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The nuclear stalemate is crumbling – what are our options?

20 September 2017

The two-party game theory of the cold war doesn't work any more – time for a new approach

Brain farts: 9 ways your brain can make you feel stupid

20 September 2017

Ever walked into a room only to forget why you entered, accidentally called your boss “mum” or burst out laughing at bad news? Here's what's really going on

Lightning storms triggered by exhaust from cargo ships

19 September 2017

The world's busiest shipping lanes have twice as many bolts of lightning as nearby areas, and ships pumping soot into the air seem to be responsible

World hunger is on the rise again due to climate change and war

15 September 2017

After falling for over a decade, the number of people going hungry has risen again - and climate change and war are to blame

A man looks at devastation from Hurricane Irma

A rushed response to Hurricane Irma could cause bigger disasters

15 September 2017

We must prepare for the bigger storms to come, but if planners get it wrong, their efforts to protect people could make future mega-disasters even worse

Third-hand smoke in furniture and clothes damages mouse organs

14 September 2017

Exposure to smoke residue increases rodents’ stress hormones and puts them at higher risk of diabetes, as well as harming their livers and brains

It's too easy for bioterrorists to access dangerous research

14 September 2017

The systems designed to stop potentially risky research being published and used to make weapons of terror have “multiple shortcomings”, warns US report

History of zero pushed back 500 years by ancient Indian text

14 September 2017

Carbon dating has revealed that the Bakshali manuscript housed in Oxford contains the earliest known version of our modern zero symbol -- and it is nearly 2000 years old