Secret-keeping evolved to maintain social harmony, but it can weigh heavily on us when we can’t stop thinking about them. So, ...

Legislation working its way through the UK parliament would ban children from using social media and virtual private networks ...

The environmental impact of SpaceX's planned gargantuan mega-constellation is still being grappled with, but the FCC isn’t required to study it ...

March 2026 – 11 days for £3,695 per person 29 March 2027 – 11 days for £3,895 per person Journey into the richly biodiverse ...

The numbers of many tropical birds are plummeting, and now it has been shown that heat extremes intensified by global warming ...

Genetic evidence hints that there was a strong bias for male Neanderthals and female humans to mate, rather than any other combination ...

The congenital condition spina bifida is often treated surgically in the womb, but many children still go on to have mobility issues. The addition of a patch made up of stem cells from donated placent ...

The UK's first geothermal plant in Cornwall is part of a wave of projects aiming to meet growing electricity demand, some of them enabled by technology from oil and gas fracturing ...

From clownfish to a California newt, here are some of the images to make the cut in the Underwater Photographer of the Year contest – including the stunningly cute overall winner ...

Ukraine has responded to a war it didn’t start by creating an industry it doesn’t want, but could the nation's ...

Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases ...

Both boosters and sceptics have strongly held opinions on AI tools like ChatGPT, but after an experiment in vibe coding, I have realised that both camps are wrong, says Jacob Aron ...