What has emerged in the UK is a fast-moving, high-tech, corporate energy transition—but the old dream of a decentralised and democratic system lives on

As the collection of health data becomes more common, the only effective pressure to keep it safe may come from patients

Around 10 per cent of the world's population live in coastal zones at risk from rising sea levels. So what can be done?

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

A new NHS treatment centre takes on the new—and contested—social problem

The organisation’s third annual report shows how much has been done to secure Britain’s digital networks—and how much is left to do

A growing collection of spaces designed specifically for internet strangers to debate each other, they are some of Facebook's busiest and most engaged groups

Increasingly, mental health problems are labelled as an illness like any other. But can a focus on diagnoses, rather than experiences, harm as well as help?

This is not a clash over the science—it is a clash of paternalism about how much risk we should accept

Researchers found that investing in 16 low-carbon measures in cities could cut global urban emissions by 90 per cent by 2050 and has a net present value of almost $24 trillion