Bedtime stories can be comforting, chilling and mysterious, but new research highlights how emotions change depending on how children are doing it.
Are we all doomed to never agree on what is or isn’t true?
Some swear by it, some against it research and history can tell us a lot about milk and dairy.
The press needs a solution that works for everyone.
Plan to develop long-lasting supercapacitors would provide a faster, safer alternative to lithium batteries.
With the rebels on the back foot and the US sidelined, other major players hold the keys to Syria’s future.
Reality television is never going to properly portray the true experiences of Muslims in Britain.
You might be familiar with Article 50, but Article 127 of another European treaty could be as important when it comes to Brexit.
Understanding how bullying evolved may help us deal with it in modern society.
Quantitative easing cannot single-handedly save Europe.
For the first time, parliament plans to ban a right-wing extremist group, called National Action.
The direct line between world education policy and Donald Trump looks like this.
New research uncovers the role of the primate baculum and may explain why humans don’t have one.
A generation of ‘new media’ sites is challenging traditional news organisations when it comes to reporting the environment.
It’s all very well to be intimidating, but China needs to win people over too.
Will the evidence finally convince polluted cities to clean up their act?
The ‘alternative-right’ has used social media to become a hugely influential movement in global politics. Where is the left’s version?
Psychologists have developed evidence-based interrogation methods that could be used as alternatives to torture.
Despite the growing threat from far-right groups, deradicalisation programmes have been largely targeting Muslims.
New research suggests 400 people have died from suspected suicide within 48 hours of leaving police detention in the last seven years.
A handful of countries have introduced anti-doping measures in high-street gyms. Let’s nip it in the bud.
We’re working on a project to map all of Europe’s waterways and dams.
Westerners consistently misunderstand and overestimate the threat of terrorism, and often gloss over the specific reasons behind attacks.
Big brother is not watching you … yet.
Star Wars offshoot Rogue One was originally intended to be darker – but it looks like it might be rather vanilla.