A a deadly new strain of bird flu called H7N9 has killed at least 43 people and infected a total of 134, mainly in western China, according to the World Health Organization. The outbreak in humans...

Every year thousands of them are boiled or torn apart while they are still alive, and now there is strong evidence to suggest that crustaceans experience pain. That was the stark message delivered by Robert Elwood, an animal behaviour researcher at Queen’s University Belfast, to the Behaviour 2013 meeting in Newcastle, UK, today.

"In less than three seconds, you’re breathing faster to take in oxygen. Your heart is racing to pump it around your muscles so you can flee. You’re sweating to stop overheating, and your pupils are dilated to spot other enemies. You even stop digesting your lunch to save energy."

It doesn’t look like much, but scientists from Sweden’s Uppsala University are calling a newly created form of magnesium carbonate an “impossible” material.