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'Magic mushrooms' reduce anxiety over cancer
The active chemical in magic mushroom has been shown to lessen anxiety and improve mood in people with late-stage cancer
What can deliver snakebite medicine where it's needed?
Snakebites kill hundreds of thousands, so the scarcity of proper treatment is a global tragedy. Time to bring in the law, say Nick Brown and Dev Kevat
Locust brains could thwart superbug plagues
Extracts from the brains of locusts and cockroaches can kill superbugs such as MRSA – new antibiotics could follow
Humans with monkeypox virus cases rocket
A 20-fold jump in the number of humans with a smallpox-related virus in Congo has provoked a call to assess its global threat
Nano-engineered cotton promises to wipe out water bugs
Cotton impregnated with silver nanowires and carbon nanotubes could provide a cheap and effective method of purifying water in remote locations