The Middle Eastern coronavirus has started behaving disturbingly like SARS ? making the search for undiagnosed cases increasingly vital
How a scientific DSM will transform psychiatry
The decision of the leading US mental health institute to move away from the psychiatrists' "bible" means years of transition to biologically based diagnoses
US invokes emergency act to keep H7N9 flu at bay
New flu tests have been given emergency approval, as it emerges that H7N9 provokes a weaker immune response than other flu, making vaccines hard to produce
Blue with cold, emperor penguins have a freezing exterior
Thermal imaging cameras reveal that the outer surface of an emperor penguin's body is colder than the air around it
Zoologger: The moth with the highest-pitched hearing
The greater wax moth can hear ultrasonic noises that no known animal can pick up
Turning Star Trek's medical tricorder into reality
Is a foolproof, smartphone-sized device that diagnoses diseases a pipe dream ? or can a $10 million competition turn the fiction into a lifesaver?
Iron nanocrystal shape-shifts to get out of a jam
Tiny metal crystals have been glimpsed taking themselves apart to squeeze through tight spots in nanotubes, without melting or compressing
Brutal battles of animal sexes
Daphne Fairbairn's vivid, insightful Odd Couples: Extraordinary differences between the sexes in the animal kingdom will leave you pleased to be human
To make your star quality real, you need a roadmap
Aspirations of sporting, social or intellectual achievement could yet be fulfilled if you can unearth and nurture the talents you never knew you had
Sticky-footed robot gets high using hot plastic
A new climbing robot uses temperature-controlled gluey feet to haul itself up vertical walls of wood, rock and metal while carrying five times its bodyweight
Discovered endangered: New species facing extinction
New-found unicorns in the jungle, apes in the treetops and mountain-climbing snails are facing extinction. Take a look at five new disappearing species
New satellite sail is propelled by solar protons
Here's a repulsive idea: a newly launched satellite is propelled using a super-thin thread of positively charged string that repels protons fired out by the sun
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