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Party too hard, and they'll text a friend for help. In November, MIT grad student Dhairya Dand blacked out at a party and woke up in the hospital. Some people might use that as a wake-up call to lay off the tequila shots...

Crowdfunding models like Kickstarter took off in 2012--now we'll wait and see how transformative those models are. Science and technology have utterly transformed human life in the past few generations, and forecasts of ...

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Herpes infections recur as the virus is adept at evading our defences, but a new drug that suppresses enzymes exploited by the virus seems effective

Super-aggressive grasshopper mice are not put off by the deadly venom of the scorpions they feast on - in fact, nothing much seems to scare them

The spectacular wall of sand and dust appears to block out the sun like a giant wave

Okay, we know we're a little late on this, but that's because there was so much amazing stuff to sift through! In 2012, robotic technology made some huge leaps forward. We put the world's most sophisticated planetary rov...

We can now learn what planets around other stars are made of - by looking at the atmospheres of white dwarfs that have swallowed up their worlds

Microsoft developers in the UK working with researchers from Newcastle University have recently announced an intriguing project: a wrist strap sensor that tracks finger motions in real time. Appropriately called Digits, ...

It would take a light-speed craft 4 billion years to get from one side of the group to the other. Behold, the largest structure in the universe. An international team of astronomers has discovered a large quasar group (a...

Billions of dollars spent on cancer research have yielded no great breakthrough yet. There are other ways to attack the problem, says physicist Paul Davies (full text available to subscribers)

The last nominative determinism stories, salads of gizzards and his chestnuts, Australian graduates in outer space, and more (full text available to subscribers)

The Oculus Rift promises an immersive gaming experience like no other. Niall Firth gets his head in the game and gives it a try

The Universe Within by Neil Shubin tells stories from your body about our species, planet and universe. PLUS: a cautionary tale of inspirational scientists

The makers of the ultra-precise gestural interface talk big about killing off the mouse. But it looks like more than just bluster

GmailValet aims to use crowdsourcing to give everyone a personal assistant to help deal with their emails - it could cost as little as $2 a day

A new microchip-based DNA tester can identify multiple traits of an individual at a time, even where their DNA is scarce

In an exclusive with Singularity Hub, Ray Kurzweil gave one of his first interviews since the December announcement that he joined Google full time as Director of Engineering. Speaking with Singularity Hub Founder Keith ...