be sooner than most of us realize.
GeneralChilean miners: That far down, who decides what’s law?Even NASA sees it as a case study in isolation
GeneralAliens like us? I don’t think so.Whether alien culture resembles our own depends on one big question: do they have sex?
LifeSun surges: Yet another apocalypic theory to worry aboutIn 2013, our sun will hit its solar maximum, creating disturbances that could take out the power grid
GeneralCredibility is what’s really meltingTake the disappearing Himalayan glaciers. Turns out that ‘research’ was idle speculation.