It’s that time of the year when we rock out with the biggest bands while rubbing shoulders with luminaries of the science world. Find out how to win tickets in our Bluedot 2018 competition.

Each life form on this planet has a unique genetic code – DNA – whose structure was first identified 65 years ago. Now geneticists are using DNA to improve our health, eliminate hunger and even bring back animals from the dead...

Roughly one in six couples in the UK has problems conceiving. Our fertility is waning. And we’re not the only ones who are struggling – many other species are too…

Neuroscientist, comedian and science writer Dean Burnett tells us what’s going on in our brains when we're happy

What if happiness doesn’t really exist? New research is uncovering that the way we think about emotions doesn’t match up to what neuroscientists are seeing in our brains and behaviour…

Being gay no longer holds the stigma it once did, but in evolution, why does a non-reproductive trait persist?

When it comes to the study of birds, John Ray might be the ornithologist that springs to mind, but it was his friend, the little-known Francis Willughby, that helped him spread his wings.

Read a chapter from Shapeshifters, the new book by GP and author Gavin Francis, exploring the changes that our bodies constantly go through over the course of our lives.

Jeremy Bailenson tells us how he is using VR to change the way we perceive racism, highlight the impact of climate change, and help us step into the shoes of our sporting heroes.

“Social media isn’t designed with your long-term happiness in mind”