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This year’s Nobel prizes in chemistry, physics and physiology or medicine have celebrated work that paves the way for the next generation of quantum technology, the…

Kevin Hall spent 21 years at the US National Institutes of Health and became known globally for his pioneering work on ultra-processed foods. In April he…

In the UK, it’s estimated that 1.5 million people are on weight loss jabs.For many, as the Guardian’s science editor, Ian Sample, explains, they have proved…

For years, the Guardian north of England editor, Josh Halliday, had a secret, unknown even to his friends: that for more than a decade, his father…

This week, Labor expanded Australia’s first home guarantee to allow more buyers access to a mortgage with a reduced deposit of 5%. But the plan has…

Scientists are warning that academic publishing needs urgent reform in order to retain trust in the research system. Ian Sample tells Madeleine Finlay what has gone…

For Keir Starmer, this year’s Labour conference was a chance not just to address the party faithful but to see if there were any faithful left.…

The Ig Nobel prizes were awarded recently – for science that makes you laugh and then think – and the peace prize was given to a…

Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan know what first draws people into their podcast: shock value.  Before the two Oklahoma mothers were hosts of the hit…

For almost four decades Nick Lowles has been trying to push back against the far right. First with the research magazine Searchlight and later with the…