Nurturing life on Mars may be as simple as bringing a thin blanket of superlight silica. Aerogel, a lightweight material made mostly of air, could be used to heat up the ground and protect it from harmful radiation while allowing enough light…

Businesses put an awful lot of effort into meeting the diverse needs of their stakeholders — customers, investors, employees, and society at large. But they're not paying enough attention to one ingredient that's crucial to productive…

This story is part of a series commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. Picture this: After a three-day journey from Earth, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong are guiding the Apollo 11 lunar module to the surface of the moon. As…

Spooky action at a distance – the dislocated effect of the quantum world – is real without a doubt. So the problem must lie in our perception of space and time Imagine you could exert an instant influence on a particle hundreds of…

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran for alleged spying, has been moved to a hospital mental ward, her husband says. Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 40, was moved to the hospital in Tehran on Monday and is being held by the…