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The prospect of attempting to engineer the world’s climate has become a lot more real since the Paris Agreement.
John Carpenter’s The Thing is a sci-fi classic with a strong fanbase among polar scientists. So why does it resonate so much?
The long-term effects are much worse for exonerees than for guilty prisoners.
Some philosophers believe space is a giant container, while others think it’s all in our heads.
Scars shouldn’t be a shorthand for evil.
Given what we know about radiation fallout, the parallels between Melbourne and Fukushima should not be ignored
New research shows bees see a blue halo around flowers thanks to nanostructures on its petals.
Slavery is a local issue – and stopping it requires a local approach.
The Booker Prize jury has done us a favour by drawing attention to this book.
It hinges upon whether she was a member of IS, and what that means.
George Saunders has become the second American to win the Man Booker.
Should we care about the loss of an industry that normally lives in the shadows?
With this technology, citizen scientists could even help to predict the damage caused by future disasters.
He’s been charged with fraud and is under investigation by the EU, so how did this former finance minister become the most likely candidate for prime minister?
What if the menopause was something we thought positively about or were able to discuss openly without fear of derision?
Keats’s Winchester walk was no idyllic stroll – he had espionage on his mind.
Sikhs, Hindus and men with beards have reported anti-Muslim hate crime.
Deforestation has wiped out most other predators, so the lizards have lots of food and little competition.
How culture can inform technological innovations.
A ‘no deal is a good deal’ strategy needs to be carefully executed.
He took a remarkable stand against slavery in the countdown to the American Civil War – but opinion differs about his methods.
The US still owes UNESCO millions in arrears.
Complex behaviour such as regional accents and cultural food preferences in whales and dolphins seems to be linked to brain size.
Should children with reading difficulties get their hearing checked?