Mimicking the brain
Why was this year's Nobel Prize in Physics so controversial?
Science & Technology
A map to end malaria?
New vaccines offer hope in the fight against this deadly disease but there are still challenges to overcome. New Humanist joined the vaccine rollout in Sierra Leone to find out…
How to create astrophysical plasma
We'll never be able to visit the plasma at the edge of a black hole – but scientists managed to recreate it in a lab
The quest for universal blood
Scientists are searching for a way to create universal blood types
Elephants give each other nicknames, study finds
The name-calling behaviour has only otherwise been observed in humans
How AI prevents progress
Shannon Vallor, an expert in ethics and artificial intelligence, says relying too much on AI will hold back societal progress
Viruses could kill you – but they could also save your life
We are only just beginning to understand the enormous significance of the human virome
The woman who discovered black holes
Louise Webster has been largely forgotten – it's time to remember her
Cleaning up the cosmos
Meet the astronomers and activists fighting a war against space junk – and protecting our relationship with the skies
What dust can tell us about modernity
We have filled our modern world with tiny particles. We ignore them at our peril – as Jay Owens lays out clearly in her book