Almost a decade ago, Leonard Guarente at Massachusetts Institute of Technology found a gene called SIR2 in brewer’s yeast that, when mutated, seemed to extend the yeast’s life.

Hardly articulate, but the tiny strangleweed, a pale parasitic plant, can sense the presence of friends, foes, and food, and make adroit decisions on how to approach them.

A quarter of UK adults have had their identity stolen or know someone who has fallen victim to ID fraud, a Which? magazine survey concludes.

Ashish Kulkarni has a doctorate in chemical engineering. He used to develop plastics for General Electric. Now he’s in the bowels of a research facility in central New Jersey, dropping golf balls into a toilet.