November 2006

• The calm instead of the storm - Premium content

  Surprise El Niño soothed this year's hurricane season.

  30 November 2006

• Top stags sire more sons - Premium content

  Male deer with better sperm invest in male offspring.

  30 November 2006

• Extreme monsoons on the rise in India - Premium content

  Rainfall events and floods are getting more intense.

  30 November 2006

• Forests keep active in old age - Premium content

  Established forests may continue to increase soil carbon stores.

  30 November 2006

• US Supreme Court hears climate case - Premium content

  States and the Environmental Protection Agency argue over regulation of emissions.

  30 November 2006

• The key to Stradivari's tone - Premium content

  Antique violins may have been chemically tuned.

  29 November 2006

• Does everyone smell different? - Premium content

  People really do seem to have a unique odour that marks them out.

  29 November 2006

• One look says it all - Premium content

  Women beat men at the task of being attuned to a familiar face.

  29 November 2006

• Small animals levitated by sound - Premium content

  Insects and fish emerge intact from uplifting experience.

  29 November 2006

• Gulf Stream weakened in 'Little Ice Age' - Premium content

  Freezing medieval weather linked to diminished ocean current.

  29 November 2006