A future where humans can lift incredible weights, see in the dark and fly sounds far-fetched, but actually... it’s already here.

Ben is the author of several books on human spaceflight and is a science and astronomy writer.

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.

This doesn’t happen very often, so brace yourselves: mathematicians have declared a new class of shape – but it’s not like your typical circle, triangle or square. So what is it? The ‘shape’ is one ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Newly discovered dinosaur has tiny arms like a T. rex – but the two species lived 20 million years apart The researchers think the carnivorous Meraxes gigas may have used its arms for mating, not ...