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• "Science deniers embrace a double standard of evidence"

  Q&A with Lee McIntyre, author of "The Scientific Attitude".

• When sceptics get it wrong

  There is almost complete consensus amongst climate scientists that the Earth is warming and human behaviour is a key factor, yet denial continues.

• Photographing black holes, discovering new antibiotics and the impact of air pollution

  Chemistry, Biology, Physics: Three scientists talk through big recent developments in their fields.

• Looking back in time and space

  The snail-like progress of light across our enormous Universe essentially transforms telescopes into time machines.

• "Life hacking creates a type of tunnel vision"

  Q&A with Joseph Reagle, author of "Hacking Life: Systematized Living and its Discontents"

• "Science says you are not the pinnacle of evolution"

  Q&A with evolutionary biologist and Humanists UK president Alice Roberts.

• The enormous threat to biodiversity

  A major new report highlights the "social and ecological emergency" we are facing.

• Our incredible shrinking brains

  The human brain has shrunk around 10 per cent in mass since peaking in size 15-30,000 years ago.

• "Insomnia does not equate to sleep deprivation"

  Q&A with Guy Leschziner, author of "The Nocturnal Brain: Tales of Nightmares and Neuroscience".

• Self-knowledge through numbers

  Wearable technology can track our every movement and heartbeat – but what happens when insurers and employers get involved?