9 November 2022
Cyberpunk, once a hi-tech picture of the future, now feels passe. A new adaption of sci-fi novel The Peripheral gives a fresh perspective on how tech could transform humanity, says Annalee Newitz
9 November 2022
With the global population set to reach 8 billion people next week, Robin Maynard argues that investment in family planning, gender equality and education would have a profound positive impact on the planet
9 November 2022
The number of people on the planet has hit a huge milestone at 8 billion, but fertility rates are falling fast in many countries, which means planning for an older population
9 November 2022
IBM's new quantum computer, Osprey, is more than triple the size of its previous record-breaking Eagle processor
8 November 2022
Deaths from liver disease and diabetes have been higher than expected in England and Wales since the coronavirus pandemic began
8 November 2022
The United Nations has declared that the world's population will pass 8 billion people on 15 November. Our growing numbers have a variety of implications, from health to the environment
8 November 2022
“Loss and damage” has been included in the agenda at COP27, with vulnerable countries demanding funding to deal with the severe impacts of climate change
7 November 2022
In a trial of more than 16,000 people over 70, those who took a low-dose of aspirin every day were just under 10 per cent more likely to have a fall that required hospital care than those on placebo
7 November 2022
Break-ups are more common in bird species with longer migrations, probably because partners return home at different times and don’t wait for each other to breed
5 November 2022
A strangely cool star that has been dead for more than 10 billion years contains levels of some elements that indicate it ate its own planets
