Fighting for the future
Asteroid mining, synthetic meat, surrogacy – a slew of radical thinkers envisage brave new worlds. But can we get there?
Science & Technology
“Science deniers embrace a double standard of evidence”
Q&A with Lee McIntyre, author of "The Scientific Attitude".
When sceptics get it wrong
There is almost complete consensus amongst climate scientists that the Earth is warming and human behaviour is a key factor, yet denial continues.
Photographing black holes, discovering new antibiotics and the impact of air pollution
Chemistry, Biology, Physics: Three scientists talk through big recent developments in their fields.
Looking back in time and space
The snail-like progress of light across our enormous Universe essentially transforms telescopes into time machines.
“Life hacking creates a type of tunnel vision”
Q&A with Joseph Reagle, author of "Hacking Life: Systematized Living and its Discontents"
“Science says you are not the pinnacle of evolution”
Q&A with evolutionary biologist and Humanists UK president Alice Roberts.
The enormous threat to biodiversity
A major new report highlights the "social and ecological emergency" we are facing.
Our incredible shrinking brains
The human brain has shrunk around 10 per cent in mass since peaking in size 15-30,000 years ago.
“Insomnia does not equate to sleep deprivation”
Q&A with Guy Leschziner, author of "The Nocturnal Brain: Tales of Nightmares and Neuroscience".