Science

Truly groundbreaking scientific discoveries may be on the decline – but it’s not because we’ve run out of big ideas

The US has long led the science world but now, researchers are moving abroad to continue their work

Conspiracy theorists blame vapour trails on a strange experiment endorsed by Keir Starmer. And the craziest thing is… they’re half right

Scientists at the University of California claim to have created a new colour, called ‘olo’, which is outside the human visual spectrum

The creation of a genetically modified Ice Age wolf has sparked a scientific backlash over the politicisation of ‘de-extinction’

Astronomers have detected potential biosignatures on exoplanet K2-18b, but experts warn that the evidence is inconclusive

Astronomers have discovered that the mysterious force accelerating the universe’s expansion appears to be weakening over time

New findings at Cern offer tantalising clues to why the universe contains matter rather than antimatter – but answers remain elusive

When we see something that’s well-crafted it’s very tempting to assume that it was designed by one person. But that tendency can lead us astray

Researchers have developed a promising vaccine for pancreatic cancer, but its future is uncertain due to Robert F Kennedy Jr

As Trump attacks America’s top academic institutions, more and more researchers are deciding to leave – and most of them have one destination in mind

The government is planning a major drill this autumn to test the UK’s readiness in the event of a new pandemic

The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth and causing catastrophic damage were always small, but the probability has now been downgraded to 0.001%

The president’s funding freezes, gagging orders and ideological purges are wreaking havoc on US scientific research

Despite the lessons from the pandemic, the demagogues and their followers are all too ready to embrace a cult of death

As a universal criterion applied to individuals, the president’s executive order on gender ideology is hopeless

In the Somport Tunnel beneath the Pyrenees, scientists try to solve the biggest mysteries of the cosmos

It’s 100 years since Werner Heisenberg developed the theory of quantum mechanics. No one could possibly have imagined how this discovery would be put to use in the future

Polygenic editing – making changes to DNA – is now a reality. But are the medical benefits outweighed by the ethical risks and hidden dangers?

As they can only take into account what they are given, they are fallible

This year’s non-word of the year, ‘Bio-deutsch’ (biological German) has caused much controversy

The tech giant’s groundbreaking new chip is a gamechanger in the field of supercomputers – and the basis of powerful and potentially transformative technologies

Louis XIV built a Xanadu at Versailles – and sealed his family’s fate. But amid the extravagant luxury was thrilling innovation

The great German composer’s genetic makeup illustrates the dangers of polygenic screening

The Oxford-based sleep scientist Vladyslav Vyazovskiy believes so, but it would just make life blander

Nasa’s Artemis II mission is scheduled to orbit the moon in September, but don’t hold your breath – it’s already been put back more than once

The scientific developments in AI in 2024 were just the tip of the iceberg

It may not quite be ‘Google Maps of the human body’, but it’s not far off

Donald Trump's picks for the big science and technology jobs seem calculated to spread despair. Scientists need to formulate a robust response

The first man-made object in space was built by Germany – and the country’s space programme is now the biggest in Europe

Physicists are searching for evidence of the existence of particles known as gravitons – to determine if gravity is a ‘quantum’ affair

In times of state corruption and political interference, scientists remain ‘apolitical’ at their peril