Science
Vaping may raise cancer and heart disease risk, study suggests
Nicotine in e-cigarettes may convert into DNA-damaging chemicals, mouse trial indicates, but critics say results are irrelevant to humans
Ian Sample Science editor
29, Jan, 2018 @5:09 PM
Did you solve it? The puzzle of the red and green hats
The answer to today’s headwear conundrum
Alex Bellos
29, Jan, 2018 @5:00 PM
'Professors eat their own young': how competition can stifle good science
There is often more pressure for scientists to work against each other than together – but why?
Chloe Warren
29, Jan, 2018 @4:12 PM
Heard the one about the standup showing academics how to be interesting?
Iszi Lawrence: Teaching academics to use comedy to engage others is a tricky task
Iszi Lawrence
29, Jan, 2018 @12:37 PM
Can you solve it? The puzzle of the red and green hats
Thinking caps on!
Alex Bellos
29, Jan, 2018 @7:10 AM
Starwatch: close approach to Earth will bring us a supermoon
But total lunar eclipse on 31 January won’t be visible in UK
Stuart Clark
28, Jan, 2018 @9:30 PM
'Super blue blood moon': stargazers prepare for rare celestial event
Blue moon, super moon and blood moon combine to create moment not seen in the skies in more than 150 years
Guardian staff
28, Jan, 2018 @12:48 PM
Lab notes: Bones and clones made this week's science headlines
Cloned monkeys, a jawbone that could rewrite the human timeline and a very cheeky disco ball satellite – that’s not even half of this week’s exciting science
Tash Reith-Banks
26, Jan, 2018 @6:49 PM
Diversity starts in schools – children need to see a wider range of careers
Athene Donald: Step into the classroom to help the next generation discover exciting career opportunities
Athene Donald
26, Jan, 2018 @11:36 AM
Spacewatch: Moon landing contest closes for lack of entrants
Google Lunar XPRIZE withdraws $30m prize for first robotic spacecraft touchdown by private firm as deadline defeats finalists
Stuart Clark
25, Jan, 2018 @9:30 PM
Oldest known human fossil outside Africa discovered in Israel
Human ancestors left Africa far earlier than previously thought, discovery of prehistoric jawbone and tools suggest
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
25, Jan, 2018 @7:00 PM
How 'provocative clothes' affect the brain – and why it's no excuse for assault
Here’s why the persistent idea that a woman’s outfit can make her responsible for her own assault has no basis in science
Dean Burnett
25, Jan, 2018 @3:12 PM
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