Renewable energy to eclipse gas by 2016
The International Energy Agency projects that power from renewables will soon exceed that from gas, but some analysts say gas will be tough to phase out
Global crackdown seizes fake drugs worth $41 million
An Interpol campaign has netted 9.9 million doses of counterfeit pharmaceuticals offered online, including fake antibiotics and cancer drugs
Flowery return for China's longest-lasting astronauts
Three astronauts have thumped down after a fortnight in space – nothing special, but China's slow and steady approach may yet put it ahead in the space race
Is missing 'partial' neutrino a boson in disguise?
The Goldstone boson, a particle proposed in the 1960s, may be masquerading as a fraction of a neutrino. If so, it could tell us a lot about dark matter
Electric Avenue: When the people have the power
Just how do we go about making our power grids smart and flexible enough to handle people generating their own electricity from renewable sources?
Inflatable arm will soften up anti-bomb robot
Replacing a cumbersome metal arm with an inflatable limb will lighten up PackBot, iRobot's rugged anti-bomb robot, making it faster, safer and cheaper
Zoologger: Invasion of the sleepy raccoon dogs
If you live in Europe, expect to see plenty of tanukis in the next few decades – these east-Asian canids are spreading rapidly
Overprotection may be hampering hunt for Mars life
Sterilisation measures for spacecraft are so restrictive that we are wasting too much money in our missions to the Red Planet, argues a pair of Mars scientists
Human-animal hybrids mean boom time for bioethicists
Ethical concerns about work on chimeras are serious, but they shouldn't doom the idea of growing human organs in animals
Bloodhound robot navigates by its sense of smell
A robot that homes in on odour sources could sniff out dangerous chemicals or pinpoint a fire
Don't stop stockpiling Tamiflu
The campaign against Roche's controversial anti-flu drug is not based on the best available evidence
Echoes in the brain open a window on yesterday
Traces of intense mental work can be found a day later in the brain's activity patterns, raising the future possibility of mind-reading what you did yesterday
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