Language was surely the bedrock of early humans

13 April 2022

Pandemic niceties may not last for that long

13 April 2022

Martin Rees gives us some very wise words

13 April 2022

A site for UK nuclear waste? I pick London

13 April 2022

Global catastrophes also threaten to destroy hope

13 April 2022

Stunning photograph shows a flower as an insect might see it

13 April 2022

Debora Lombardi's image, shortlisted for the 2022 Sony World Photography Awards, uses a photography technique to show the fluorescence of flowers under UV light, revealing them as insects might see them

Why I'm choosing dark matter over dark energy - for now at least

13 April 2022

Dark matter is my focus these days, but the intractable problems of dark energy and cosmic acceleration are still on my mind, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Tom Gauld's guide to exoplanets

13 April 2022

Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon

Twisteddoodles: Let's give the kids egg NFTs this Easter

13 April 2022

This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles

Infinity has long baffled mathematicians – have we now figured it out?

13 April 2022

Mathematicians have long known infinity comes in many sizes, but how do they relate to one another? The key lies in a 150-year-old mystery known as the continuum hypothesis