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IAEA calls for mutated supercrops to feed world's hungry

A Triffid a day keeps starvation away

2 Dec 12:31

Zoo's polar bear breeding plan scuppered by girl-on-girl

Male actually female, staff belatedly note

27 Nov 13:29

Boffins crack secret of dolphins' aquatic prowess

Matter of simply being extremely strong, apparently

25 Nov 09:49

Roachzilla menaces Florida

Lizard owners fingered for monster cockroach threat

18 Nov 10:01

World's first AI birth achieved using frozen rhino sperm

Horny Colchester perissodactyl in Budapest triumph

13 Nov 14:24

GooFlu searches for sickness

Google tells you when to get sick

12 Nov 13:01

Philips pops out the drug packing iPill

Take one of these computers with a glass of water

12 Nov 12:07

Boffin finds gene for coke addiction

Boring sniffler? It's not your fault

11 Nov 12:52

DARPA inks $2m deal for vat-grown artificial blood tech

'Blood pharming' to replace US troops' spilt claret

11 Nov 12:12

Doctor debuts field-tested brainwave comms kit

Mind over matter

Reg Hardware 6 Nov 10:24

London drum-maker dies of inhalation anthrax

Fatal percussion

3 Nov 10:42

Relocated Oz croc menaces tourist beaches

Find this reptile, and make it snappy

31 Oct 12:58

London anthrax case man 'seriously ill'

Imported drum skins likely source of infection

30 Oct 16:00

Dawkins' atheist ad campaign hits fundraising target

All aboard the 'there's probably no God' bus

21 Oct 12:00

NZ chaps' sperm not quite up to scratch

'Worrying' decline in protokids per millilitre

20 Oct 13:55

Newcastle men dodge post-bog handwash

Researchers sniff out UK's dirtiest mitts

15 Oct 10:20

Alien crustaceans clash claws in UK waterways

Signal crayfish battle Chinese mitten crabs for freshwater supremacy

15 Oct 09:20

Black widows: Coming soon to a kitchen sink near you

Arachnid invasion threatens UK

14 Oct 11:46

Texan boffins working on electric cyber-heart

Yes! It's the pulseless heart!

13 Oct 15:29

Seagoing slime-skimmer snail ships punted

Ooze cruisers suggested for US Navy

13 Oct 12:29

Radiation warning for low-energy lightbulbs

UV emissions could be danger

10 Oct 10:22

Fish snapped snacking at 4,200 fathoms

'Absolutely amazing footage' from the hadal depths

7 Oct 14:30

In-body electric eel tech to make 'leccy from body fat

mp3 charger name forecast: iSingTheBodyElectric™

6 Oct 13:19

Melamine, poisons and the misappliance of science

The takeaways from rogue Chinese food additives

6 Oct 11:49

DARPA seeks ultrasonic auto-scab tourniquets

'Deep Bleeder' sonar medicuff deal inked

2 Oct 07:02

Boffin brews up 'Jurassic Park' beer

Extracts yeast from amber-clad ancient weevil

24 Sep 10:00

Royal Society says goodbye to creationism row vicar

So long and thanks for all the fish

17 Sep 09:31

Scientists study near-death sensations

Just put Leonard Cohen on shuffle

16 Sep 11:19

Royal Society: Schools should show creationism 'respect'

Updated It's not as bad as it seems

12 Sep 11:05

Press proves immune to FBI's anthrax corrective

Facts bounce off the conspiracy theories

11 Sep 13:12

Literacy leads to happiness and luuurv

Single man? You probably can't read this then, you sad loser

11 Sep 13:11

Chinese lorry-crash bee swarm kills six

Truck sheds hives, with fatal results

11 Sep 11:52

US boffins develop self cleaning gecko-foot glue

Gecko-techo toy frenzy around the corner?

11 Sep 10:40

Boffins use heartbeat to thwart wireless implant hack

Chinese cardiac crypto

5 Sep 12:33

Scottish beavers (and Cali cacti) get their chips

The fluffier face of tracking

4 Sep 09:39

Joss-sticks increase cancer risk: Official

Scientists issue incense fug health warning

26 Aug 14:35

Wind turbines put bats under (low) pressure

Scientists probe barotrauma fatalities

26 Aug 14:09

Grazing cattle display animal magnetism

Bodies align to north-south axis

26 Aug 09:46

Prof says fatties a bigger menace than bin Laden

Big-boned deserve 42 days without cake

14 Aug 13:37

US says the next war will be all in our minds

Neuroscientists, anthropologists take to the trenches

14 Aug 13:14

Profs: Teacher-student relationships key to sex education

Do stand so close to me, if so inclined

5 Aug 11:30

US woman celebrates cloning of 'precious Booger'

Five pit bull puppies from frozen dog's ear

5 Aug 10:54

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