How thinking hard makes the brain tired

A neurometabolic account

4d

Earth’s continents may owe their existence to bombardment from outer space

Rather than from forces within

5d

Despite setbacks, HIV can be beaten

But doing so will take patience and money

2w

Farewell to James Lovelock

The inventor of the Gaia hypothesis dies, aged 103

3w

Redating specimens of Australopithecus may rewrite human history

The richest hominin fossil-bed in the world is a million years older than previously thought

3w

Evidence for behavioural interventions looks increasingly shaky

The academic literature is plagued by publication bias

3w

The cause of a new type of hepatitis in children is found

It seems to be caused by co-infection with two different viruses

3w

Monkeypox is declared a global health emergency

The virus has spread to 75 countries but remains almost entirely confined to gay and bisexual men

4w

Critical research on the causes of Alzheimer’s may have been falsified

Scientists could have been led down blind alleys for more than a decade

4w

Association of British Science Writers

4w