Millionaire space tourist back on earth Channel: Guardian Length: 0 Date: October 24, 2008 A burger and a Coke are the first things space tourist Richard Garriott wants after spending 10 days on the international space station

FusionMan delays jet-pack powered channel crossing Channel: Guardian Length: 0 Date: September 25, 2008 Bad weather has caused Swiss daredevil Yves Rossy to postpone his bid to become the first person to fly across the channel using a jet-powered wing

Yawn, boy! Channel: Guardian Length: 0 Date: August 06, 2008 A study has found that labradors and other pet dogs are more likely to yawn if they witness humans doing it

Why horses are scared of crisp packets Channel: Guardian Length: 0 Date: June 27, 2008 Welcome to Interesting 2008 : a one day conference of ideas for people who want to know about the world. Here Gemma Teed explains why horses ar...

Discovery astronauts make final spacewalk at international space station Channel: Guardian Length: 0 Date: June 11, 2008 Michael Fossum and Ronald Garan Jr wrapped up their work so quickly that mission control gave them some extra tasks

Monkey uses brainwaves to contol prosthetic arm Channel: Guardian Length: 0 Date: May 28, 2008 Scientists train monkeys to control a human-like arm via electrodes implanted in their brains

Entry, descent, landing on Mars Channel: Guardian Length: 0 Date: May 21, 2008 Looking more like a trailer for a forthcoming feature film than a science documentary, Nasa takes a look at the critical final few stages of the Ph...

Before and after surgery Channel: Guardian Length: 0 Date: April 27, 2008 Steven Howarth, who has a rare form of childhood blindness, navigates a maze before and after receiving gene therapy. The trial, at University Coll...

Understanding solar flares Channel: Guardian Length: 0 Date: April 08, 2008 Images taken from the satellite Hinode which is helping scientists to understand what causes solar flares

Gecko acrobatics Channel: Guardian Length: 0 Date: April 08, 2008 Study captures on video how geckos control their fall to land on all fours

Cat and mouse game Channel: Guardian Length: 0 Date: April 08, 2008 Scientists created a genetically modified mouse with no fear of felines and then put it in a room with a cat. What happened next...?

Nasa pictures reveal deadly black hole Channel: Guardian Length: 0 Date: April 08, 2008 Images from the Chandra X-ray Observatory suggest a massive black hole at the heart of a galaxy is emitting a powerful stream of radiation that is ...

Branson unveils SpaceShip Two Channel: Guardian Length: 0 Date: April 08, 2008 The countdown is on for the first regular space tourists to rocket into space after the new Virgin Galactic aircraft were unveiled in New York. The...

Lunar probe films Earth scene in hi-def Channel: Guardian Length: 0 Date: April 08, 2008 The Japanese lunar explorer Serene films the first high-definition image of Earth from 380,000km away