Science & Technology – Page 11

The curious mind of a dog

We “talk” with our pets all the time, but research into their language skills has been minimal – until now.

A Silicon Valley start-up has developed "accent matching" technology to enable better cross-cultural communication. But does it come with risks?

Europe has lately been suffering from a carbon dioxide shortage. But why can't we just extract it from the air?

This year's Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded, in part, to two physicists who took on the unenviable task of predicting the unpredictable.

We spoke with the writer Jonathan Franzen on civil liberties and the politics of denialism around climate change.

We talk to the "poet of physics" about the history, and sheer wonder, of quantum theory.

The risks of childbirth must be managed, but amid competing pressures, women are being denied a voice.

We're told that exposure to "nature" aids our mental health, but what does the evidence look like? And what is "nature" anyway?

China and the US have rovers on Mars, while the prospect of human missions puts even more pressure on the race to discover life.

The online spaces used by sex workers are being targeted by campaigners, but shutting them down poses a threat to lives and livelihoods.