Kew's Intoxication season: live the high life
From blue lotus to kola nut, just what does it take to get off your face in London's Kew Gardens?
Feedback: Bigger and bigger beasts
Great towering measurements, helping number the number helpers, now they know how many holes it takes… and more
Four ways you can see the multiverse
The multiverse, where every choice spawns many universes, sounds like a philosopher's fantasy, but these four experiments show it may be very real
Spacecraft duo beam back their first Mars snaps
In their first images, India's orbiter tweets a top-down view of the Red Planet while NASA's spacecraft shows four faces of Mars
Tumour traps: How to arrest cancer as it spreads
Some surgery to treat cancer can actually make it spread. But traps to mop up tumour cells as they infiltrate the body can boost chances of survival
Hotspots in India's tiger-trading network revealed
The traders in tiger parts prefer to smuggle their illegal wares via the nation's railway routes, reveals data on 40 years of poaching
Up to half of Earth's water is older than the sun
Modelling suggests much of the solar system's water comes from interstellar space, meaning many exoplanets could well have water too
Make tough tasks seem easier by zapping the brain
Can you trick yourself into feeling stronger? Yes, if you stimulate the brain in the right away
Ageing societies will be better for the planet
As lifespans rise and fertility rates fall, the ageing of Western industrial societies could help reduce carbon emissions
Cosmic inflation is dead, long live cosmic inflation!
The BICEP2 results hailed as demonstrating inflation in the early universe now seem to do the exact opposite, if they can be trusted at all
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