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Sauna and cold plunge: where does the evidence stand?
Apr 02, 2026Saunas and cold plunge pools are popping up everywhere in the UK, bringing fiery heat and icy cold to a beach, city farm or park near you. Their users will be ready with all the reasons why it’s good ...
Does going to the moon still matter?
Mar 31, 2026If all goes to plan, Artemis II, Nasa’s mission to return humans to the moon, will launch this week. The mission will mark the farthest that humans have travelled from Earth, and the first return to t...
Transporting the most expensive and volatile substance on Earth
Mar 26, 2026A box the size of a filing cabinet was lifted by crane, slowly moved and placed very carefully in the back of an unassuming lorry earlier this week. What looked like a casual drive around the Cern cam...
What sets human consciousness apart from AI?
Mar 24, 2026Why is it like something to be ourselves and how do physical processes create our subjective experience? These questions get to the heart of the knotty problem of consciousness, and they provided the ...
Off Duty: The Crime
Mar 21, 2026On the evening of 29 December 2011, police officer Clifton Lewis was moonlighting as a security guard at a Chicago minimart when two men walked in. They shot Lewis several times, then took off with hi...
Meningitis explained: who is most at risk?
Mar 18, 2026Over the weekend, news emerged of an outbreak of meningitis among university and school students in Kent in south-east England. The outbreak has killed two young people and left several others serious...
What’s behind the injectable peptide craze?
Mar 17, 2026Grey-market injectable peptides – a category of substances with obscure, alphanumeric names such as BPC-157, GHK-Cu, or TB-500 – have developed a devoted following among biohackers and health optimise...
Exercise and brain function, hedgehog hearing, and can AI change our minds? – podcast
Mar 12, 2026The Guardian’s science editor, Ian Sample, talks to Madeleine Finlay about three eye-catching science stories from the week, including a study that explores the link between exercise and brain health....
Was Iran really building a nuclear weapon?
Mar 10, 2026Among the many justifications Donald Trump has presented for the US and Israel attacking Iran has been the supposedly imminent threat posed by its nuclear weapons programme. But how close was the coun...
Will China own the green energy future?
Mar 05, 2026The conflict in the Middle East has sent energy prices soaring, and for countries that import a high proportion of their fuel, it’s a reminder of the perils of energy dependence. As the recipient of a...