Science
The neuroscientist who wants us to be nicer to psychopaths
Abigail Marsh has found that many psychopaths don’t want to be cruel and uncaring, and argues that they deserv...
The mystery of how volcanic lightning happens has been solved
When particles in volcanic ash cloud rub together, some pick up positive charge and others negative – now phys...
Psychedelics may be no better than antidepressants for depression
Drugs like psilocybin that induce psychedelic effects have shown promise for treating depression. Now, a revie...
Social media is a defective product
Two lawsuits are being brought against giant tech firms for the dangers their apps pose to young people. Colum...
A very serious guide to buying your own humanoid robot butler
You can now buy a humanoid robot housekeeper for less than the price of a second-hand car. But before splashin...
Your partner may wake you up six times a night – but does it matter?
People who share a bed with a partner are woken by them multiple times per night, but don’t remember most of t...
3I/ATLAS: Interstellar comet has water unlike any in our solar system
The levels of a heavy form of hydrogen in 3I/ATLAS are 30 to 40 times higher than in Earth's oceans, suggestin...
Why global warming is accelerating and what it means for the future
Scientists disagree whether human-made climate change or natural fluctuations are mostly to blame for worse-th...
The asteroid Ryugu has all of the main ingredients for life
All five of the canonical nucleobases – the underpinnings of DNA, RNA and life on Earth – have been found in s...
Forget the multiverse. In the pluriverse, we create reality together
A radical idea that resolves many quantum paradoxes suggests there is no objective view of reality. How can th...
AI is nearly exclusively designed by men – here's how to fix it
With the Trump administration’s attacks on so-called woke AI it is becoming even harder to make the technology...
The ancient Goths were an ethnically diverse group
Ancient DNA reveals that the Goths of eastern Europe, some of whom would ultimately sack the city of Rome, may...
What does it mean if the universe has extra dimensions?
Dimensions beyond the four we’re familiar with could solve a host of problems in physics and cosmology. Column...
How a midlife tune-up could help prepare you for a healthy old age
Most of us don’t worry about our health in old age until we get there, but research is increasingly showing th...
Why are we so obsessed with protein? A new book looks for answers
Samantha King and Gavin Weedon's new book Protein digs deep into the nutrient's role in our health. But can it...
A smartphone app can help men last longer in bed
In a randomised trial, men who experience premature ejaculation benefitted from using an app to learn techniqu...
Single-celled organism with no brain is capable of Pavlovian learning
A trumpet-shaped, single-celled organism seems able to predict one thing will follow another, hinting that suc...
Our extinct Australopithecus relatives may have had difficult births
Simulations of Australopithecus hominins’ anatomy suggest that when they gave birth, they may have exerted tre...