Vegetarian orang-utans eat world's cutest animal
When fruit gets scarce for Sumatran orang-utans, some adopt an unusual coping strategy: they hunt slow lorises
Singing mummy found in Valley of the Kings
The first mummy not linked to the ancient Egyptian royal families has been discovered in the Valley of the Kings - a 3000-year-old singer
Death by helium for cosmos-mapping Planck observatory
The last of the spacecraft tasked with measuring the big bang's echo has run out of liquid coolant, effectively ending the mission
Math in a Minute: How to create a spaghetti monster
Watch a chaotic mathematical structure take shape from a single knot
The rationality and repercussions of Instinct
Matthew Maguire's new play explores the collision of scientific reasoning and human instinct
Cruise ships shouldn't capsize so fast, says union
A maritime union is leading calls for the redesign of cruise liners after the fatal capsizing of the Costa Concordia
Bitcoin online currency gets new job in web security
The once-trendy virtual currency is being repurposed to secure e-voting systems and circumvent internet censorship
Retina cell growth measured by lasers
The cone cells in the retina grow 24 times faster than fingernails, a laser-based measuring approach finds
Blood test on mother detects fetus's sex at five weeks
A test for the presence of male fetal DNA in early pregnancy identifies sex of a baby with complete accuracy
How many languages can one person speak?
Michael Erard sets out on the trail of hyperpolyglots in Babel No More: The search for the world's most extraordinary language learners
Wikipedia to shut for 24 hours over US anti-piracy laws
The online encyclopedia will take action alongside other high-profile websites by blacking out its pages on Wednesday
FDA bans some - but not all - farmyard antibiotics
The US Food and Drug Administration has restricted the farmyard use of antibiotics to prevent livestock illness, for fear that they may generate superbugs
China set to launch first caps on CO2 emissions
In preparation for future national markets in greenhouse gas emissions, China has ordered seven provinces and cities to set absolute caps on emissions
Roaming quakes: is New York or London due a big one?
Lurking clusters of seismic energy could explain why large earthquakes have occurred where we least expected them
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