Nasa says it will now cost $8.7bn to launch the James Webb Space Telescope in 2018 and operate it for five years.

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A breakdown of a recycling system in cells appears to be the underlying cause of a fatal nerve disease.

The way cells in the gut fight off toxins produced by the hospital bug Clostridium difficile has been discovered by US researchers.

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Scientists isolate the yeast species that led to the discovery of lager from the wilds of Argentina.

Scientists use CT scans to make 3D models of fossil harvestmen, revealing just how little these spindly invertebrates have changed in 300 million years.