Cats are from Mars...

Another classic Joy of Tech: the simple life of a NASA geek on a Litter Box Cleaning Mission.

Where did you leave that bridge, Isambard?

One of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's first iron bridges has been rescued after being found inside a brick bridge that was being demolished. Spanning the Grand Union Canal, it had been built over and forgotten...

Lousy dinosaurs

A fossilised louse found in Germany (with its last meal of feathers in its stomach) could prove that bird lice are older than birds - meaning they could have originally been parasites on feathered dinosaurs.