Antibiotics may make you fat
The widespread use of antibiotics may permanently change our gut flora, increasing our risk of obesity and damaging our immune systems
Fossil raindrops reveal Earth's early atmosphere
Analysis of a fossilised rain shower suggests air density on early Earth was similar to now, confounding explanations for the "faint sun paradox"
New search tool to unlock Wikipedia
Powerful new software called Swipe could handle complex queries that today's keyword search engines stumble over
Nano star fruit could help diagnose cancer
A new type of gold nanorod may help researchers detect biomarkers in low concentrations and could lead to improved disease diagnosis
US military wants to hack foreign game consoles
The US Department of the Navy has tasked a company with creating tools to extract private data from video game consoles
Bacteria could be significant cause of OCD
A form of obsessive-compulsive disorder in children may be linked to Streptococcus bacteria - trials of a treatment have begun
Methane cuts could delay climate change by 15 years
An atmosphere with less methane would encourage plants to soak up more carbon dioxide, buying precious time to solve the climate problem
Kinect boss on the future of computer interfaces
Microsoft's Andrew Blake is amazed by thought-controlled computers and wonders if we might, one day, use a killer app to think like Meryl Streep
What the theory of everything might look like
Watch a new animation that uses a mathematical pattern to show how all forces and particles could be unified
Mash-up aids translation of obscure languages
An invented language makes it easier to translate sentences into lesser-known tongues
Fracking could foil carbon capture plans
Hydraulic fracturing brings us lots of natural gas, but it could also ruin the rock formations needed to store carbon dioxide underground
Going green won't kill jobs during hard times
Claims that environmental regulations will worsen unemployment are false. When the economy is struggling, the opposite is true, says economist Josh Bivens
An insider's view on the big bang
Astronomer Chris Impey provides an impressive guide to the history of the cosmos in How it Began: A time-traveler's guide to the universe
Wake-up call: The battle to control sleep
Henry Nicholls sets out to uncover the truth about his condition, only to find that drug companies are more interested in inducing narcolepsy than curing it
Dolphin social networks are unusually open
Male dolphins don't live in tribes, but they form complex alliances with each other
North Sea gas leak venting from newly disturbed source
The gas pouring out of the Elgin wellhead off Aberdeen isn't coming from the gas reservoir itself, but from a previously unknown source in the rock above
Forget tracer bullets - NASA now has tracer rockets
Pulling off five launches in as many minutes is something to crow about, which is what NASA has been doing after the successful launch of its ATREX mission
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