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Seeking answers to your science questions? Ask our resident expert, Peter Gallivan

Zipcar reverses out of Britain: Zipcar, the car-sharing group owned by US rental company Avis Budget, is leaving the British market. The UK unit swung to a £4m operating loss in 2024 from a £303,000 p

Got a project you want to show, a poem you have written, or a science adventure you went on? This is your space to share it.

Movie posters for the classic 1979 horror film Alien warned us: “In space no one can hear you scream.” And while it’s true that sound can’t travel through a vacuum, it doesn’t follow that the Universe

It’s a cold, clear February evening on Brighton beach. The sun has not yet dipped below the horizon and the last of the light is that strange, luminescent blue that presages dusk. Hundreds of pairs of

From old-school training and functional fitness to the era of anti-ageing and biohacking, the health and wellness space is approaching an increasingly busy crossroads. To cut through the noise, we assembled a hand-picked group of experts to lay odds on how we’ll be training, eating and recovering in 2026