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This is chock full of gold. Alex Witze’s profile of Ed Stone, legendary project scientist for the Voyager project.

This. Is. Amazing! Viruses form part of your immune system – by me at Nature. Carl Zimmer also has a deeper take on the story.

A 19-gigapixel NASA flyover of a strip of Earth from Russia to S. Africa!

32 metronomes are set off independently. In less than 2 mins, they've synchronised.

The FDA steps in to regulate faecal transplants. Maryn McKenna curates the reaction, while Judy Stone asks the FDA's new control will lead to a DIY backfire

A guy solves three Rubik's cubes. ...