Science

Headlines warn of the carcinogenic chemicals in school meals, but before we ban smoked sausages and nitrites, we'll need to see some better evidence

Two recent studies claim to find evidence of communication within chimpanzees and fungi, but do they have the complexity of what we'd call language?

Rather than engage with the realities of climate change, some people prefer the comforting reassurance of denialism, packaged in these 10 infuriating memes

As pseudoscience flourishes in Brazil, What Nonsense! by Carlos Orsi and Natalia Pasternak seeks to redress the balance, and push back against irrationality

All of society benefit from the latest scientific research and advances, which is why the Collaborative Library aim to make science accessible to a lay audience

The menopause is something that almost all women experience eventually - yet medicine is still filled with misleading claims around treatments like HRT

Headlines warn of a poisonous plant endangering our children's lives, but we should be less worried about hemlock and more worried about the safety of our public footpaths and pavements

We may see ourselves as rational decision makers, but we are all prone to judging ideas based on how well they agree with what we already think