Studying the universe’s origins hint that its beginning has no end
27 November 2019
The cosmos is stranger than we ever imagined and new bubbles of space-time may pop up and grow continuously with no beginning or end, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
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Fast access to new medicines shouldn’t mean endangering our health
27 November 2019
Agencies like the US Food and Drug Administration speed the approval of some drugs to address urgent needs, but there are signs that the balance between safety and speed isn’t quite right
We still don't know whether vaping is safe or not
27 November 2019
Vaping was once thought to be "95 per cent safer than smoking", but a sudden rise in deaths and injury linked to e-cigarettes is causing some people to reconsider
General election 2019: Why you should think climate change not Brexit
27 November 2019
Brexit may seem important right now, but whoever wins the election will be in charge halfway to 2030 – a crucial time in efforts to limit dangerous warming, says Jacob Aron
People share fake news online even when they can tell it's not true
24 November 2019
People can easily identify fake news, but may unwittingly share it on social media because they aren't thinking about accuracy. A simple prompt could help solve the problem
We may be closer than we thought to Earth's dangerous tipping points
23 November 2019
We know that the climate can start changing irreversibly if it warms past certain thresholds, and these tipping points may strike unexpectedly soon
An AI doctor is analysing heart scans in dozens of hospitals
22 November 2019
Doctors are using artificial intelligence in dozens of hospitals to help them make sense of MRI images of the heart
Huge Earth-like worlds could host reservoirs of water deep underground
21 November 2019
Minerals containing water can exist at much higher pressures than we knew, so they could be hiding oceans’ worth of water deep within giant planets
Wearable artificial kidney works well in first tests in people
21 November 2019
A portable artificial kidney set has been used successfully by 15 people, and could free them from regular haemodialysis sessions
Married heterosexual men happiest earning 50 per cent more than wives
20 November 2019
Married heterosexual men may be happiest if they earn 60 per cent of their households’ total income and their wives earn 40 per cent, data from the US suggests
