Historian of the First World War. Australia

Rhetoric around this new technology has been unusually level-headed. For once, that might be a bad idea

One of the Natural History Museum's best loved dinosaurs is being replaced by a blue whale

A century after Einstein produced his great theory, it might let us see gravity's waves

New parties the world over are using technology to enhance democratic engagement, and the UK could be next

Understanding the brain won’t be done simply by mapping it down to the last synapse

Christopher Nolan's film Interstellar makes an admirable attempt to be scientifically authentic, but science fact will always trump science fiction

Scary headlines belie the complexity—and the potential opportunities—of technological shocks in the labour market

It's delusional to believe that everything can be explained by genetics

We may not be able to keep records of our night time imaginings, but we might be able to influence their content