- Which glaciers are the biggest? Scientists finally have an answer – The world’s record holders are in Antarctica, regardless of how ‘glacier’ is defined.
- First space rock found inside Venus’s orbit — and it’s jumbo-sized – An asteroid that travels inside the orbit of Venus probably wandered there from further afield.
- Stretchy synthetic nerve helps mice give ball a mighty kick -Device can bridge a nerve damaged by motor-neuron disease or spinal-cord injury.
- Mosquitoes sniff out humans with super-smelling neurons – The biting insects have an odour-sensing set-up superior to that of many other animals.
- Mount Everest’s harsh heights shelter a rich array of life – Scraps of DNA show that living things of all kinds thrive in the thin air above 4,000 metres.
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