Shock therapy and surgery saving California’s threatened condors
Electric shock training and surgery are starting to pay off for the teams fighting to save one of the world's largest birds
Zoologger: Disco clam’s light show is all about stayin’ alive
They have 40 eyes, change sex as they grow and flash constantly. Now we're starting to figure out why these flamboyant molluscs put on their light show
Shattered Stone-Age bones expose world’s oldest mass torture
Grim find of 26 mutilated bodies in Germany is earliest evidence of mass torture, challenging the view of rural harmony among early Europeans
Mystery of Australia’s five-legged animals cracked
The need to hop fast in open habitats seems to have driven the evolution of unusual habit of using their tail as a fifth leg in some of Australia's iconic marsupials
E-spliff on sale in UK designed to relieve pain minus the high
A device called MediPen is said to contain hemp oil imbued with 20 per cent cannabidiol – the compound thought to be responsible for weed's health benefits
High-energy LHC plans held up by UFOs and electron clouds
Researchers pushing the Large Hadron Collider to its limits say engineering difficulties will cut short the amount of physics data gathered this year
‘Big Farmer’ firms plan pesticides to manipulate gene expression
Crop sprays that turn off pest genes without altering the plant's genome could be the first in a new generation of pesticides that circumvent GM regulations
Suicidal behaviour predicted by blood test showing gene changes
Variations in gene activity seem to indicate when someone is considering suicide. A test for it could save lives – and shake up psychiatry
Female ‘Viagra’ has been approved: Here’s what you need to know
The first drug to treat low sexual desire in women has been approved in the US. Find out why not everyone is rooting for it
Nice spiders finish last – and seal the fate of the colony
The giant silken cities built by Anelosimus studiosus spiders collapse more rapidly if the colony's inhabitants are not aggressive enough
