A New Year vow for our leaders? Start taking climate change seriously

Never has there been a more important time for politicians to move beyond paying lip service…

AI could make it impossible for artists and novelists to make a living

Copyright protections were originally designed to incentivise creators and allow them to profit from their work,…

Surrogacy should be a relationship, not a transaction

UK surrogates are speaking out against a move to pay women a fee for carrying someone…

Green light implant relieves urinary incontinence in rats

A device that modulates nerve signals by shining green light on them has been found to…

Crashing tidal waves may lurk beneath the surface of icy moons

Enceladus and Europa both have liquid oceans under their shells of ice, and they may be…

Crashing tidal waves may lurk beneath the surface of icy moons

Enceladus and Europa both have liquid oceans under their shells of ice, and they may be…

Is eating cheese as bad for animals and the planet as eating meat?

Bravo for having given up eating meat! But in the ninth of our 12 Days of…

Is eating cheese as bad for animals and the planet as eating meat?

Bravo for having given up eating meat! But in the ninth of our 12 Days of…

A scientific guide to the resolutions that are really worth the effort

Being a better you needn't be as hard as you think. From more sleep, to snacking…

Black-haired monkeys in Costa Rica are suddenly turning blonde

The howler monkeys of Costa Rica normally have black coats, but over the last 20 years…