A proposal for building wormhole-connected black holes offers a way to probe the paradoxes of quantum information.

The "wave function collapse" transforms vague clouds of quantum possibilities into the physical reality we know – but no one knows how. New experiments are finally revealing reality in the making

Artificial intelligence may never match the brain

RNA sequencing has shown a previously unknown dimension to the way malignant cells work—which could lead to novel treatments

The genetic data around human difference is inconclusive – but that does not stop right-wing thinkers using it to excuse profound social inequalities

Science is slowly facing up to its own problems with monuments to its historical figures, even when they are not on earth

Several missions this year are seeking out life on the red planet. But would we recognise extraterrestrials if we found them?

Philip Ball investigates how cells use condensed 'blobs' to collect the molecules involved in regulating genes

Images and text capture the astonishing beauty of the chemical processes that create snowflakes, bubbles, flames, and other wonders of nature. Chemistry is not just about microscopic atoms doing...