Boycott threat is headache for human brain project
Hundreds of neuroscientists say they will boycott an ambitious €1.2 billion European attempt to simulate the brain in a bust-up over funding
Virtual body-hack lets you become someone else
A new virtual reality system lets you control someone else's limbs to experience living in their body. Sandrine Ceurstemont gives it a go
Neoguri super-typhoon in Japan is El Niño harbinger
Wrinkled early Pacific typhoon has led to half a million people in Japan being advised to leave their homes – and is probably sparked by a developing El Niño
410-million-year-old arachnid crawls back to life
Open source software reconstructs the gait of one of the first land predators
We must prepare for superintelligent computers
One day we will create artificial intelligences far superior to us. Designing them wisely is the greatest challenge we face, says philosopher Nick Bostrom
Curiosity piqued: The minds behind the Mars missions
In Curiosity, Rod Pyle enthusiastically shows what it takes to build a Mars rover and places us close to the action during the famous "7 minutes of terror"
Skin's ability to 'smell' seems to help it heal itself
Skin receptors have been discovered dotted all over our skin. Rather than telling us what our skin is smelling, they seem to help us heal
Master plan hatched as African Ebola deaths pass 500
African nations have hatched a strategy to halt the world's worst outbreak of Ebola and doctors are demanding greater use of technology in the fight
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