Security expert Mark Hilborne talks to us about space warfare - and how it could be the deciding factor in the Russia-Ukraine ...

Several killings have been linked to a movement that calls itself “rationalist”. But what do they really believe?

Donald Trump is suing his niece, Mary, for $100 million for helping the New York Times with its investigation into his ...

Mycorrhizal fungi growing with a plant root. Credit: Dr Yoshihiro Kobae As Giuliana Furci picks her way through the dense, dripping greenery of Chile’s Patagonian forest, her keen eyes are seeking out ...

Hopeful Pessimism (Princeton University Press 2025) by Mara van der Lugt Greta Thunberg famously told an audience at Davos, “I don’t want your hope.” What made more sense, she suggested, was for ...

The Landscapes of Science and Religion: What Are We Disagreeing About? (Oxford University Press) by Nick Spencer and Hannah Waite This is an intelligent, important book. At the same time it’s ...

Almost 40 years ago, I was looking into the ordinary phenomenon of worry. Midway through the materialist decade of the 80s, this was an unusual research subject. But worry, I reasoned, was the ...