Opioid crisis: powerful but non-addictive drug could replace morphine
An opioid drug that is 100 times more effective at providing pain relief than morphine has no apparent addictive properties in monkeys
CERN’s mini particle accelerator could finally smash apart electrons
We’ve never accelerated electrons to high enough energies to smash them apart before, but a new machine at the home of the Large Hadron Collider is a step towards doing so
Is studying your gut bacteria key to good health or a waste of money?
Forget your own genome – now you can pay to sequence the DNA of the microbes in your gut and get advice on which foods to eat for better health
Humans have shaped the Serengeti’s ecosystems since the Stone Age
Remains of dung from 3700 years ago reveal how it was nomadic herders, not nature, that seeded the Serengeti’s unique ecosystems
Why an orbiting moon station is the worst idea of the new space age
US Vice President Mike Pence says a habitable base orbiting the moon will be built and in use by 2024. It's a pointless distraction, warns Mars Society president Robert Zubrin
Ebola outbreak has killed 75 in the Democratic Republic of Congo
There has been an uptick in deaths caused by the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, bringing the death count for the current outbreak up to 75
Subtle patterns in your typing could reveal early signs of Parkinson’s
How you type could reveal early signs of Parkinson’s disease, including subtle tremors, before serious changes in the brain have occurred
Facebook bans Myanmar’s military leader in unprecedented move
Facebook has banned top military accounts in Myanmar, including the commander-in-chief's. This is the first time it has banned a country's military or political leaders
We dream even when under general anaesthetic
When we're under general anaesthesia, we are still internally conscious and we even have dreams, but we don't remember them because anaesthesia gives us amnesia
Genoan bridge collapse shows the importance of structural redundancy
Signs Genoa’s Morandi motorway bridge needed repair were ignored or missed, but its initial structure didn’t have enough built-in fail-safes anyway