The theatre is relying on East Anglia’s dying art of reed cutting to extend the life of a London landmark

The theatre is relying on East Anglia’s dying art of reed cutting to extend the life of a London landmark

Uganda has reported more cases of the virus, which has already killed 177, as scientists race to create a vaccine and halt its spread through Africa

Exclusive: Josh Simons pressed intelligence officials to investigate reporters, in emails described as ‘McCarthyite smear’

In a breakthrough experiment, molecular biologists and tech entrepreneurs have teamed up to write the genetic code of a virus that destroys killer bacteria

The ‘axis of obstruction’ — Saudi Arabia, Russia and China — blocked the Belém road map as climate experts fear the growth of an anti-action consensus

Investing in alternative assets can have some unexpected rewards — and could even help with your inheritance tax bill

Almost half a kilometre underground, engineers in Finland are about to seal radioactive material safely for ever. Britain wants to do the same

The pharma giant Gilead Sciences will not send Trodelvy for assessment by the UK drugs watchdog, claiming it can’t make enough profit in Britain

Remarkable advances in health and wealth mean baby boomers could be the healthiest generation yet. Younger cohorts may not be so lucky

It’s a conservation success story. Ben Spencer spies the ospreys, bison, beavers and other rare species recently reintroduced to our shores

The reignited space race may be over almost as soon as it started, with the US and European space agencies at the mercy of the White House

The falling rate of vaccination shows people no longer understand the danger of not immunising children, warns the Covid-era chief scientific adviser

The falling rate of vaccination shows people no longer understand the danger of not immunising children, warns the Covid-era chief scientific adviser

Pioneered by worried locals, the success of a no-bottom trawling zone off the island of Arran has raised hopes that similar schemes can revive seas globally

Pioneered by worried locals, the success of a no-bottom trawling zone off the island of Arran has raised hopes that similar schemes can revive seas globally

Britain used to lead the world but lost its way over decades of false starts. The planet’s first small reactors could win us energy independence — at a price

With a new space race hotting up, Belfast-born Rosemary Coogan, 34, is boldly going where only two UK astronauts have gone before: into orbit. Next step, the moon? Ben Spencer meets her in training in...

With a new space race hotting up, Belfast-born Rosemary Coogan, 34, is boldly going where only two UK astronauts have gone before: into orbit. Next step, the moon? Ben Spencer meets her in training in...

Sir Keir Starmer rejects Sir Tony Blair’s calls to reset ‘irrational’ climate policies because they were ‘doomed to fail’

In pictures One of the animal puppets involved in The Herds – a public art project to raise awareness of climate change – appeared in Dakar, Senegal, as part of a journey from central Africa to the Arctic Circle CEM OZDEL/ANADOLU VIA GETTY IMAGES

Most pace bowlers quit the game in their early thirties. Before Anderson announced his retirement, he spoke to our science editor, Ben Spencer, about how he defied the odds

Amid the Donald Trump-fuelled backlash against ESG, corporations don’t like to shout about net zero. But on the quiet, they are taking it very seriously

Amid the Donald Trump-fuelled backlash against ESG, corporations don’t like to shout about net zero. But on the quiet, they are taking it very seriously

Turku in Finland is striving to achieve carbon neutrality by 2029, two decades ahead of EU targets

‘Baby brain’ is real. Increasing evidence suggests having kids causes big changes in our grey matter, and not always for the worse. Ben Spencer, science editor and frazzled father of two, explains

Evidence suggests having kids causes big changes in our grey matter

The podcaster has publicly endorsed the treatment but private clinics may be giving out too many doses and not warning of the risks