Astronomy

Feedback is delighted to receive a response, however excruciating, from a junior doctor to the call for papers in which The Title Tells You Everything You Need to Know

Narratives around addiction often reduce it to a series of poor choices, lack of values and weakness. This has real-world consequences, warns Anna Wolfe

There's just over a month to go before the world's greatest festival of ideas and discoveries, so grab your tickets now, says Timothy Revell

Feedback is delighted to receive a response, however excruciating, from a junior doctor to the call for papers in which The Title Tells You Everything You Need to Know

Narratives around addiction often reduce it to a series of poor choices, lack of values and weakness. This has real-world consequences, warns Anna Wolfe

The author of Sapiens has turned his attention to the information networks that shape our societies, but when you stop and think about what he's saying, it's obvious

Space missions are extremely hard. Things going wrong should be expected, so having a sensible plan B is crucial

Space missions are extremely hard. Things going wrong should be expected, so having a sensible plan B is crucial

A small study of transgender men taking testosterone revealed changes in immune pathways involved in responding to viruses and inflammation

A colossal asteroid slammed into Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede with so much power it dramatically and permanently reoriented the moon roughly 4 billion years ago, new research suggests.

Dark matter may be lighter in mass than once hoped

In this image, PPE engineers successfully tested the integration of Aerojet Rocketdyne’s thruster with Maxar’s power procession unit and Xenon Flow Controller.

A new procedure turns an alloy of nickel and titanium into a material as strong as steel but 20 times stretchier – and one application could be building planes with shape-shifting wings

A new procedure turns an alloy of nickel and titanium into a material as strong as steel but 20 times stretchier – and one application could be building planes with shape-shifting wings

A network of neurons in the brain seems to be larger in people with depression, which could change how we think about the condition's causes

A network of neurons in the brain seems to be larger in people with depression, which could change how we think about the condition's causes

Patchy garbage collection services result in more than 50 million tonnes of unmanaged plastic waste each year, and the majority of this is incinerated

Patchy garbage collection services result in more than 50 million tonnes of unmanaged plastic waste each year, and the majority of this is incinerated

After an mRNA vaccine for mpox achieved promising results in monkeys, researchers say it could have several advantages over existing vaccines – but cold storage requirements mean it will be hard to roll out in some hard-hit countries

After an mRNA vaccine for mpox achieved promising results in monkeys, researchers say it could have several advantages over existing vaccines – but cold storage requirements mean it will be hard to roll out in some hard-hit countries