Science & Technology

Revelations in the genomes

Two decades ago it cost $1 billion to sequence a single genome. With the price now slashed, are we closer to understanding our genes?

Tardigrades, micro-organisms that can survive extreme conditions, could hold the key to prolonging the shelf-life of protein-based therapeutics.

Faster speed of travel is required for humans to explore deep space. Rockets propelled by plasma might be the answer.

Farmers in the UK are being paid to plant trees. But away from the hype, concerns about the impact of afforestation are growing.

Pi has fascinated mathematicians for millennia. Today, finding a record number of digits of pi has become something of a sport.

DNA provides the blueprint for our bodies, but how are we actually constructed? And what happens when it all goes wrong?

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.