Creating a new molecule bodes well for the future of quantum computing

Scientists struggle to prove claims Havana mission was targeted by weaponised sound

Government policy is favouring children who already have a head start

His work on black holes continues to fascinate and frustrate researchers today

There is scant scientific research on the hazy period between childhood and adulthood

SpaceX’s successful launch gives the private sector mastery of an infinite territory

Scientists say the only way to stop pandemics is to develop a jab for everyone

Unhindered by regulation, the country’s researchers excel in controversial biotech

The latest blood biopsy breakthrough still involves the danger of misdiagnosis

Contemporary anxieties about gene-editing find an echo in Mary Shelley’s gothic novel

Population counts are important tools for development, but also politically fraught

We would be better off encouraging children to explore their environments

The technology could lead to the creation of hearts and kidneys for transplantation

It is a fallacy to think that more data, by itself, can make life better

Scientists offer tantalising insight into how atoms were jolted out of their inertia

Algorithms win at the Chinese board game on their way to a more devastating victory

Allowing adolescents to lie in has benefits for health, education and the economy

The return of plague and cholera reveals a fragile stand-off between humans and bacteria

You can now transpose your facial gestures on to a video of someone else

For parents, sending a child off to university is bittersweet

The physics and chemistry awards are odes to fantastically inventive technology

Recent events raise questions about the biases that researchers drag into the lab