Does the epigentic clock hold the secret of eternal youth?
The discovery that age-related disease and degeneration can be reversed by manipulating the epigenome may help humans with an age-old quest.
Science & Technology
Superfast fold
AlphaGo, from the team at DeepMind, is now tantalisingly close to solving the protein-folding problem: a breakthrough which could lead to solutions to some of the world’s greatest challenges.
Nature’s nanomachines
To solve the big problems of Covid-19 and the climate crisis, we need to think small.
On ASMR and the intimacy deficit
ASMR is booming on YouTube. More than just a weird subculture, it is meeting a real need for care and attention.
Book review: Doing Philosophy
If philosophy isn't a science, then what is it? Timothy Williamson's new book confronts opposing ideas about the discipline and its place in the world.
In a word: quarantine
Michael Rosen's column on language and its uses.
Escaping the logic of work, w/ Mareile Pfannebecker
We talk to the co-author of "Work Want Work: Labour and Desire at the End of Capitalism" on how the logic of labour dominates our lives, and how we might…
Taking sex robots seriously w/ Kate Devlin
Will future sex tech be more inclusive? What role should robotics play in human relationships? We talk to the author of "Turned On: Science, Sex and Robots" about her research…
Life on love planet?
The hype over possible phosphine on Venus has overshadowed an uncomfortable reality.
Could plastic-munching bacteria clear up our waste?
Scientists have identified a number of novel species of bacteria and fungi that have the ability to break down PET, a common type of plastic.