Statistical analysis showed that the death toll for severe hurricanes with more feminine names was much higher than that for hurricanes with masculine names—and it all comes back to implicit bias

The climate challenge is immense and the aviation industry often shoulders much of the blame. But rapid progress is being made towards more sustainable flying

Global heating and the resulting climate breakdown are making wild weather the new normal. Rather than resorting to fanciful mega-scale geoengineering, though, the real solutions are far more prosaic

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...

David Omand says power grids and telecoms have been “pretty well reconnoitred” by hostile states. This article features in Prospect’s new cyber resilience supplement

Businesses are exposed and criminals are profiting

Yet the government is still woefully underprepared. (This article features in Prospect's new cyber resilience supplement)

The company should not be allowed further into our critical infrastructure. (This article features in Prospect's cyber resilience supplement)

While our emotional responses can be changed by alcohol, our experiment suggests that an individual's moral judgement remains much the same

The cyber sector can deliver jobs for underrepresented groups. (This article features in Prospect's cyber resilience supplement)