COP31: Will this year’s climate summit be the most underwhelming ever?

We often think that our ability to be curious stems from our complex, human brain – but what if curiosity shapes that complexity?

From a “modern bestiary” by Richard Dawkins to a book co-authored by Robert Macfarlane and an Ecuadorian cloud forest, there are plenty of exciting new popular-science books out this month, says Liz Else

Your body uses collagen to give your skin strength and elasticity, so supplements of this protein seem to make sense to reduce wrinkles. But columnist Alice Klein finds it isn’t this simple

Sacha Dench, known as the "human swan", welcomes new laws banning the sale of lead ammunition.