It will be some months before the true toll of Europe's worst-ever heatwave is confirmed, but researchers can estimate a ...

From friendship in a world of chatbots to what it means to be alive, this month’s new popular science books are asking some ...

What makes something alive? We simply don't know, but synthetic biologists are a step closer to providing an answer thanks to ...

The question of how gravity interacts with the quantum world has long perplexed physicists, but a non-quantum theory of space ...

A prototype cell partly capable of replicating itself has been created using 36 existing bacterial genes, but it's not really ...

The longevity space isn’t just for humans. Science is uncovering new ways to keep our pets healthier for longer too.

Unlikely, says one reader – a fly's path is often dictated by whirling air currents, and don't expect them to follow the same path out of your house that they took into it ...

A proposed technique to counter global warming by spraying sun-reflecting particles near the poles would cause commercial flights to pass through clouds of sulphuric acid, posing a danger to passenger ...

Esteemed forensic anthropologist Sue Black gives a candid insight into the UK criminal justice system and how it really works ...

A philosopher has put forward an argument for rethinking how particles are defined within the standard model of particle ...

Climate scientists constantly warn us about the need to prepare for extreme weather, but people rarely pay attention when the ...

A reader (and astronomy expert) gets to grips with this one, pointing out that Earth’s future fate is still uncertain – and that elements found in nuclear waste aren't great building blocks for biolog ...