Giant ocean fish farms to solve food security? There's a catch
5 September 2017
A study says there is enough ocean to grow 100 times the fish we eat, but mass fish farming is not the simple solution it seems, says Olive Heffernan
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Simple equation shows how human activity is trashing the planet
10 February 2017
The impact of industrialised societies on Earth has been described in a mathematical formula that should scare us all, says Owen Gaffney
The maths of why pollsters might be wrong, even if they’re right
8 November 2016
I have a plan to figure out which US election poll aggregator is the most accurate. Will Nate Silver and his cohort play along, wonders Jordan Ellenberg
Russian hacker threat to hit US election must be taken seriously
21 September 2016
Cyberattacks on the US from Russia have been gathering pace and a hack of the US presidential vote could spark post-election chaos, says Tim Stevens
Chemtrails conspiracy theory gets put to the ultimate test
18 August 2016
What happened when 77 atmospheric scientists actually took a look at the claim that aircraft are spewing out mind-controlling chemicals, wonders Phil Plait
Ease up doom mongers, Planet Nine is not about to destroy us
13 April 2016
Contrary to tabloid tales, a distant extra planet in our solar system is not about to send comets raining down on us, says astronomer Phil Plait
Time to declutter - what consumer VR means for interior design
13 April 2016
Exploring virtual worlds requires us to tidy up the actual one – should we swap out our possessions to make space for virtual ones?
Migration: Do we want to go forwards or backwards?
6 April 2016
Only a new international body can cut through the bluster on the emotive but much misunderstood migration "crisis"
Getting stuff wrong is key to smarter artificial intelligence
30 March 2016
To err is human, but we need to let machines fail sometimes too if we want them to cope with the real world
Breakthrough in synthetic biology is far from 'playing God'
30 March 2016
The creation of a cell with the minimal number of genes necessary for life is to be applauded - mostly for what it tells us about our ignorance
