SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

Young people will be hit hardest by successive governments' failure to focus on financial and societal challenges caused by an ageing population, a House of Lords report has suggested.They will need to plan and prepare to work longer and...

Could AI’s insatiable thirst for colossal data centres be fixed by launching them into space? Tech companies are eyeing...

For the past year, I kept bringing the same story to my editor: quantum computers are on the edge...

Several countries around the world introduced new restrictions on internet access in 2025 to protect children from viewing harmful...

Helen BriggsEnvironment correspondent"Going forward, the priority is to continue using these methods for long-term surveillance, so we can understand how multiple emerging stressors will shape whale health in the coming years," said Helena Costa of Nord University, Norway. The...

Despite their reputation for advanced sanitation, ancient Romans at a major fort in northern England were probably suffering from...

Available for 34 daysThis week President Trump’s director of the Office of Management and Budget announced that a major climate research centre would be broken up. 2025 has brought a wave of reorganisations and funding cuts, reshaping the ways...

Earlier this year, OpenAI announced ChatGPT apps. Not the ChatGPT app, mind you: That's been out for more than a couple years now....

Two asteroid-sized objects orbiting a famous star have collided, Hubble Space Telescope images suggest. The collision provides a rare look at the violent process of planetary construction around a young star — similar to collisions that probably shaped our...

The Trump administration’s decision to close a world-leading research centre for atmospheric science is a blow to weather forecasting...