The physicist who inflated the Universe

Research into alternatives to silicon solar cells is making rapid progress.

How to mind our immune system on the way to Mars.

This novel could serve as a NASA recruiting tool.

A look back at some of our most popular articles.

The crowning mathematical achievement of the Enlightenment.

The truth about the Earth's underbelly.

How to measure something so hard to detect?

'Three-parent' babies may soon be allowed in the UK. But are we ready?

A new book re-examines Aristotle's contribution to our understanding of the natural world.

Scientists are fossicking in our planet's most unearthly places to practise searching for life on Mars.

Two recent human studies add to the evidence that flavanols are brain-boosters.

Was there ever a more lucrative line penned than "A diamond is forever?"

If life can exist in the oily seas of Saturn's largest moon, then perhaps we will find it all over the Universe.

Hydrogen sulfide release may be the key to calorie-restricted diets.

The greatest and most popular puzzle of the 20th century began life as an artwork.

Is this a new way to combat superbugs?

Don Ingber is a disruptive influence, which is what the Harvard-based Wyss Institute wants in a director.

A selection of science pictures from the past year.

The final in our series of holiday reading takes us into an apocalyptic future.

Wonder-material has been found to have two new properties.

Dating the ancient past in tiny bites.