How we use the electromagnetic spectrum

When they were introduced a few decades ago, microwaves changed the culinary world forever – they made cooking much quicker and far more straightforward, while defrosting food was simple. No wonder ma

Cancer rates are on the rise in young people, says Dr Leigh Erin Connealy. Here are her top tips for getting ahead of it early in life and at any age

Ten years ago, on 14 September 2015, a new window on the Universe was opened, giving us a novel way of studying exotic, high-energy objects such as black holes and neutron stars: the first direct dete

PAUL CLIFTON looks at the step-change in digital communications promised for rail passengers

Astronomers love a challenge. They place their observatories on the highest mountains, in the driest deserts, on the coldest ice shelves, beneath the deepest oceans, in orbit around Earth and the Sun,

Energy metabolism is the process where your body converts food into usable energy. It’s an ongoing interplay of digestion, absorption, cellular respiration and nutrient transport that fuels everything