Supercomputers make discoveries that scientists can鈥檛
No researcher could read all the papers in their field 鈥� but machines are making discoveries in their own right by mining the scientific literature
Stretchy plastics hide secret pictures
A new invisible ink that reveals secret messages when squeezed could be useful in preventing fraud
Three ways the iceman controls his immune system
The punishing exercises for mind, body and breath developed by 鈥渋ceman鈥� Wim Hof seem to give us conscious control over our immune system 鈥� here鈥檚 how he does it
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Life in Lego: how mini-figure academics went viral
Donna Yates explains how her Lego female scientists became a Twitter hit
Can we consciously control our immune system?
Work with the 鈥渋ceman鈥� Wim Hof has led intensive-care researchers Matthijs Kox and Peter Pickkers to test the power of the mind over immune responses
A glorious, comprehensive A to Z of living birds
The World of Birds by top ornithologist Jonathan Elphick gives a colourful and in-depth insight into the splendour and diversity of the avian world
Californian earthquake piles stress on dangerous fault
The magnitude-6.0 quake that hit California鈥檚 Napa Valley wasn鈥檛 the 鈥渂ig one鈥�, but it loaded stress on to the Hayward fault close to the Bay Area
The high-tech hunt for James Foley鈥檚 killer
Scotland Yard and the FBI are using voice-recognition technology and video analysis to identify the masked Islamic State member who killed a US journalist
