Xombie rocket lands on its feet
A commercial rocket that takes off and lands vertically, like the Apollo module, is giving space-race era navigation code an update
Dark energy could be the offspring of the Higgs boson
The famous Higgs particle could account for the existence of dark energy, in the right amount to cause the universe to fly apart at an ever-increasing rate
Solar superflares: A new danger from the sun
A blast of radiation that hit Earth in AD 775 has revealed just how violent our nearest star can be, finds Stuart Clark
Green turtle youngsters roam far and wide
Between leaving the nest and turning up as adults at foraging grounds, nothing was known about the lives of young turtles. Now genetic studies have changed that
Mouse heart beats again thanks to human stem cells
A mouse's heart, stripped of cells and rebuilt with human ones, has begun beating again in a further step towards generating human organs for transplant
South Korea bakes in extreme heat amid power cuts
Following a scandal over faked safety certificates, South Korea has shut down several nuclear reactors – just when its citizens need air conditioning
Genetic switch to guard against escaped 'superviruses'
An inserted section of microRNA could prevent modified influenza viruses from infecting people if they ever escaped from the lab
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