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
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
6 January 2021
The new tunnel is intended to replace a congested road that disrupts the landscape around the prehistoric monument Stonehenge, but some argue it will cause irreparable damage to archaeological deposits
21 October 2020
Whatever the outcome of the US presidential election, Donald Trump is likely to have a lasting impact on the nation's health, environmental regulations and space exploration
23 June 2020
People from minority backgrounds are underrepresented in science, and face funding disparities and outright racism. Tying funding to institutions being more inclusive could help
11 March 2020
Efforts to prevent prisoners from reoffending are often lacking in scientific rigour and can even fly in the face of available evidence
18 February 2020
Gene-edited pigs and brain implants are blurring the lines of what it means to be human, so our morals and laws may need to change to include beings that are “substantially human”
16 October 2019
Deaths due to domestic violence have surged in the UK. Evidence suggests that a mixture of programmes to switch attitudes and help violent men change can help
17 June 2019
From Extinction Rebellion to the Hong Kong marches, protesters are regularly taking to the streets. But what really works to change people's minds
6 February 2019
We increasingly form opinions about people based on the generation they belong to, but these labels are often lacking in science
