Beyond the marketing spiel, a whole industry is designed to make us more positive and productive. Caroline Christie speaks to academic Will Davies about the implications of enforced enthusiasm

Understanding how our genes work

Good morning. Your name is Roy. Roy Batty

Mike Freer is Conservative MP for Golders Green, the heart of Britain's Jewish community. So on Sunday, naturally, he sent a tweet out to mark the start of Channukah.

In Malawi, poverty and scant resources mean thousands face blindness

US presidential hopefuls may be in denial over climate science, but the Research Data Alliance is working on new ways to improve our knowledge

Trying to pin down the mystic maestro

The woman behind astronaut Chris Hadfield’s new cartoon series “It’s Not Rocket Science” shares her inspiration from classic science animation

It's not the robots we have to worry about. It's ourselves