Kids miss out on cancer drugs because of lack of trials
Cancer researchers are calling for a change to EU legislation that allows pharmaceutical companies to avoid testing promising cancer drugs for use in kids
Ant squatters help feed the trees they call home
While some ants help protect their home trees from hungry beasts, others do nothing of the sort – but they may offer a less obvious benefit to their hosts
Reservoir bats: Spreading contagion on night's wings
Hordes of deadly diseases are lurking in bats and sometimes jumping to people. Can we prevent a major pandemic?
The floating school built for Nigeria's water world
The historic Makoko water community had no roads, no land and only one school – until this award-nominated floating building took to the waves
Perils and pleasures of mood-sensing technology
What happens when we link films and music to devices that capture small changes in our emotions? Welcome to the world of reactive media, says Alexis Kirke
Seeds of life can sprout in moon's icy pockets
Cosmic rays can spark reactions in lunar ice that make the building blocks of life, suggesting it is happening on the solar system's other icy worlds too
El Niño may make 2014 the hottest year on record
Long-term weather forecasts suggest 2014 might be the hottest year since records began, as climate bad-boy El Niño seems to be preparing to rear its head
Dredging would not have stopped massive UK floods
The only way to reduce the risk of severe floods is to manage water across entire catchment areas – and possibly build artificial lagoons
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