Analysis of the virus initially showed similarities with other viruses from bats. But more detailed testing suggested it may have been snakes—which were sold in the Wuhan market the outbreak is...

It's easy to criticise modern technology. But for those of us who have lost parents, a space to share experiences is a vital comfort among the loneliness of grief

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

On a mild December day in Washington, 1959, delegates from 12 nations gathered to sign the Antarctic Treaty, putting an end to escalating geopolitical contests

We will only reduce emissions if we build energy efficient homes (Prospect's housing report is kindly sponsored by RICS, Sovereign Housing, Atkins and the Building Societies Association)

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