science
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Lab notes: get the lowdown on Juno probe's stellar successThis week, we cheered Nasa spacecraft’s arrival at Jupiter, embraced goats as our new best friends and probed a study on fertility treatments
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The Juno probe: unearthing Jupiter’s past - podcastAfter five years and 1.4bn miles, the Nasa spacecraft has arrived at its final destination, but what is this plucky little probe hoping to find? -
The week in wildlife – in picturesA bald eagle, drought-hit alligators, and a feeding leopard are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world -
Planet with three suns spotted by astronomersGiant gas ball four times the mass of Jupiter is in a three-star system. It swings around one, but sees sunrises and sunsets from all three. Take that Tatooine
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Made of gold, powered by heart cells of rats – meet the robo-rayTiny robotic stingray gives hope to scientists they can create artificial creatures and ultimately build a human heart
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How CERN’s Large Hadron Collider gives us insight into the unknownIn the middle of another record-breaking year, a new way of using the data
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Tim Peake urged not to attend airshow with arms trade linksCampaign Against Arms Trade says astronaut would be ‘promotional tool’ for weapons manufacturers
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Give HPV vaccine to boys to protect against cancers, experts sayWith rates of human papilloma virus on the rise, it is vital to immunise males as well as females, researchers believe
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key issues
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SpaceSpaceStarwatch: Teapot in SagittariusThe Teapot appears to be pouring to the right, its spout represented by the stars Alnasl and Kaus Australis
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BiologyBiologyHow sea otters help save the planetNew research into the complex links of the food chain suggest that the lovable mammals play a key role in managing carbon dioxide levels
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GeneticsGeneticsNew way to test cancer drugs boosts hopes for personalised treatmentLandmark study shows how existing drugs could potentially be repurposed to treat new groups of patients
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Medical researchMedical researchGive HPV vaccine to boys to protect against cancers, experts sayWith rates of human papilloma virus on the rise, it is vital to immunise males as well as females, researchers believe
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PsychologyPsychologyAre you a saint or a sinner? Take our personality quiz…The truth may lie in how honestly you answer quizzes and questionnaires
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PhysicsPhysicsGenius by Stephen Hawking review – why not just get Hawking to present it?It’s not their fault, but these ‘ordinary people’ conducting silly experiments add little to our understanding of space-time. Plus: a funnier time with Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
in depth
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Starwatch: Teapot in SagittariusThe Teapot appears to be pouring to the right, its spout represented by the stars Alnasl and Kaus Australis
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A series exploring the science and emotion of our everyday lives
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Crafty yoghurts: can your tastebuds be tricked? – videoWe put food colouring into vanilla yoghurt and challenged people to guess the flavour. Will they all be duped or might someone see through our ruse?
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Jelly bean flavour: is it all in the eyes? – videoJelly beans are identical in size and shape – perfect for a blindfold taste test. Could you guess the right flavours?
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Neuro cuisine: exploring the science of flavourColour, sound and shape are just as important as sugar and salt in determining how food tastes. Why do senses combine in our brains - and will a red light bulb really make cake sweeter? Tamal Ray takes us on a scientific tour of gastrophysics
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Can you tell one crisp flavour from another? – videoWe ask people to sit a blindfolded taste test. Identifying one crisp flavour from another sounds easy, right?
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Neuro cuisine: exploring the science of flavour – videoTamal Ray, anaesthetist and baker, Professor Charles Spence, experimental psychologist at the University of Oxford and chef Jozef Youssef embark on a journey to decode the science of flavour
opinion
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Scientists fighting Brexit risk looking like an out of touch elite tooWe have failed to engage enough with public and done little to address the under-representation of working-class researchers
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Pauline Hanson's One Nation will bring climate science denial to the SenateFringe political groups such as One Nation, Family First and the Liberal Democrats still reject the evidence that humans are causing climate change
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pictures & video
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Newly-discovered planet is in a three-star system – video animationPlanet HD 131399Ab is located 320 light years away in the constellation of Centaurus
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Jupiter's luminous auroras revealed by Hubble telescope – videoAstronomers capture images of the luminous auroras that light up the poles of Jupiter
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Nasa scientists celebrate as Juno probe successfully enters orbit around Jupiter – videoNasa scientists celebrate as they receive confirmation that the $1.1bn Juno probe, which launched from Earth five years ago, has successfully entered orbit around Jupiter
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Nasa’s spacecraft to reach Jupiter after five-year journey - videoAfter a five-year, 1.8 billion mile journey, Nasa’s Juno spacecraft will reach Jupiter to help scientists understand how exactly the planet was formed
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Zoo news: this month’s animal antics from round the globe – in picturesA collection of zoological wonders from June 2016, featuring the origins of dogs, shocking eels, a Godzilla fish and more
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Nasa successfully tests rocket designed to take humans to Mars – videoNasa carried out a successful test on a rocket booster in Cape Canaveral in Florida on Tuesday. The booster is intended to form part of the mission that will see the first human exploration of Mars
Why we are calling for a ban on vets offering homeopathic remedies