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War in space may happen soon, but it won't be what you expect

11 April 2018

The US is making noises about increasingly militarising space, but orbital conflict won’t be a battle of spaceships and bombs

US may respond after chemical weapons attack in Syria

11 April 2018

The use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war may spark a US military response, after Russia denies Syrian government is responsible

Internet Health Report shows equality and privacy in trouble

11 April 2018

A report by Mozilla, which makes the Firefox web browser, says the internet is in a bad way when it comes to equality of access and online censorship

The neon swirls that show how a map of our galaxy is made

11 April 2018

The Gaia satellite rotates as it scans the entire sky, creating beautiful patterns as it makes the best 3D map of our galaxy we have ever had

Spending on renewables in rich countries has halved in six years

11 April 2018

Spending on renewables in developed countries has halved since 2011, with investment levels in Europe falling back below the 2006 level

Science fans have many reasons to take to the streets again

11 April 2018

A global rally against the denigration of science was a huge event in 2017. The need for a repeat this weekend is strong, says Jonathan Berman

Bright spark?

11 April 2018

A degree of uncertainty

11 April 2018

Life on Earth depends on liquid water and the temperature at which it freezes or boils. How much would the values of 0°C and 100°C need to change to make life here unsustainable, or hugely different?

I spy ewe

11 April 2018

After I released a lamb that had got its head stuck in a fence, it ran halfway across the field to a ewe and immediately started suckling. I heard no calling, so how did the lamb recognise its mother from all the other ewes it ran past? It can hardly...