Sleeping daredevil: The first dream hacker
Modern dream research has a lot to learn from the century-old exploits of an eccentric French marquis, finds David Robson
Cosmic explorer Gaia embarks on star-mapping mission
Gaia, the European Space Agency's latest space telescope, blasted off aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket from French Guiana this morning
2013 review: Zoologger's 11 coolest animals
Zoologger is our weekly column highlighting extraordinary animals – and occasionally other organisms – from around the world. Here are this year's best
2013 review: The year in space
An exploding meteor, twin water worlds, India's Mars probe and the first interstellar traveller are among this year's space highlights
There's no resting place for the human race
This year, many fixed points in the human condition have begun to look distinctly movable
Flu vaccine helps unravel complex causes of narcolepsy
The link between a strange sleep disorder and a swine flu vaccine has been found, raising hopes of safer vaccines and an insight into autoimmune disease
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