The Politics of Flood Forecasting

Can better cross-border co-operation and collaboration save lives in South Asia’s floods?

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Sustainable Farming

Is genetic modification and organic farming the solution for sustainable food production?

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How Climate Change Leads to Violence

The connection between climate change and conflict, from riots to rape and large scale war

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The Viral Threat

A new type of Bird Flu passes between people, but should scientists experiment with it?

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Biofuel Bonanza

Why a gene controlling woody material in plants may hold the key to future energy

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Arsenic Poisoning

Mapping and monitoring arsenic in water in Chinese wells

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Growing a Brain in a Dish

Human brain culture developed in a dish gives insight into the brain disorder microcephaly

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Gut Microbes Slim Mice

Scientists show bacteria from humans invade obese mice and slim them down

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Stem Cells in Living Animals

Scientists have reprogrammed adult cells into stem cells inside living animals

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Methane on Mars?

Methane could indicate microbial life on Mars - if it is there

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Water on Mars

Soil on Mars could supply drinking water for future explorers

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Supervolcanoes on Mars

Could the Eden Patera structure found on Mars indicate supervolcanic activity?

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Elements for Life in a Faraway Solar System

Astronomers find water and rock present in a dying solar system 150 light years away

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Primate Communication

New understanding in primate communication

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Australian Bush Fires

Why are the Australian bush fires so intense?

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Origins of SARS

Researchers have found strong evidence that the SARS virus originated in bats

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Asteroid Hit Rate Underestimated

Meteors of similar size to the Chelyabinsk event may strike Earth more frequently

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Typhoon Haiyan: Victim Identification

Forensic DNA matching could help identify victims of Typhoon Haiyan

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Extra-terrestrial Neutrinos

Antarctic detector buried two kilometres under ice has captured 28 'intergalactic events'

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Bananas in Peril

Could the deadly Panama disease affecting banana crops worldwide create a shortage?

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Ancient Human DNA Recovered

Human DNA from 400,000 years ago is recovered from ancient remains

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Earth and Planetary Science

Highlights from the American Geophysical Union’s science meeting

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Music and Intelligence

Do music lessons make children more intelligent? We question the scientific evidence

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Best of 2013: The Natural World

Coffee and bananas in peril, and electric bees and wild pollinators

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Space: 2013 and Beyond

With the confirmation of water on the Red Planet, what next in the hunt for Martian life?

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Colour of Ancient Reptiles

How the pigments of ancient marine reptiles are giving clues to their behaviour

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Understanding Cyber Attacks

The mathematical formula that could aid defence of online systems and help policy makers

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Rosetta Probe Awakes

The Rosetta deep space probe wakes after a deep slumber

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New Type of Stem Cell

A cheap and simple way to make stem cells

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Mount Sinabung

Why are the pyroclastic flows on Mount Sinabung so deadly?

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