24 August 2022
Some scientists are unhappy about the James Webb Space Telescope's data being made public immediately, but these stunning images should be for everyone, says Jacob Aron
29 May 2019
AI isn’t going to crush us underfoot, but it does harbour a threat that makes Terminator look innocent: entrenching human biases and turning them against us
25 April 2018
Republican politician Jim Bridenstine has taken the reins at NASA after a long battle. What will his appointment mean for the space agency, asks Samantha Murphy
23 April 2018
Two decades after it was first published, the chart linking carbon emissions and global warming is as relevant as ever, says Olive Heffernan
29 March 2018
A new bioethics briefing highlights restrictions on genomic screening of newborn children. Should it be tightly controlled, wonders Alex Pearlman
9 March 2018
Brexit has got the UK rethinking its border controls. Improved biosecurity to protect cherished flora should be part of that, says Gerard Clover
8 February 2018
Fresh turmoil threatens to worsen disruption of the European Medicines Agency when it quits the UK after Brexit. That should worry all parties, says Inga Vesper
1 February 2018
One solution to concern over how animals are killed for our plates is labelling that makes this welfare distinction plain on all meat, says Danny Chambers
5 January 2018
If only environment secretary Michael Gove's enthusiasm to curb plastic pollution extended to more pressing environmental issues, says Olive Heffernan
13 December 2017
It was always a travesty that hundreds of people die due to a lack of transplant organs. An opt-out donation scheme in England was long overdue, says John Chisholm
