The surprising ways your brain changes from your 20s to your 40s
When does your brain reach adulthood? We're now understanding the many ways the organ continues to mature decades after society first deems you an adult
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Record-breaking IBM chip uses trick to cram in 100 billion transistors
IBM's latest chip packs in twice as many transistors as the current state-of-the-art chip by adding a second layer of silicon circuitry
Childbirth for many primate species is even harder than for humans
For decades, we’ve thought that childbirth is uniquely challenging for humans, but it turns out that many other primates find the birth process just as difficult
June heatwave may have killed around 20,000 people in Europe
It will be some months before the true toll of Europe's worst-ever heatwave is confirmed, but researchers can estimate a death count based on how many people died in Europe during previous hot periods
A surprisingly detailed look at the physics of a lugworm's poop
Feedback is delighted by a study of how many animals produce poop that echoes the look of the poop emoji – even the lugworm, which does it upside down
Injection halves risk of chromosome error common in older human eggs
Egg cells missing a key protein may be more likely to end up with the wrong number of chromosomes, but an mRNA injection that helps the cells make the protein reduces the problem
‘Like swimming through the air’: my thrilling role in Giselle with the Royal Ballet School
I use a wheelchair and yearn to dance like I did when I was a kid. Could I possibly hold my own in a class led by inspirational disabled dance star Kate Stanforth?From ballroom to hip-hop, I tried many different dance classes growing up, but nothing ever stuck for too long. My bo
Plymouth’s the Box wins 2026 Art Fund museum of the year award
‘Ambitious and welcoming’ venue that opened in 2020 praised for ‘reimagining what being a museum can mean’The Box in Plymouth has won the prestigious Art Fund museum of the year award, the largest such prize in the world, for its “ambitious and welcoming approach”.Awarding it the
Silo review – this handsomely produced sci-fi drama grapples with the big questions
Rebecca Ferguson is still excellent in this unremittingly grey-green subterranean post-apocalypse. Its political acuity makes it worth watching, even if it’s not always the most entertaining …Being trapped indefinitely in an underground bunker, post-apocalypse, would have many dr
Tish Murtha and Kuba Ryniewicz review – pit closures and cuddly pets struggle for connecti
Baltic, GatesheadClose to Home pairs the two artists’ contrasting visions of the pursuit of happiness in north-east England. There are many good things but they don’t add upIn Tish Murtha’s Youth Unemployment series, shot in Newcastle between 1979 and 1981, young men slouch and s
The Kiss by Katie Barclay review – a history of passion, power and puckering up
From heads of state to foot-kissing knights, Hollywood romcoms to sex, a fascinating story of the gesture that for centuries has brought people togetherIf, on a European holiday, you get flustered greeting people – should you kiss? how many times? – spare a thought for Dutch theo
Brian Potter, British songwriter behind hits for Glen Campbell, Take That and more, dies a
Versatile Essex-born hitmaker known for Rhinestone Cowboy, It Only Takes a Minute and many more had been living with Alzheimer’s diseaseBrian Potter, one of the most versatile and successful British producers and songwriters of his generation, has died aged 87. He had been living