June Goodfield obituary
Other lives: Scientist, historian, writer and film-maker who forged a role for herself at the interface between science and society
Climatologist Friederike Otto: ‘The more unequal the society is, the more severe the climate disaster’
The German scientist on her new book arguing that inequality, wealth and sexism are making the climate crisis worse – and what we need to do about it
The truth about stress: from the benefits of the ‘good kind’ to the exercise that only makes it worse
The authors of a new book explain why understanding the science of stress can help us manage it better
‘A case study in groupthink’: were liberals wrong about the pandemic?
US political scientists’ book argues aggressive Covid policies such as mask mandates were in some cases misguided
The big idea: should you trust your gut?
‘Follow your instincts’ has become a modern mantra. But what if they lead you astray?
Mathematician Adam Kucharski: ‘Our concepts of what we can prove are shifting’
The epidemiologist who advised on Ebola and Covid discusses the value of evidence in light of AI and social media, and how the notion of fact has long been divisive
Richard Fortey obituary
Palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum who was also a bestselling science writer and accomplished TV presenter
OpenAI’s metafictional short story about grief is beautiful and moving
I think of AI as alternative intelligence – and its capacity to be ‘other’ is just what the human race needs
The Age of Diagnosis by Suzanne O’Sullivan review – are we really getting sicker?
A neurologist discusses the dangers of overdiagnosing conditions from Lyme disease to ADHD in an era where technology meets pathology
Noel Fitzpatrick: ‘We often put on the radio and TV for the animals’
The supervet talks about growing up on a farm in Ireland, learning the elusive language of elephants and his love of Led Zeppelin
If the best defence against AI is more AI, this could be tech’s Oppenheimer moment
An unsettling new book advocates a closer relationship between Silicon Valley and the US government to harness artificial intelligence in the name of national security
‘I was causing harm’: author Helen Jukes on motherhood and our polluted bodies
In her latest book, Mother Animal, the writer gives a personal account of the impact of ‘forever chemicals’ on her and her child during and after pregnancy
David Hessayon obituary
Gardening writer whose no-nonsense Expert guides have remained in the bestseller lists since the 1950s
Doctored by Charles Piller review – the scandal that derailed Alzheimer’s research
A dogged account of how the quest for a treatment may have been set back years by fraudulent evidence
The Inherited Mind by James Longman review – a moving memoir of mental illness in the family
The TV reporter’s struggles with depression and the suicide of his father, whose own father killed himself, prompt this incisive, highly personal investigation