Science Weekly Extra podcast: A tour around phase two of the Darwin Centre at London's Natural History Museum
We take a look around the new eight-storey 'cocoon' at the Natural History Museum

Editorial: In praise of ... CuSO4
Editorial: Or copper (II) sulphate, the staple of every child's chemistry set

Science: Countdown to launch of Geneva's particle accelerator
Scientists seeking answers to the universe are about to launch a revolutionary test

Doctor opposes new law on organ donors
Leading transplant authority says modification will degrade society's ethical framework

Bad science: Cheer up: it's all down to random variation
Ben Goldacre: Britain's happiest places have been mapped by scientists

Poll: Is the end of the world nigh?
Cern in Geneva is preparing to start up the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which will fire particles together at near the speed of light, recreating in miniature the energy released in the Big Bang. But scientists have been besieged by anxious members of the public concerned that the LHC will create a black hole or cataclysmic cosmic rays. Do you think the atom smasher will destroy the planet or merely reveal some quaintly named subatomic particle?

Science and maths assaulted by educational reforms, say scientists
Educational reforms are undermining efforts to increase the number of pupils taking maths and science, the Royal Society has warned

World's first carbon capture pilot fires up clean-coal advocates
German project will burn coal in an atmosphere of pure oxygen – producing CO2 waste which can be buried – creating enough electricity to power 1,000 homes

Jean Hannah Edelstein: Do love and science mix?
Jean Hannah Edelstein: There's now good evidence to justify my fling with a dad-alike. But I'm not sure reducing passion to rules is the right approach

Fight for blood cancer drug goes to high court
Health trust's decision to withhold drug under scrutiny after criticism of NHS postcode lottery