Marianne is a former biomedical scientist who hung up her pipettes to become a freelance science journalist. She now writes about health from her native France.

When you look at your kitty cat, you don’t know what’s happening inside their brain. But it is helpful to have a good idea of how to recognise feline emotions from their behaviour. For ease of ...

Picture a flamingo in your mind now and it’s probably A) fantastically pink, and B) standing on one leg. If not, it should be: the fuchsia-feathered birds adopt this unipedal stance for several hours ...

For Dr David Bell, a psychoanalyst and consultant psychiatrist at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, trying to convince conspiracy theorists that they are wrong is destined to end in ...

Dr Claire Asher is a science journalist and has a PhD in Genetics, Ecology, and Evolution (GEE) at the University of Leeds. Her first book, Brave Green World: How Science Can Save Our Planet, was ...

In early September 2024, an unseasonal rain swept over parts of the Sahara, leaving behind scattered blue lakes on land typically bone-dry and barren. Water settled upon dusty basins and ancient ...

Think of a rock. It’s angular, grey and on the ground, right? Wrong. Rocks come in a staggering variety of shapes and colours, which help us decipher the stories of their geological lives. Here are ...

What’s the most effective way to protect our children’s mental health? The answer that’s been echoed by waves of politicians across the world over the last two decades: ban their social media. Such ...

Researchers have discovered two large ancient cities, a breakthrough that sheds more light on civilisations that existed over 1,000 years ago. Found 2,000 metres (6,561 feet) above sea level in ...

Researchers have developed a prototype infrared contact lens that could allow people to see in the dark – or with their eyelids closed. The cutting-edge prototype, developed by the University of ...

Scientists have found a simple new method to reduce the rate of people suffering from a peanut allergy by a staggering 71 per cent. How? By feeding a child peanuts regularly between the ages of four ...

It’s normal to be lactose intolerant. Mammals evolved to be able to drink their mother’s milk until weaning, when the gene that breaks down lactose into simpler sugars that can be readily absorbed is ...