Tumour-killing virus could stop a childhood eye cancer and save vision
A virus that kills cancer cells could save the vision of children who have a rare eye cancer and often require eye removal surgery
Powerful whole-species gene editing tool fails first tests in mice
A gene drive for mice could be very useful for studying diseases, but does not work nearly well enough to work as a tool for eliminating invasive rodents
All you want to know about fatbergs but are too disgusted to ask
Huge lumps of fat and waste keep appearing in sewers, particularly in the UK – are they really on the rise, or are we just paying more attention?
Algorithm that can see around corners could help autonomous cars
An algorithm can reconstruct images that are hidden behind a wall. It may help autonomous cars spot hazards before they come into view
To feed 11 billion people, we must share crop seeds as a common good
Patent-free seeds can diversify our food supply and fight climate change, say Johannes Kotschi and Bernd Horneburg
Megawave recreated in the lab looks just like Hokusai’s Great Wave
Researchers have recreated the first recorded rogue wave, a monstrous wall of water that appears without warning, and it looks like Hokusai's Great Wave
Exclusive: 600-million-year old blobs are earliest animals ever found
Fossils in China suggest that that some of the first animals in existence may have been carnivorous comb jellies similar to some species that still exist today
Chinese army AI can track people across different CCTV cameras
The Chinese army has made an AI system that can track people across different sources of CCTV with around 90 per cent accuracy
Africans may have crossed the Strait of Gibraltar 4000 years ago
Genetic analysis suggests ancient people from sub-Saharan Africa may have crossed the Strait of Gibraltar into Spain 1300 years earlier than we thought
Common vaccine may protect children from developing type 1 diabetes
Children who received a vaccine for a common virus that attacks insulin-producing cells in the pancreas have shown lower rates of type 1 diabetes