Tube worm lights up the undersea night with vitamin B
This is not a fight with light sabres, it's a real living phenomenon: a parchment tube worm's whole body fluoresces bright green
Is it a sloth? Is it a camel? No, it's a dinosaur
More fossilised remains of Deinocheirus, whose name means terrible hand, have been unearthed, giving clues about what these dinosaurs might have looked like
Summon the bee bots: Can flying robots save our crops?
If bees are dropping like flies, robot insects may have to pollinate our fields. Building them is a huge task, but there are other ways for robots to aid bees
The shaman's-eye view: A Yanomami verdict on us
In The Falling Sky: Words of a Yanomami shaman, Davi Kopenawa looks from the other side of the anthropological lens – and the result is a literary treasure
Kick the data secrecy habit and everyone wins
Freely available information has the power to make and save money and enhance our daily life, says Nigel Shadbolt of the Open Data Institute
Probing the past: Medical measuring tech down the ages
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Too much, too young: Should schooling start at age 7?
England and a few other countries start formal education at age 4 or 5. That's harmful and misguided, say education experts David Whitebread and Sue Bingham
Seething volcano buried under Antarctica's ice
An active volcano is rumbling away just under Antarctica's ice, which could speed the break-up of the ice sheet if it erupts
Warm your blood to track dangerous oozes
A technique that mixes sound and heat can map slow-flowing blood in surface tissues, which could help reveal tiny but dangerous clots or tumour growth
Vastly diluted bleach may have protective effect on skin
A diluted bleach bath protected mice from radiation burns and made their skin look younger and healthier
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