More than half the world’s population are concentrated in urban areas, and this is having an effect not just culturally, but biologically too. And advances in technology are adding an entirely new dimension to people’s lives.
While the world economy languishes, paintings and sculpture continue to command dizzying prices. Georgina Adam explains how competitive billionaires, new wealth and the fashions of the super-rich keep values sky high.
There’s less and less time to grab a meal nowadays. But is food on the run bad for your digestion? To find out, enter the world of the competitive speed eaters.
The NASA driver who has clocked up most miles on the Red Planet reveals what it’s really like to be behind the wheel of a space rover.
Nasa's Ladee mission is part of a resurgence of interest in the Moon and it is all down to the fact that we barely understand our cosmic neighbor.
The world’s “first decentralised digital currency” promises financial salvation, but what is it and can it really deliver?
There’s tantalizing evidence that technology could one day allow us to transmit thoughts telepathically between two brains. The question is how far can we go?
Truth is stranger than fiction when it comes to the extraordinary abilities of parasites to hijack other creatures minds... including our own.
Take a behind the scenes tour of the US space agency's unmanned aerial vehicle program.
Margaret Thatcher did it. So did Salvador Dali. They survived the day with only a few hours of sleep. The question is whether you can force yourself to do the same.
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