Science

From precision tracking technology to sophisticated surveying techniques, five projects in which tech is supporting animal conservation

In the Kenyan savannah, conservationists have joined forces with large tech companies in a bid to protect elephants from poachers. It’s just one way in which big data is being used to save [...]

When Dom Raban’s daughter was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 13, the lack of clear information available left her feeling isolated and ignored. Six years on, her dad has created an app to [...]

Will drones and droids take our jobs? Perhaps, but that isn’t the full picture. We explore how robots might work alongside us, rather than replacing us Ask most people what they think about [...]

Smiling is one of the fundamental ways people communicate, so what happens if your face can’t do it?

Offering e-STI kits in parallel with existing sexual health services could improve testing rates, suggests new research

Countries across the European Union – including the UK – vote to ban the outdoor use of three bee-harming pesticides

New 'game changing' blood test could help detect eight types of cancer earlier

Meet the scientists finding out how we can defeat our inner trolls and build more cooperative digital societies

The news when it comes to climate change isn’t exclusively catastrophic. Quick-developing global megatrends suggest the fight is not over yet

Bad news about our planet can paralyse us, says former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres. Instead, it’s time to focus on the opportunities in tackling climate change. She explains why ‘radical [...]

From shootings in the US to humanitarian crises, the first three months of 2018 have seen many challenges. But behind the headlines are inspiring stories of progress. Here are 20 of our favourites

Samuel Bennett, who became an alcoholic in his teens, is developing a phone app that will support other addicts who are in recovery. 'Nobody can do it on their own,' he says

Dr Caroline Ford, co-founder of the Stemminist movement, shares her thoughts on how a supportive and empowering space for women and minorities in Stemm has been found in an unexpected place

The number of cities that get at least 70 per cent of their total electricity supply from renewable energy has more than doubled since 2015

Electric cars are widely seen as a wonderful idea for the future, but too expensive and impractical for now. It’s time to bust some of the myths that are preventing their widespread rollout, [...]

A social enterprise is transforming human waste into a clean, affordable fuel in Kenya. It smells like the future, discovers Oliver Balch

Scientists from the University of Leicester have won a ‘Space Oscar’ for their research into combatting deforestation

Save the people, save the forest. In rural Indonesia, a pioneering clinic is showing how the health of people and forests could and should be intertwined

Majd Mashharawi has invented environmentally friendly, cheap and lightweight blocks that use ash instead of sand. Could ‘Green Cake’ help rebuild the besieged Gaza Strip?