New evidence for the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin
So far nobody has come up with a credible explanation of how the the relic might have been forged
How 485 million years of Earth’s temperature history reveals climate tipping points and extinction risks
At 13.9 degrees, there is much scope for Earth’s surface to get a lot warmer, as demonstrated by new study on its temperature history
Carl and Gerty Cori: a Nobel Prizewinning husband and wife team
Prague-born couple Carl and Gerty advanced knowledge of how the body produces and stores energy. They shared the 1947 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology for this work.
Golden rice could save hundreds of thousands of lives every year
Evidence on the genetically modified crop is overwhelming: it poses no dangers while offering fantastic life-saving potential
Are we entering the twilight of diversity, equity and inclusion?
These educational programmes are implemented in the spirit of PC/woke, but that exerts a chilling effect on free expression of ideas
Intermittent short bursts of exercise dramatically improve your health
Latest discovery represents most exciting and important health news announced for some time
Happiness is not considered to be an important goal in some cultures
Some researchers have found that striving to achieve happiness leads to thinking that time is scarce, which produces unhappiness
Barbara McClintock was an incandescent genius. Why was her work rebuffed?
Like Einstein before her, the geneticist relied a lot on a very vivid imagination, supplemented with intensely hard work, and might have been autistic
Multivitamin supplements are little more than expensive placebos
The average person eating a balanced diet is in no need of vitamin supplementation
Co-discoverer of nuclear fission Lise Meitner unfairly overlooked by Nobel Prize committee
Worst example ever of blatant sexism and racism by the committee, claim critics
Will physics ever explain consciousness?
We may be pushing physicalism too far in asking it to account for the mind, as this ignores the primacy of perception
Near-death experiences open the door to the nature of consciousness
Scientists no longer question the reality of NDEs, viewing them as unique mental states offering novel insights into the nature of consciousness
Our civilisation is under threat: we must defend it
Ostensibly peaceful and wealthy European countries are at war internally with their centuries-old values, thinking they can repudiate what they are and remake themselves in a new image
Advantages - and dangers - of new gene-editing technology CRISPR
CRISPR should be used to pioneer cures for diseases while upholding human dignity, but we must be extremely cautious about using it to manipulate the genetic make-up of future generations
Children’s mental health under attack by the smartphone
Diversity, equity and inclusion programmes are implemented in a spirit of political correctness and woke