Poisonous orange mini-frogs discovered in Brazilian forest
They are some of the smallest vertebrates on land, but seven species discovered in cloud forests in Brazil could already be under threat from climate change
First evidence of how parents鈥� lives could change children鈥檚 DNA
A process that wipes egg and sperm cells clean misses some genes out, explaining how your bad habits may affect the DNA of your children and grandchildren
Artificial DNA can evolve to expertly pick out cancer cells
Fake DNA letters designed in the lab can be coaxed to bind only to cancer cells. This means we could home in on the tumour cells and kill them
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In so many words: How to ride the space-wind to the stars
If you want to go to another world, one of the biggest problems is how to power your space-car. One idea is to catch the light from the sun
It鈥檚 fun to play 鈥榳hat if鈥� with Ubble but will it boost health?
Ten kids instead of three? That鈥檚 one year gone. The UK Biobank death predictor tells you if your life expectancy matches your age, but not how to extend it
Auto twitcher recognises different bird songs even when noisy
Artificial intelligence that recognises a wide variety of different types of birdsong is a boon for conservationists
Female 鈥淰iagra鈥� could be approved today: what you need to know
The first drug to treat low sexual desire in women may get approved in the US today. Find out why not everyone is rooting for it
Unregulated faecal transplants could squander gut-bug promise
The case for using gut bugs to cure diseases is strong, but transplanting gut microbes for diseases that there鈥檚 no proof it helps risks halting medicine鈥檚 march
Find out how likely you are to die in the next five years
Aged 40 to 70? An online questionnaire can predict your fate. And it seems walking pace and the number of cars you own are more revealing than body weight
An impossible, unethical experiment, but fascinating all the same
It would be unacceptable to leave 100 children on an island to see how they grow up. But that doesn鈥檛 mean we can鈥檛 use science to guess what would happen
Doctors call for faecal transplant regulation as concerns mount
Gut bug swaps are being used for a widening group of illnesses 鈥� but a 快猫短视频 investigation reveals that many doctors are worried about side effects
Island of wild children: Would they learn to be human?
100 babies. No adults. One island. Without language, culture or tools, what would they become and how would their own children evolve?
Mummified noblewoman kept her husband鈥檚 heart in a lead locket
An exceptionally preserved mummy is giving insight into the medical history and life of a 17th century woman
World鈥檚 first biolimb: Rat forelimb grown in the lab
The growth of a rat forelimb grown in the lab offers hope that one day amputees may receive fully functional, biological replacement limbs
Pluto鈥檚 strange family of moons are locked in a mysterious waltz
Three of Pluto鈥檚 four small moons are moving in step, and the fourth looks darker than the rest 鈥� creating a puzzle as to how they formed
