27 April 2022
Remote working might sound enticing, but a two-tier system is emerging, in which it is valued less by employers. This division is only set to grow, says Annalee Newitz
27 April 2022
Keeping science and politics socially distanced from each other is the best way to ensure government spin doesn’t damage trust in the former, says Fiona Fox
27 April 2022
The UK government's plan to use "scientific methods" to find the age of asylum seekers is based on methods that haven't been proven to work
27 April 2022
The UK wants to use "scientific methods" to assess the ages of people seeking asylum, with plans to send adults to settle in Rwanda instead, but the science behind these techniques is poor
26 April 2022
Horizontal DNA transfer, once thought to be a rare event, has occurred between snakes and frogs at least 54 times in the past 85 million years
26 April 2022
Many homes in the UK rely on repurposed phone lines for internet access, leading to slow download speeds, but there may be a solution
26 April 2022
We have now discovered all four building blocks of DNA in meteorite samples, suggesting that space rocks may have delivered the compounds to Earth, contributing to the origin of life
26 April 2022
An unusual heatwave forecast across much of India will see temperatures in the mid-to-high 40s°C
26 April 2022
Some 176 gigawatts of coal capacity was under construction in 2021, and more than half of that was being built in China
25 April 2022
Switching to "novel foods", like algae and lab-grown milk, could bring huge environmental benefits compared with the typical European diet
