The odd couple: Can bioengineering protect nature?
A blind date between world-weary conservationists and starry-eyed synthetic biologists could be the start of a life-saving relationship. Jessica Griggs reports
Reality TV robot could be first private Mars lander
Mars One wants to put a human colony on the Red Planet as part of a TV show, but first it will send a robotic lander to scope things out
Towering imagination of a polymath architect-engineer
Crossover by Cecil Balmond blends maths, engineering, art and architecture and adds a dash of mythology. The result is an interdisciplinary masterpiece
Coldest place on Earth tucked in Antarctic ice pocket
Small dips in the snow atop the Antarctic plateau have set new records for the coldest ever surface temperature on Earth, a distinctly chilly -93.2 °C
Relapse of 'cured' men shows HIV is far from beaten
Two men who came off their antiviral medication earlier this year are taking their drugs again following the reappearance of the virus
Freak Canadian storm has nothing on Martian weather
This rare sight may be a storm-chaser's dream, but even the swirling vortices in this angry sky are insubstantial when compared with weather on the Red Planet
Alien life could have basked in big bang's afterglow
The cosmic radiation that existed about 15 million years after the big bang could have made the whole universe warm enough to support life
Skin pigment could power safe, implantable battery
A battery created by packing sodium ions in among melanin molecules could be used in medical implants that are safe to swallow
The 19 superbugs that rule Earth's hidden depths
Deep inside Earth's crust, the same kinds of microorganism are found wherever we look. Nobody knows how they became so widespread
Drones turned into zombies using an easy Wi-Fi hack
A Californian hacker has shown just how simple it can be to use a quadcopter to hijack the control signal of another drone and take control of its flight
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