In Angela Saini’s compelling new book Superior, she unearths the unhealthy interactions of science, race and racism. In our first ‘long read’ feature article Prof Stephen Curry digs into the science.
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Somewhere later in the Victorian period, where the pioneering notion of public health was overshadowed by the germs we discovered inside us, epidemiology started to lose its grand public remit. Tania Browne argues for embracing further complexity.
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In recent years there’s been an increasing demand for diagnosis of adults with suspected autism in mental health services, and there are a few reasons why this might be happening. Tania Browne investigates.
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There’s a lot of snow in the Arctic. But you might be surprised to know that scientists don’t actually know how much. And that matters. Sea ice researcher Dr Sammie Buzzard explains.
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The 2018 version of Brian Cox and Robin Ince’s Compendium of Reason is in the books. Here’s what went down at the Apollo.
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