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New to Nature No 81: Spigelia genuflexa
A plant that bends down to bury its own seeds has caught the attention of South American botanistsGeocarpy is a term used by botanists to describe the unusual "behaviour" of a plant that deposits...
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Business agenda: Flare-ups in the energy market and anxiety at the airport
Tony Hayward plunges back into a conflict zone, Premier Oil's Falklands adventure excites investors and BAA gets ready for another rushAfter the critical mauling former BP boss Tony Hayward received...
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Ryszard Kapuscinski: A Life by Artur Domoslawski – review
A shocking exposé of Poland's most feted journalist seeks more to understand than to condemnThe tale of Lulu, Haile Selassie's lap dog that was allowed to piss on the shoes of dignitaries, and the...
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Russia: Putin must show clemency to Pussy Riot | Observer editorial
The Russian president will appear a tyrant if he persists in the persecution of free speechTo understand the nature of what really occurred when three young women were sentenced to two years in a penal...
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Thomas Kuhn: the man who changed the way the world looked at science
Fifty years ago, a book by Thomas Kuhn altered the way we look at the philosophy behind science, as well as introducing the much abused phrase 'paradigm shift'Fifty years ago this month, one of the...
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Samaritans in the line of fire | Kristalina Georgieva
On World Humanitarian Day, we should remember those who put themselves in peril for the greater goodToday is World Humanitarian Day. It marks the anniversary of the day on which Sérgio Vieira de Mello,...
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Italy's tax hunters target super-rich and their yachts off the Sardinian coast
Austerity and ecology make life a misery for pleasure-seekers as coastguards use helicopters to enforce the lawThere used to be a time when Italy's super-rich gravitated to the smartest enclaves of...
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Whatever the truth about Libor, one fact is clear: Barclays needs new blood
The Commons report on the rate-fixing scandal may not fully explain what went on at the bank, but it is surely right to condemn 'a prolonged period of extremely weak governance'The report by Andrew...
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An evil collusion between a tyrant and a man of God | Nick Cohen
The marriage of the Kremlin and the church in the Pussy Riot affair shows how sinister matters are in RussiaIn her statement to a nobbled judge hearing a trumped-up charge before a kangaroo court,...
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Pussy Riot: It took a bunch of bright, sassy women in colourful balaclavas to...
What Pussy Riot have done is show up the machinery of the state for what it is: scary, violent, punitive and maleThere aren't many revolutions that have been started by wearing colourful dresses and...
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Are drones any more immoral than other weapons of war? | Peter Beaumont
The central issue comes down to how combatants are identified and what efforts are made to protect civiliansThree years ago, I came across the victims of a drone strike about an hour after it occurred....
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Family of L, a man left in a vegetative state, wage court battle for right to...
Family and NHS trust disagree over treatment for unidentified man who suffered brain damage after a heart attackThe family of a man left in a vegetative state after a heart attack has made an eleventh...
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Wheelchair hero's 2,485-mile journey for Kenya's first spinal injury rehab unit
Zachary Kimotho's journey has fired Kenya's imagination A Kenyan man who was paralysed after being shot by carjackers nine years ago has caught the imagination of the nation by embarking on a...
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Labour can make the most of a Britain alive with Olympic spirit | Tim...
All parties will claim the triumph of the Games. But Ed Miliband is best poised to turn it into a new national purposeBy now, Britons may be growing weary of post-Olympic celebration and reflection....
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Man with no limbs swims Bering Strait
Philippe Croizon, who lost his limbs in an electrical accident aged 26, said the swim was the hardest he has ever doneA French swimmer without legs and arms has successfully swum the freezing waters...
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Japanese activists land on disputed islands
Activists make an unauthorised landing on Uotsuri Island as diplomatic row over the territory escalates with ChinaJapanese activists have swum ashore and raised flags on one of a group of islands at...
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Libyan car bomb attacks kill two
Three car bombings close to security buildings in Tripoli are the first deadly attacks since Muammar Gaddafi's fall last yearAt least two people were killed when three car bombs exploded near interior...
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Dozens killed in Sudan plane crash
Up to 31 people including at least one Sudanese minister killed as plane crashes in south of the countryUp to 31 people including at least one Sudanese minister were killed when a plane taking them to...
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Julian Assange statement at Ecuadorean embassy - live
Join Ben Quinn for all the latest developments and reaction as the diplomatic impasse between Britain and Ecuador over the extradition of the WikiLeaks founder continuesBen Quinn
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SA miners' families demand change
Jacob Zuma is criticised as former ANC youth leader says the president sided with mine owner when 34 were killedThey were there in their thousands, leaning against tin shacks or sitting in the dusty...
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