Science & Technology

Life on love planet?

The hype over possible phosphine on Venus has overshadowed an uncomfortable reality.

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.

Carlo Acutis, a computer whizz who catalogued 'miracles' online, has been beatified by the Catholic Church.

A "sky mining facility" claims to be making the world's first zero-impact lab diamonds.

Helen Macdonald explores the luminous complexities of science and the wonder of belonging in the natural world.

Many of us are currently self-diagnosing, but as philosopher Georges Canguilhem argued, disease is not a fixed category.

Without DNA's capacity to blunder, we would still be anaerobic bacteria and there would be no music.

Q&A with Jonathan M. Berman, author of "Anti-vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement".

Salt water farms offer a solution to climate change challenges, revolutionising how we grow food.

Working from home increasingly means accepting intrusive forms of AI surveillance. But these systems are troublingly unscientific and unethical.