British scientists are undertaking a three-year, £300,000 government study to work out the feasibility of changing the direction of threatening asteroids.
The idea that an array of easily available and addiction-free drugs could be used to improve memory or increase intelligence is the stuff of science fiction dystopia. But a new report by leading scientists in the fields of psychology and neuroscience argues that, very soon, there really will be a pill for every ill.
A review of the political and technical challenges faced by the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) as it faces a decisive stage in its future.