Biodiversity may prove to be the defining issue of our age
25 July 2018
It’s an error to think we’ve got bigger problems than extinction. We must take species loss seriously, or it will come back to haunt us
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Has the chicken and egg puzzle over religion's decline been settled?
25 July 2018
New research claims to answer the question of whether godlessness begets riches or riches beget godlessness. It won't be the final word, says Gregory Paul
An exclusive look inside the UK's legal medical cannabis farm
25 July 2018
As the row over medical cannabis usage in the UK continues, Amy Fleming visits the only people in the country with a licence to grow marijuana
Massive lake of water found beneath Mars’ south pole could host life
25 July 2018
Data from the Mars Express satellite suggests there is a huge body of permanently liquid water under the surface of Mars, which could potentially host life
Is North Korea really scrapping its nuclear weapons programme?
25 July 2018
Satellite images taken on 20 July suggest North Korea may be dismantling two important features of its intercontinental ballistic missiles programme
An 'obesity virus' could be to blame for many people being overweight
25 July 2018
Is obesity infectious? Evidence is growing in support of a controversial theory that a virus causes weight gain and obesity, but not everyone is convinced
We might only see time because we can’t think in quantum physics
24 July 2018
Humans need much more information to study a problem backwards in time than forwards, but a quantum computer can ignore the flow of time all together
Warming Arctic could be behind heatwave sweeping northern hemisphere
24 July 2018
Deadly heatwaves could continue for weeks, and possibly months, across much of the northern hemisphere, meteorologists predicted this week
Japanese computers may go haywire when the emperor abdicates
23 July 2018
Japanese computers could go haywire next year when the emperor steps down. The calendar is based on the emperor’s reign and most tech is not ready for the change
There are more suicides in US and Mexico when the temperature rises
23 July 2018
Hikes in average monthly temperatures are linked to higher suicide rates, which means climate change may lead to thousands of extra suicide deaths
