Health To improve mental health, we must do more than just raise awareness We are talking about mental health more than ever before – but if we are serious about improving it, we need more evidence about which interventions really help News
Physics City-wide quantum communication network in China is most advanced yet A network that connects quantum devices and a central server that spans Hefei, China, can allow multiple secure quantum chats at once News
Life When nature gives people the 'ick' People living in urban environments are often alienated from the great outdoors and therefore find it scary and disgusting. This "biophobia" is on the rise, says Graham Lawton Comment
Comment Painting at the top of Mont Blanc James Hart Dyke set out to recreate the mountain-top paintings of 19th-century artist Gabriel Loppé. But climate change means the route to the summit is very different today Regulars
Space Dark stars: Have we finally found a weird sun powered by dark matter? Astronomers say they have spotted evidence of stars fuelled by the annihilation of dark matter particles. If true, it could solve the cosmic mystery of how supermassive black holes appeared so early Features
Comment The Naked Neanderthal review: Looking for the real Neanderthals From creating cave art to burying their dead, how we see Neanderthals reveals as much about us as it does about them, argues Ludovic Slimak in a fascinating new book. We may have our closest extinct relatives all wrong - again Culture
Mathematics The easy trick to evenly cut a pizza into 5, 7 or any number of slices You ordered a pizza for your party, but the restaurant forgot to slice it – these mathematical tricks can help you cut it evenly, says Katie Steckles Regulars
Society Ig Nobel prizes 2023: Rock licking and other unlikely winners From eating fossils to reanimating dead spiders for use as mechanical gripping tools, this year's Ig Nobel prizes, for science that "makes people laugh, then think", are unveiled Regulars