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The more we learn about the drivers of obesity, the clearer it becomes that willpower alone won't work. Governments need to act YOU can’t...

By Andy Coghlan An enormous chunk of the Larsen C ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula now looks doomed to calve into the Weddell Sea,...

By Jessica Hamzelou Drinking even small amounts of alcohol when pregnant seems to have subtle effects on how a baby’s face develops –...

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Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent Sunday 4 June 2017 11.59 EDTLast modified on Sunday 4 June 2017 12.50 EDT The UK could be a green...

By Mick O'Hare WE TRY never to be naive. We know that ideology, not technology, dictates trends in space travel. In 1961, New Scientist...

By Richa Malhotra Never mind the Leaning Tower of Pisa – this is the leaning tower of pines. Cook pines are towering trees that were once...

By Stephen Battersby YOU are entering an alien soundscape. The first thing you notice is a chorus of curious pings – or perhaps you’d...

Sheila Hayman Saturday 3 June 2017 01.30 EDT Two years after the end of the war, but still during rationing, my parents married. They had...

How children learn language is one of the oldest controversies in linguistics. But speaking may just be a matter of grasping the...

By Claudia Hammond 2 June 2017 In 1986 the psychology professor James Pennebaker discovered something extraordinary, something which...

By Owen Gaffney Homo sapiens now rivals the great forces of nature. Humanity is a prime driver of change of the Earth system....

Stephen Burgen in Barcelona Friday 2 June 2017 12.45 BSTLast modified on Friday 2 June 2017 22.00 BST The next time you book a holiday...

By Alice Klein A DRUG normally used to treat narcolepsy and excessive daytime sleepiness also seems to improve symptoms of attention...

Haroon Siddique Thursday 1 June 2017 13.13 EDTLast modified on Thursday 1 June 2017 17.00 EDT The world’s biggest plane, boasting a...

By Elie Dolgin YOU’VE just finished an indulgent meal, the plates have been cleared and you sit back in your seat, stuffed. You couldn’t...