Editor's choice
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Science Weekly podcast: Dr Kevin Fong on the body under extremes
Audio (39min 55sec) Kevin Fong discusses his new book Extremes about the connection between the human capacity to explore extreme environments and medical understanding of our physiology
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New wave of 'superbugs' poses dire threat, says chief medical officer
Warning over rising death toll as antibiotics fail to tackle rising incidence of 'gram negative' bacterial diseases
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Derek Geldart obituary
Professor of chemical engineering whose Geldart Fluidisation Diagram is used worldwide
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Tooth replacement in prospect after scientists grow teeth from mouse cells
Researchers say hybrid of human gum cells and mouse stem cells raises possibility of growing new teeth on patient's jaw
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Scientists find new kind of bacterial life in hidden Antarctic lake
Mysterious organism is discovered in samples from Lake Vostok, buried under two miles of ice
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2013 Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize
Tim Radford on science writing: 'Don't be afraid to ask simple questions'
Our blog to accompany the 2013 Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize asks top science writers about their craft. First up, former Guardian science editor Tim Radford