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Wi-Fi by balloon; hitchhiking robot comes to a bad end; drone superhighways
Mutation alert halts stem cell trial to cure blindness
The first ever trial of reprogrammed stem cells is put on hold while scientists investigate whether the procedure caused a potentially cancerous mutation
Ebola vaccine success: Race is now on to protect those at risk
It took just one year to prove the new vaccine works. Now, how soon can those who need it get jabs?
Why music makes us feel good: It releases brain’s painkillers
Naturally occurring opioids make sex and drugs feel good. Now it seems they can also explain music's beneficial effects on pain and well-being
Zoologger: The giant sea spider that sucks life out of its prey
The unusual creatures of Antarctica's Southern Ocean are all legs and no body, with a long probos-cis to suck up their soft-bodied prey, such as jellyfish
Giant old galaxies, not Milky Ways, are best for life to thrive
Looking at how quickly stars form can nail down the galaxies that should be best for life – and our own doesn't come out on top
Facebook unveils drone for beaming internet access from the sky
Last week, the tech giant unveiled Aquila, the drone it hopes will help underdeveloped countries get online
Humans accidentally created hidden carbon sink in the desert
The salty aquifers beneath deserts may be storing more carbon than all living plants put together, according to new data from arid regions of China
Brazil’s resettlement of farmers has driven Amazon deforestation
More than a million people have been given land in the Amazon area since the 1970s, causing 13.5 per cent of all deforestation there
