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A growing and influential intellectual movement aims to understand why human progress happens – and how to speed it up. Garrison Lovely investigates.

All eyes are on Mississippi as the US awaits a Supreme Court decision involving its last abortion clinic.

The school argued its policy would promote girls as "fragile vessels" to be treated "gently".

The rate of release could have powered hundreds of thousands of homes, if sustained and captured.

The man used a fake name and pretended to be Brazilian, but security officials say he is a deep-cover spy.

The tech giant is accused of secretly slowing down the performance of older models.

Australia's energy minister urges households to use less electricity in the face of a power crisis.

The cryptocurrency crash is hurting many investors, including one country that has bet big on Bitcoin.

Researchers say they finally know the origin of the plague that killed tens of millions in the 1300s.

Paolo Macchiarini, once seen as a pioneering surgeon, is given a suspended sentence for bodily harm.

Carbon-rich peatlands are under threat from development, posing a risk for future climate change.

Nepal is preparing to move its Everest base camp as the glacier it stands on becomes less stable.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition to the US is approved by UK Home Secretary Priti Patel.

If you traveled 10,000 years into the future, what would planet Earth look like? Would most of its surface be covered in volcanoes? Or would it be frozen in ...

The dubious aesthetic of Kubrick's film has endured in pop culture. But is it the film or the original book that is to blame for this perplexing phenomenon, asks Steph Green?

Justin Rowlatt finds out what gorilla conservation can teach us about protecting other species.

A selection of street pictures in India by some of the country's most acclaimed photographers.

Ukraine's parliament also voted to ban the import of books from Russia and Belarus.

The Jumbo restaurant capsized in the South China Sea days after it was towed out of the harbour.

From sharks' livers to endangered plants – some claims about "natural" products should be interpreted with caution. Should we be more willing to use synthetic alternatives?

Chinese energy giants have been ramping up imports of heavily discounted Russian oil in recent months.

A 300kg stingray found in Cambodia is the biggest freshwater fish on record, scientists say.

All that remains of Congo's murdered leader Patrice Lumumba is handed to his family in Brussels.

The skin on our fingertips and toes shrivels like prunes when soaked in water. But is this an adaptation from our evolutionary past? And what can it reveal about our health today?

Bosses want video call cameras on. But workers may have a strong argument against appearing on screen when they don’t want to.