Long overlooked in the West, could bacteriophages be the secret weapon in tackling our growing resistance to antibiotics?
Chemistry, Biology, Physics: Three scientists talk through big recent developments in their fields.
Q&A with James Griffiths, author of "The Great Firewall of China".
Despite evidence of in-built racial bias, unregulated facial recognition software is widely used.
Even in a best case scenario, 36 per cent of the glaciers in the Hindu Kush Himalaya range will disappear by 2100, says new report.
Chemistry, Biology, Physics: Three scientists talk through big recent developments in their fields.
Hereditary traits and even eugenics are back in the headlines, as a series of new books seek to influence the nature-nurture debate.
Men dominate the field of mathematics. Why is this, and what can be done?
While all the attention is on western drug misuse, 80 per cent of the world’s population goes without sufficient pain relief treatment.
Understanding the Sun is not just an academic activity. Our survival may depend on predicting the “space weather” it creates.