Social distancing, self-isolation, city-wide lockdowns—they can only do so much. In order to stop Covid-19 in its tracks, we need a vaccine. So, how long will we have to wait?

There is an angry, heated row raging among scientists about how best to tackle Covid-19. Given all the variables, we shouldn't be surprised

Dyson’s brilliance shone through in his formal work and his grand speculations

Some of society’s most vulnerable citizens have fallen victim to staggering government incompetence

Artificial intelligence may never match the brain

A new study prompts us to ask what in music deserves an evolutionary or physiological explanation, and what is better explained by the individual cultures we live in

These genetic tools pose fraught biological and ethical questions—but how much call for them is there anyway?

A recent study shows there is no one gene that determines homosexuality, but confusion still lingers on the predictive power of our genetic constitution. Far more interrogation is needed before the...

Without dark matter there would be no galaxies, stars or planets. But physicists are yet to find direct proof of its existence. So where is it?

The real issue raised is not about brain transplants or sci-fi fantasies of reanimation of corpses. It is about how we define life and death