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
AI football manager knows how different teams play the game
Professional sports coaches rely on good data and good intuition, but increasingly they are also getting help from computers
Gene therapy cures blindness by replacing vision cells in eyes
Blind mice with destroyed retinas ran away from a swooping owl after treatment reprogrammed different cells in their eyes to detect light
Extreme weather could trigger frequent global food shocks
By 2050 a once in a century crop failure event is expected to happen once every 10 years, sending shock waves through the world's food systems
Rosetta sees sparks as comet 67P reaches closest approach to sun
The European Space Agency's comet team are celebrating perihelion, the day when comet 67P swings around the sun, taking Rosetta along for the ride
Mystery of Australia’s five-legged animals cracked
The need to hop fast in open habitats seems to have driven the evolution of an odd habit in some of Australia's iconic marsupials, they use their tail as a fifth leg
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
Fish oil pills may help teenagers stave off schizophrenia
Young people with early signs of schizophrenia may benefit from taking fish oils, which were found to reduce the risk of psychosis developing by 75 per cent
Iron-age Britons engaged in mysterious pig trotter festivals
The discovery of thousands of bones at a site near Cardiff suggests massive bring-your-own-pig festivals helped Britons deal with the collapse of Bronze Age
Iodine supplements might raise the UK’s IQ, but jury still out
An analysis of pregnant women has suggested that children's IQ would rise if mothers-to-be took iodine supplements, but others question the benefits
