The science behind the 2023 Nobel Prize in physics
As "Doctor Who" marks its 60th anniversary, how far-fetched is this alien-filled universe?
A new breed of companies are in a race to extract enormous wealth from the solar system – but who will benefit?
We are heading for a public health crisis more devastating than the Covid-19 pandemic. There is still time to act
New technologies are being developed to make solar panels far more efficient
We are still only beginning to understand why the virus affected people so differently
The whole of the UK now has an opt-out policy on organ donation but other advances are critical too
We speak to Philip Lymbery about why back-to-basics regenerative farming would help feed the world's growing population and fight climate change
We often see science and intuition as antithetical but history is filled with examples where a scientist’s intuition has led to discovery
There have long been hopes that nuclear fusion could provide a fountain of green energy – but recent advances can't obscure the scale of the challenge
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