Å®ÉúСÊÓƵ

VODCAST

New Å®ÉúСÊÓƵ TV: June round-up In this month’s edition, see how smell gets up a shark’s nose, illusions that occur when we look at ambiguous scenes, and how science could help soccer stars bring home the World Cup

BIOMED

A spoonful of GIV3727 helps the medicine go down A bitter-blocking chemical could take the aftertaste out of artificial sweeteners and make unpleasant-tasting antibiotics easier to swallow

TECH

Giant airship to carry science back to the 1930s E-Green Technologies’ blimp, due to launch in the next few months, harks back to the glory days of the Zeppelin, though it is only a quarter of the size. The airship’s first payload will be a soil moisture experiment: watch our video of the blimp being inflated

BIOMED

How does acupuncture work? It stimulates the release of natural painkillers, researchers claim, providing a physiological mechanism for how the ancient Chinese treatment might work

INNOVATION

Beating the biogas bogey Methane-capture technology could have a dramatic impact on global warming. But developing such technologies won’t be easy

SPACE

Aircraft smashes record for longest scramjet flight A sleek aircraft called the X-51A WaveRider has set the record for the longest hypersonic flight using an air-breathing scramjet engine. The craft smashed the record set by NASA’s X-43 vehicle. Watch the video

ZOOLOGGER

Velvet worm spews ‘sticky glass’ on prey Small insects be warned: Euperipatoides rowelli is on the hunt, and it has a unique method of immobilising you