The physicist, who died in February, worked with Nasa to protect astronauts from radiation

Avoid online advice from dodgy sources, the situation is scary enough without fake news

The decline of the insects could make things even worse as we face a sixth great extinction

Researchers believe that ‘rewilding’ vast areas of Arctic tundra might be the answer

Symbolic timepiece shows two minutes to midnight, closest to apocalypse since cold war

Ireland must continue to internationalise its research by joining key scientific bodies

The scientific community criticised the work of Chinese scientist He Jiankui for crossed a red line in genetics research

There’s an essential ingredient missing from Lapland this year. Snow.

The world’s governments need to begin preparing for existential risk scenarios

Nobel prize winner leaves as reality of disconnecting from EU funding network sets in

Even as Apollo 11 landed on the surface of the moon the city of York, Pennsylvania, was convulsed by a race riot

The society, founded in 1731, has always had innovation as its central focus

Founder surprised at lack of awareness over trigger factors that cause breathing distress

UN report shows human activity is driving life on Earth towards a catastrophic end

These technologies must be kept out of the hands of people who would misuse them