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Martin Cooper, former VP at Motorola, likely didn't appreciate the full significance of making the world's first cell phone call in 1973, but 40 years later, mobile technology is an unstoppable force, poised to transform...

Ovarian cells grown in an algal capsule could provide a replacement for sex hormones without the side effects of traditional HRT

Magnetic protein tendrils within cells detect electric fields generated by a wound

A second attempt to detect the long-sought Majorana fermion, the only particle that can act as its own antiparticle, has come up positive

Great bustards may be the heaviest flying animal alive, but that doesn't stop them migrating 4000 kilometres every year

Gerard 't Hooft explains why he is an ambassador for the Mars One project, and whether he fancies a reality-TV-funded move to the Red Planet himself (full text available to subscribers)

An old MRI machine formerly used by a Nobel laureate has been customised to probe the exotic elements made in exploding stars - its magnet is the key