29 August 2018
Aboriginal stories about startlingly rapid rises in sea level describe real events at the end of the ice age, says a new book. Are we stupid to distrust oral traditions?
29 August 2018
Old Scientist digs into the September archives and uncovers fears over digital wristwatches, a potent Korean stimulant and a British ban on New Scientist
29 August 2018
Forget your own genome – now you can pay to sequence the DNA of the microbes in your gut and get advice on which foods to eat for better health
27 August 2018
The Franklin expedition disappeared in 1845. One theory suggests lead in the crew’s diet impaired their judgement – but a new analysis suggests otherwise
22 August 2018
The ancient city of Samarra was famed for its palaces. Now we know they were made with unique glass found nowhere else
22 August 2018
The first grizzly bear hunt in Wyoming for over 40 years ignores the questionable conservation status and emotional capacities of these iconic animals, says Marc Bekoff
17 August 2018
What could possibly go wrong when a world famous public intellectual grapples with our bewilderingly strange times? Find out in 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
