Esports: See the greatest moment in pro gaming history
Japanese competitor Daigo Umehara pulled off an incredible series of moves in a now-legendary esports Street Fighter III match in 2004
Meet LA's wildest night stalker – it wants fresh blood
This ferocious feline isn't stalking the savannah, as you might expect: it's prowling Malibu Creek State Park, a stone's throw from Los Angeles
Rosetta probe poised to touch and taste a comet
Now that it has finally reached comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the Rosetta spacecraft is ready to help tackle the question of how Earth got its oceans
Blood test identifies people with resistant malaria
Malaria parasites are mutating to resist artemisinin, our most potent antimalarial drug. A new blood test could help build a firewall to stop its spread
Esports: Meet 'Grubby', a real pro gaming superstar
Manuel Schenkhuizen unpacks life as an esports athlete, from being watched constantly by online fans to the challenge of building a decent career
Let's rush the Ebola drug out – and be ready next time
The WHO is right to use unproven drugs against Ebola. But more dangerous novel diseases are out there, and we must be better prepared to tackle them
UK push to put warning labels on alcoholic drinks
British parliamentarians have proposed putting warnings on drinks in a manifesto of 10 measures to tackle alcohol misuse in the UK
Pole alone: The quest for a north without a south
We've never seen a magnetic north pole without its opposite number, but theory demands that these strange monopoles exist. So why don't we make one instead?
Origin of Egyptian mummies pushed back 2000 years
The oldest-known Egyptian burials appear to have been deliberately mummified, suggesting that the practice is far older than Egyptologists had thought
Small, sticky asteroids could be extra dangerous
Fast-spinning small asteroids hold together using the same, weak forces that make flour clumpy. This could make it difficult to protect Earth from them
Chile is facing yet another massive earthquake
Huge earthquakes could be on the way to Chile, after the major quake in April this year failed to relieve seismic stresses that have built up for 150 years
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