May 2004

• Dusty nursery bears baby comets - Premium content

  Ice spied in particles circling young stars.

  31 May 2004

• Link proved between senses and memory - Premium content

  Brain scans show how sights and smells evoke the past.

  31 May 2004

• Smart music system skips to chorus - Premium content

  Song analysis could replace fast forward button.

  28 May 2004

• Puckish robots pull together - Premium content

  Air hockey helps joint techniques for work in space.

  28 May 2004

• Hippos beat the burn - Premium content

  Blood-red 'sweat' protects beasts from sun and bacteria.

  27 May 2004

• Chimp chromosome creates puzzles - Premium content

  First sequence is unexpectedly different from human equivalent.

  27 May 2004

• European voting rules flawed - Premium content

  Planned EU constitution could debase democracy.

  26 May 2004

• Baby breaks sperm-storage record - Premium content

  Test-tube success for sample kept on ice for 21 years.

  26 May 2004

• Health summit drives at road safety - Premium content

  Traffic accidents set to rank third in causes of death.

  25 May 2004

• High winds suck oxygen from Everest - Premium content

  Predicting pressure lows could protect climbers.

  25 May 2004