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 Features Wolfe Creek CraterHundreds of thousands of years ago, a cosmic missile smashed into outback Australia, creating one of the largest meteorite craters on the planet.  Sudan's forgotten pyramidsArchaeologists say the pyramids, cemeteries and ancient palaces of the Nubian Desert in northern Sudan hold mysteries to rival ancient Egypt.  Time TunnelGermany's Messel Pit has yielded thousands of exquisitely preserved fossils, including a perplexing early primate nicknamed Ida.  World's helium supply running lowHelium is the lifeblood of particle accelerators such as the Large Hadron Collider. As supply dwindles, physicists need to preserve this commodity or learn to live without it.  The whole shebangThe Standard Model is our (nearly) complete map of every fundamental particle and force that exists.  Secrets of the ancientsKing Tut is only one in a growing list of ancient humans forced to reveal their secrets through high-tech prodding. By rushing into such studies, we may be opening a historical Pandora's Box.  The gathering stormsCity dwellers of the future will experience more violent thunderstorms more often. And Mother Nature has nothing to do with it: our built environment is manufacturing its own weather.  Learning to forgetPainful memories that cause distress could soon be a thing of the past. Recent studies suggest memories can be manipulated, edited - and even deleted.  The madness of crowdsMass delusions and hysterical outbreaks have repeatedly occurred in history, and there's no reason to believe they won't again.  Digital scentsOne day soon you may be able to capture a fragrance snapshot of your environment and send it attached to a text message or email.  The stuff of nightmaresSleep paralysis creates a very real waking nightmare - conjuring up images of aliens and evil entities - but it's all a trick of the mind.  Will our grandchildren revile the 'lost decade'?The noughties dawned with a global strategy to fight climate change but ended with the U.N. system in tatters while greenhouse gases spewed with few constraints.  Islands of fireNew Zealand is a simmering hotbed of volcanic activity. While eruptions have largely avoided populous areas, Auckland is sitting on a ticking time bomb.  Dead Sea needs world help to surviveThe Dead Sea may soon shrink to a lifeless pond as political strife blocks vital measures to halt decay of the world's lowest and saltiest body of water.  Global warming: growing threat to reindeerAs rising temperatures and development strip the Arctic of food and grazing land for reindeer, so too do the indigenous Sami people risk the loss of an important part of their culture. 
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