Junky baby

More mustard

TV teacher

Cellular threat

Cure before birth

Genetically weak foetuses can grow into healthy humans with bone marrow transplants

Daily supplement

Long feared for its toxicity, a new study lauds selenium for reducing the risk of some cancers

Double trouble

Fatherly instinct

Get out of doldrums

Low spirits can upset the heart's rhythm and increase the risk of coronary diseases

Infectious and wholesome

Socially cold

Effective alternative

Blinded by smoke

Beer cures

Race against the rat

Scientists will try to outrun rodents in predicting carcinogenic effects of chemicals

Golden moments

Fewer watts: brighter future

Energy-efficient, green lamps are here to reduce consumption of electricity round the globe

Future fuel

Coal is making a comeback, in gaseous and liquid forms, as the fossil fuel of choice

Tiny trouble-maker

All aboard for the Red Planet

Heart surgery made easy

Nasal route

A new technique has been developed to treat brain tumour

Diabetes-free potatoes

In tiny specks

...is written the history of the Solar system's formation and life on the Earth

Innocent victims

Breastfeeding by Hiv-infected women transfers the virus to the infants, says a study