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Surface oil slick from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Credit: Andreas Teske, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Can We Harness Bacteria to Help Clean Up Future Oil Spills?

Nina Dombrowski and Brett J. Baker 23/06/2016

With a better understanding of how human intervention affects...

A nanotechnology laboratory. Credit: wilfolsom/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Why India Needs Nanotechnology Regulation Before it is Too Late

Prateek Sibal 23/06/2016

For us to fully harness the advances made in...

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NASA’s Retro Mars-Recruitment Posters Call for Explorers

The Wire Staff 22/06/2016

A new series of posters from NASA exhorts people...

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Controversy Over How Indian Brick Kilns Clean up Their Act

Darryl D'Monte 22/06/2016

Brick kilns in India, a big source of greenhouse...

Ramanujan, centre, with his colleagues in Trinity College. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Infinite in All Directions: Ramanujan’s Genius, Kali’s Oracle, and the Sociology of Astronomy

Vasudevan Mukunth 21/06/2016

Infinite in All Directions is our new science newsletter....

All it takes is that you ask the right question, and go about answering it the right way. Credit: lwpkommunikacio/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Crosstalk: Can Anyone Be a Scientist?

Sunil Laxman 20/06/2016

That ancient human drive to wonder about what might...

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Why Are So Many of Us Over-Sensitive?

Emma Young 19/06/2016

When a gentle glow feels like a spotlight and...