Smart guns and mental health checks needed to slash gun violence
Obama has a plan but mental health campaigners are unhappy that it includes putting more information about people's mental status in the national database
Elusive narwhal babies spotted gathering at Canadian nursery
Aerial images captured by plane have found that newborn narwhals seem to congregate in a small nursery population of these mysterious one-horned animals
UK’s carbon footprint from imported food revealed for first time
Nearly two-thirds of the greenhouse gases produced in feeding the UK are now released abroad, with 18 per cent released in South America
Memory recall works twice as fast as the blink of an eye
We used to think that recalling information took about half a second. Now it seems our brains can take a short cut and access memories much faster
Women in Oregon can now get the pill over the counter
Specially trained pharmacists can now prescribe and supply hormonal contraception, a move that may help reduce unintended pregnancies
Smartwatch app detects epileptic seizures and texts a warning
After his wife had an unexpected seizure, programmer Ryan Clark wrote an app for her smartwatch to detect those characteristic movements and send a warning text
Vaping really isn’t as harmful for your cells as smoking
Findings that vaping damages cells made headlines last week, but the real message of the study was the opposite of what was mostly reported
Four new elements complete the seventh row of the periodic table
Elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 have been credited to teams in Japan, Russia and the US, who will now be able to propose names for them
Giant galaxy caught tearing apart its little neighbour
Two decades ago, astronomers caught the Milky Way shredding a dwarf galaxy. Now they've seen the same thing happening 11 million light-years away
‘Psychedelic sanctuary’ will help drug users get over bad trips
The first psychedelic drug treatment centre in the US plans to help users of LSD, magic mushrooms and other hallucinogens come to terms with their experiences