Air drops get water filters and chargers to Iraq refugees
Emergency supplies including food, power sources and water filters have been dropped over the Sinjar mountains of Iraq for the stranded Yazidi
Proof confirmed of 400-year-old fruit-stacking problem
A long-awaited computer-verified proof could unlock new human-computer maths collaborations
Brain regeneration: Crayfish turn blood into neurons
Crayfish have a 鈥渘ursery鈥� in their heads where blood cells transform into neurons 鈥� the process may one day help us to regenerate our own brain cells
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My recreational drugs can defeat organised crime
Anonymous drug designer Dr Z says prohibitionist policies don鈥檛 work. Instead, we should provide legal mind-altering drugs to improve society
Snap-happy space fans deserve quick pics
Space agencies hoarding exciting new images from space probes doesn鈥檛 help science
Ancient life forms fed through fractal arms
For 40 million years, fern-like organisms called rangeomorphs ruled the world, because their branching bodies made them perfect diffusion feeders
Get Hubble out of trouble: How you can rescue an icon
Earthlings, here鈥檚 how you can save the Hubble space telescope from plunging to a fiery death and enjoy 10 more years of spectacular images
Machine predicts heart attacks 4 hours before doctors
Training an algorithm on hospital visit data allows it to tell if a patient is likely to go into cardiac or respiratory arrest
Runners in Alaska cover nearly 600 miles in six days
Marathons have nothing on these athletes, who pushed themselves to the limits of human endurance
Sea of selfies 鈥� social media鈥檚 monoculture threat
Social media鈥檚 just fun, right? No, says a new art exhibition: tweets and selfies are creating monoculture, an online equivalent to crops like rape seed
