Handheld scanner divines how nutritious your food really is
20 September 2017
Climate change and soil degradation are depleting the nutrients in crops, but now a scanner can analyse grain to help farmers mitigate problems as it grows
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The closest star system may be home to a stolen star and planet
20 September 2017
Proxima b, the closest exoplanet to Earth, may have been captured along with its star instead of born in the dangerous three-star system where it now lives
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20 September 2017
The sound of light, a dirty cleaner, record-breaking heat and more
Cassini ends its 20-year mission by slamming into Saturn
20 September 2017
To avoid contaminating Saturn's two icy moons – now key targets in the hunt for life – Cassini was sent plummeting into the planet as its fuel ran out
Human embryos genetically edited in the UK for the first time
20 September 2017
The CRISPR technique was used to confirm a gene's key role in early human development, building knowledge that could help tackle fertility problems
The nuclear stalemate is crumbling – what are our options?
20 September 2017
The two-party game theory of the cold war doesn't work any more – time for a new approach
Gravity may be created by strange flashes in the quantum realm
20 September 2017
A model of how wave forms of quantum systems collapse reveals a way they could create gravitational fields, and perhaps even reconcile two pillars of physics
Kids everywhere have damaging gender stereotyping set by age 10
20 September 2017
Global study reveals that gender stereotypes become ingrained in "tween" years, leading to life-long health consequences - particularly for girls
Tool-wielding monkeys push local shellfish to edge of extinction
19 September 2017
Long-tailed macaques on an island in Thailand are doing such a good job of cracking shellfish with stone tools, they are driving down their prey's numbers and body size
Lightning storms triggered by exhaust from cargo ships
19 September 2017
The world's busiest shipping lanes have twice as many bolts of lightning as nearby areas, and ships pumping soot into the air seem to be responsible
