The benefits of LSD, atomic hard drives, and dangerous superfoods
Chemistry, Biology, Physics: Three scientists talk through big recent developments in their fields.
Science & Technology
Who wants to live forever?
Once the preserve of eccentrics and cranks, cryonics is entering the mainstream. Is eternal life possible – or even desirable?
Does everything cause cancer?
Understanding the difference between hazard and risk makes most health scare stories much less scary.
How to listen to the universe
The detection of gravitational waves is the most important development in astronomy since the invention of the telescope.
Black hole blues
For a century, scientists have tried to solve the riddles posed by Einstein’s theory of relativity.
The myth of human nature
Appeals to human nature won’t help us make complex ethical decisions about new technologies like genome editing
Monitoring methane, a life without pain, and the world’s most intense lasers
Chemistry, Biology, Physics: Three scientists talk through big recent developments in their fields.
Is it a problem when MPs ignore evidence?
Sometimes, values are prioritised over facts - as the debate over the "legal highs" ban shows.
Battling frog extinction, the protein puzzle, and the Nobel Prize for Physics
Chemistry, Biology, Physics: Three scientists talk through big recent developments in their fields.
The secrets of rock tides
The pull of the Moon does not create tides only in the Earth's oceans, but in its rocks as well.