Limitless beauty of science in Eureka prize finalists
The shortlist of images for the 2014 快猫短视频 Eureka Prize for Science Photography journey from the deep sea to inner space to reveal stunning worlds
Ebola is a 鈥榞lobal emergency鈥� as bodies litter streets
As the number of cases continues to rise the Liberian president has called for 鈥渆xtraordinary measures for the very survival of our state鈥�
Sleep tight? Not a chance if you鈥檙e in space
The most comprehensive astronaut sleep study to date found that astronauts鈥� sleep debt starts well before blast off, and sleeping pills might not help
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Global warming may be to blame for tornado onslaughts
Although no more common than before, US twisters are increasingly arriving in intense bursts, sometimes more than 30 in a day
How the weirdest designs can become great paper planes
A Japanese team has created a program that can improve the craziest design for a paper plane, ensuring it has the right aerodynamics to stay aloft
Feedback: Such lightness with their fear
Cleanse a foul infected world, where the pestilence did reign, the powdering tub of alcoholic infamy, and more
Human exodus may have reached China 100,000 years ago
The standard story is that modern humans left Africa 60,000 years ago, but fossils and genetics hint that an earlier migration made it to China
What it鈥檚 like to fly passenger planes from the ground
Bob Fraser explains what it feels like to pilot a Jetstream airliner containing passengers on 800-kilometre trips from a desk
Let the sunshine in: We need Vitamin D more than ever
The sun鈥檚 rays are even more essential to health than we thought. But how do you know if you鈥檙e getting enough?
Pacific dead zone has been shrinking for a century
Global warming should cause low-oxygen zones in the ocean to expand, driving out marine animals, but a few zones may buck the trend
A million digital neurons get closer to aping a brain
Copying the brain鈥檚 structure could help build machines that are far more powerful and efficient than our current ones, say IBM researchers
Self-organising origami robot unfolds itself鈥� and walks
A flat chunk of butterfly-shaped plastic can folds itself into the shape of a four-legged robot 鈥� and simply walk away
Beijing鈥檚 coal ban may herald the end of the fuel
China鈥檚 capital plans to ban burning coal from 2020. If the rest of the energy-hungry country follows suit, peak coal production could be near
