Conversational AI agents may develop the ability to covertly influence our intentions, creating a new commercial frontier ...

Interactions with friends and family may keep us healthy because they boost our immune system and reduce our risk of diseases ...

Researchers have come up with a new way to identify more infectious variants of viruses or bacteria that start spreading in ...

Keeping our brains active throughout life promotes cognitive reserve and resilience, which can help during times of stress, ...

Trees have a crucial role to play in cooling cities down but we need to plant them much more strategically to maximise the benefits which they can provide ...

Also known as the Christmas Star, the Star of Bethlehem appears in the Bible’s Gospel of Matthew. The disciple relates how the Magi [wise people] from the East came to Jerusalem and asked: “Where is ...

The task of ensuring affordable access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food for all is one of the major challenges of the 21st century.

The response to the last locust upsurge was very ad-hoc, and less efficient than it could have been. We’ve created a comprehensive model that can be used next time to control this devastating pest.

This office is a little different. Stevie Wonder’s psychedelic shades bounce light at you from a Rolling Stone cover on the wall. Next to him is a framed jigsaw of Patron Lab members, whose smiles ...