12:47 22 July 2010
They're often branded as thoughtless and irresponsible, but teenage mothers and deadbeat dads may be making the best of their bad situations
11:28 16 July 2010
With a 3D printer it's easy to fashion insect-like wings, the prelude to building the robotic spy that's high on the Pentagon's wish list
15:58 14 July 2010
It's time to abandon the black-and-white fiction that human-induced climate change is fact or conspiracy, they say
15:24 14 July 2010
Religious belief and scientific truths are all part of the same ultimate truth, says José Funes, head of the Vatican Observatory
17:45 13 July 2010
The psychology of vengeance explains much about the state of the world and suggests the "war on terror" can never succeed, says Metin Basoglu
16:43 08 July 2010
If your local team wins prior to an election, you're more likely to re-elect incumbent candidates
14:59 08 July 2010
A drug for preventing "abnormal" genitalia in girls has raised ethical issues in the US
14:18 08 July 2010
Chairman of the UK government's Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs says naphyrone – also known as NRG-1 – should be illegal
18:00 07 July 2010
The regulation of space weapons and satellite interceptors is back on the US agenda, but will everyone agree before Earth is caged in orbiting junk?
16:51 07 July 2010
The official UK inquiry into the climategate affair confirms the "rigour and honesty of the scientists involved" but tells them to be more open
From climate change to vaccines, evolution to flu, denialists are on the march. Why do so many people refuse to accept the evidence?