Natural born killers?
Pavitar Devgon on what makes some people become psychopaths
Quantum information
Alexander Karapetian takes a look at the latest developments in quantum systems
Computer imitates human brain
Artificial brains move one step closer to reality
Sex, the city and HIV
Maya Kaushik discusses the Master’s project that forced her to look at her hometown of Bangalore in a completely different way
Tearing apart the vacuum of space
Extreme Light Infrastructure laser to produce Sun-like intensities
The reality of migration
New research investigates the environmental links with migration
Women in Science
Science Editor Kelly Oakes on why improvements must still be made to the science gender imbalance
Do the public trust scientists?
Antonio Torrisi reports on a study of attitudes towards geoengineering
Dwarf planet Eris is Pluto’s twin
Further details on recently-discovered planet leads to familiar results
Gene therapy could be cure for blindness
Hope for Choroideremia patients with clinical trial
Malaria vaccine enters phase III trials
GSK announces huge success in African tests
“Science is a wonderful thing...
...if one does not have to earn one’s living at it”. Carys Cook discusses some of the difficulties facing early career scientists