Young blood to be used in ultimate rejuvenation trial
In California, people with Alzheimer's will be given transfusions of young blood to see if improves their cognition – there's good reason to hope it might
How many motors can NASA cram on its fryer-oil flier?
NASA's grease-fuelled hybrid aircraft seems to have been inspired by a magical movie car
Crowd-control policing in the US is stuck in riot mode
Protest policing in the US adheres to outdated, aggressive tactics that only deepen tensions. There is a better way, says Michael Bond
Spot ET's waste heat for chance to find alien life
A new approach to the search for intelligent aliens looks for the heat from galaxy-spanning technology – and may have found some promising candidates
Nearby galaxy may be victim of dark matter hit-and-run
A massive hole in a small spiral galaxy may have been punched by a huge "subhalo" of dark matter – and the same thing may have happened to the Milky Way
Echo of Soviet Union's fall in nations' heart health
In Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, men in their early fifties are more likely to die of heart disease than French men 20 years older – but it's getting better
How daydreaming can help you beat information overload
Life is throwing ever more information our way. But there are simple tracks that can help us cope, says neuroscientist Daniel Levitin
Just how rare is intelligent life in the universe?
Although intelligent life may exist on other planets, The Copernicus Complex by Caleb Scharf argues that Earth will still be special after all
Otherworldly view of a giant Californian wildfire
Long exposure gives an ethereal view of fires raging across Yosemite National Park, where drought and a hot summer have created unprecedented conditions
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