The first obesity “electroceuticals” have been approved, and will trick the brain into thinking the gut is full.

The actor recalls how his first meeting with Hawking helped him to unlock the physicist's character

The Simpsons has secretly created an unlikely role model for rational thinking and gender equality

Studies on mice show that transfusion of youthful blood can improve brain function and speed healing in the old

Star power could yet be the technology that solves humanity’s energy crisis, and everyone wants a piece of it

Thanks to a population boom, intensive farming and poverty, incidents of emerging disease have quadrupled in 50 years

Scientists are trying out new electronic devices to treat asthma, diabetes and gastric problems

More than just a taco-filler, the fire in jalapeños can relieve pain and increase longevity

The oldest academy on the planet hosts an annual exhibition of the latest in cutting-edge science

The summer exhibition of the latest in cutting-edge science, held in the oldest academy on the planet, has the answers

Our cyber-technologies are under attack by neutrons from outer space are hitting aircraft, voting machines and supercomputers

Neutrons from outer space are hitting aircraft, voting machines and supercomputers—and we need to stop them

Scientists who made claims about gravity waves marking the universe’s birth are under pressure to deliver

Scientists who made claims about gravity waves marking the universe's birth are under pressure to deliver

A billion-dollar mission to land a probe on a comet will tell us much about the birth of our solar system

Revolutionary implants funded by the Pentagon raise hopes for millions with degenerative brain disorders

Scientists are working on precision killers in the war against superbugs