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
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
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
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?
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
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Spiders on the rail of malaria, the return of Google Glass, the revival of Galapagos penguins, and more
Hawaii astronomy meeting glosses over telescope controversy
As 3000 astronomers descend on Hawaii, protesters fighting a planned telescope are arrested on Mauna Kea. Yet the meeting will barely discuss the issue
Vapourised superglue helps lift fingerprint from gun trigger
Despite what you see on TV, gun triggers are some of the most difficult places to find fingerprints – but a team in Italy has done it, thanks to superglue spray
UK to build world’s first power plant with negative emissions
The largest power plant in the UK wants to burn wood and bury carbon emissions under the North Sea, sucking CO2 out of the air. Can it really do it?
