Space lander of the future takes fiery flight
Last year it crashed and burned, but this time the Morpheus lander aced its first successful untethered flight on a jet of fire
Duck-billed dinosaur had rooster-like cock comb
The skeleton of a duck-billed dinosaur, Edmontosaurus regalis, unearthed in Canada, has a never-before-seen crest atop its skull
Nature more than nurture determines exam success
Genetics influences academic achievement more than upbringing, suggests a study on twins. We find out what this means for our education systems
Fresh air and sunshine: The forgotten antibiotics
Florence Nightingale knew about them. Your grandparents might have known about them. So why have doctors turned their backs on these two potent germ killers?
First water plume seen firing from Jupiter moon Europa
The discovery strengthens the case that Europa has a liquid ocean beneath its icy crust, and even offers a way to sample these alien seas
Want to fix US inequality? Begin with worming tablets
President Obama says he's declared war on inequality in the US – he should include a drive against the tropical diseases afflicting the nation's poor
Police could use radio waves to bring cars to a halt
Devices that fire microwave blasts, scrambling cars' onboard computers, could soon allow the authorities to rein in suspect vehicles
NASA cash changes leave planet science up in the air
The Curiosity Mars mission's successes make it a strange time for NASA to make funding changes that risk the careers of a generation of planetary scientists
How do you control a spermbot? Try a magnetic field
Tiny hybrid robots could shepherd individual sperm to eggs to help fertilisation, or to deliver targeted doses of drugs
Grow a new brain: First steps to lab-made grey matter
Make a gelatin scaffold, add a pinch of brain tissue with the cells removed, followed by stem cells – and watch the neurons grow
Physical keys could take away the pain of passwords
If you can't remember all your passwords, take heart: hardware tokens that can't be cloned will soon offer secure access to your digital life
Eye-tracker lets you drag and drop files with a glance
A device that keeps an eye on what you're looking at could one day make transferring files between devices as easy as shifting your gaze
3D-printed skull simulates sensations of brain surgery
Layers of stretchy skin, hard bone and jelly-like tumour in this 3D-printed model skull give surgeons an experience that feels just like the real thing
America's hidden epidemic of tropical diseases
Millions of US citizens suffer from neglected tropical diseases that most doctors there have barely heard of, linked to both poverty and the warming climate
Play video games to help military secure its software
Five video games created for the US military's research agency get players spotting coding errors and holes that hackers could wriggle into
Diet switch sparks gut bug revolution in just 24 hours
Microbes in the gut change rapidly after a move to diets based purely on animals or plants. The finding could aid efforts to fine-tune diets to boost health
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