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A freak set of weather events led to tropical storm Etau dumping record amounts of rainfall, but climate change may have played a part too

People who eat too much become resistant to their own insulin and can develop diabetes. A binge-eating experiment suggests that oxidative stress may be to blame

It's another shot in the black hole wars – a Nobel laureate has a counterpoint to Stephen Hawking's new solution to the black hole information paradox

Solar systems with habitable planets seem to be made of different stuff to our sun, meaning alien worlds probably aren't like Earth, a new study suggests

The new leader of the Labour Party supports action on climate change, and has created a shadow minister for mental health – but he fails on some issues

Based in Malaysia, a new networking platform lets users advertise goods and services and shares any proceeds with others who reshare and like their posts

US ruling says that pesticide use was approved on the basis of "flawed and limited" data, which some campaigners hope will turn the tide against neonicotinoids

There's evidence that resveratrol, found in red wine, may stabilise Alzheimer's disease – but at strong doses equivalent to 1000 bottles a day

Scientists are studying the best-ever pictures of the mysterious bright spots on the dwarf planet this week, but we still don't know what they are

Snow on the Sierra Nevada mountains, whose melt supplies a third of California's water reservoirs, has hit a 500-year low