Jonathan is an award-winning freelance science journalist based in the UK.

Quentin is an award-winning motoring journalist and transport campaigner. He presented BBC Two’s Top Gear for a decade, along with many other motoring and consumer shows.

Out of 186 countries, only Guyana produces enough food to self-sufficiently feed all its citizens without foreign imports, according to new research. The study, published in Nature Food, investigated ...

Picture a flamingo in your mind now and it’s probably A) fantastically pink, and B) standing on one leg. If not, it should be: the fuchsia-feathered birds adopt this unipedal stance for several hours ...

Think of a rock. It’s angular, grey and on the ground, right? Wrong. Rocks come in a staggering variety of shapes and colours, which help us decipher the stories of their geological lives. Here are ...

How long do energy drinks last? And what effect do they have on your body? A doctor explains why this popular back-to-school boost may be doing more harm than good. Save 40% when you subscribe to BBC ...

What’s the most effective way to protect our children’s mental health? The answer that’s been echoed by waves of politicians across the world over the last two decades: ban their social media. Such ...

Scientists have found a simple new method to reduce the rate of people suffering from a peanut allergy by a staggering 71 per cent. How? By feeding a child peanuts regularly between the ages of four ...

Have you ever been sure someone was lying to you? You may have been picking up on subconscious clues from their body language using lessons learned from social media. It’s easy to find an authority on ...

Researchers have developed a prototype infrared contact lens that could allow people to see in the dark – or with their eyelids closed. The cutting-edge prototype, developed by the University of ...

Despite being a fundamental part of human existence, we know very little about consciousness and how it happens. Now, scientists have just brought us one step closer to finding out with a new 'map of ...