You Can See Everything, a documentary about the disgraced biotech company founder Elizabeth Holmes, has enjoyed a record-breaking opening in the US. It is a testament to how fascinated we remain by the convicted fraudster, but...
Read MoreAs the planet warms, airlines are grappling with what this means for air travel – and for the passengers who simply refuse to keep their seatbelts fastenedIt was a swelteringly hot afternoon in south-west Myanmar on 21 May 2024....
Read MoreInternational delegates agree leap second no longer tenable, but first leap hour not likely to happen for thousands of yearsAfter decades of discussion, quibbling and worrying about clocks in computer systems, the world’s...
Read MoreExperts say the technology could help terrorists and nation states with production but that significant hurdles remainIn his annual speech on threats to the nation, Sir Ken McCallum, the head of the UK’s intelligence service,...
Read MoreRussia’s silence over the death of a lab worker underlines that pandemic preparedness amounts to nothing if information on threats is withheldIn pandemic preparedness work, scientists like to focus on the technical challenges:...
Read MoreIf you take a break from the gym you may lose muscle and gain fat, but it isn’t as simple as one turning into the other‘This is not true,” says Prof Leigh Breen, a specialist in muscle physiology at the University of Leicester....
Read MoreCould a drug intended to prevent painful rashes also protect our brains as we get older? The signs are promising – but not conclusive. Yet that’s enough to be driving a boom in shingles jabsWhen Jenny, a 50-year-old marketing...
Read MoreExclusive: Prof Jim Al-Khalili says he will offer solution to ‘arrow of time’ problem in Royal Institution lecturesTech billionaires attempting to live for ever are, quite literally, wasting their time, a leading physicist has...
Read MoreEqual Earth projection, adopted by the UN last week, provides an alternative to 16th-century Mercator displayThree cartographers have spoken of their astonishment at the UN’s near-universal adoption of a map they created to more...
Read MoreA new map of the world rescales the size of Africa and calls into question our perception of land, power and influenceThis month, the UN passed a resolution, brought to the assembly by Togo, to phase out the traditional Mercator...
Read MoreCustomers seeking greens at one Berlin outlet are dealing with some very local supply chains indeedWalking into the Felix Thomas REWE supermarket in Lankwitz, Berlin, customers are immediately presented with a choice of greens:...
Read MoreCEOs may like to get up at the crack of dawn and go for a run, but I prefer optimising my life with lie-ins, trashy films, swearing and coffeeThis evening I’m going to tuck my five-year-old into bed and read her a chapter from...
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