Blood molecule predicts success of antidepressants
People offered antidepressants could eventually benefit from a test to predict whether the drug will work for them
Elastic battery yarn could power smart clothes
A stretchy lithium-ion battery made from carbon nanotubes can be woven into smart textiles to power lights and sensors
First predator fish crushed armoured prey in its jaws
A metre-long hunter fish that lived 423 million years ago was the first fish to be a top predator, suggesting that backboned animals like us come from China
Doctors with iPads could transform hospital care
Modern medicine creates mountains of data – a suite of iPad apps called Medopad aims to integrate it all and place it in the palm of a doctor's hand
Science, not soccer, will boost Brazil
Brazil shouldn't bank on football solving its social and financial problems – science and technology are a more reliable route to success
Devil's claw looms over World Cup's armadillo mascot
Brazil's three-banded armadillos are vulnerable to extinction, because an ornamental plant from Madagascar is smothering their shrub-land home
Zoologger: The Michael Phelps of the ant world
The trap-jaw ant can swim 10 times as fast as Olympic champion Michael Phelps relative to its body size. Also, it can jump with its mouth
Goodbye big bang, hello big silence
Three contenders for the theory of everything converge on one mindblowing idea – our universe was born in a split second when nothing and nowhere was connected
Spectacular galactic collision spawns cosmic tadpole
Two colliding galaxies ripping each other slowly apart have spread a trail of new stars across the cosmos and may reveal our own celestial history
Windows bug-testing software cracks stem cell programs
How do stem cells know what tissues to become? Biologists are turning to computer programming tools to reverse-engineer the code built into our bodies
Brazilian science bids for world glory
From saving the rainforest, to developing world-leading vaccines to digging deep in the search for dark matter, Brazil's skills extend far beyond football
Wild bird flu could mutate into deadly human pandemic
The 1918 flu pandemic killed over 50 million people. Now a study of wild bird flu viruses suggests they could evolve into a new Spanish flu
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