Why do we run for charity? Christina Clark explains how her grandmother’s illness prompted her to put on her trainers… Read more

Time is so integral to our experience of life that we could be forgiven for thinking it is a simple concept. But many physicists are intrigued by the question of what exactly time is… Read more

Think lightsabres are only possible in a galaxy far, far away? If we replace the photons with plasma, they may not be so out of reach… Read more

The story of how the pneumatic tyre emerged on bikes illustrates how humans can shape technologies in whatever ways meet their needs… Read more

What is it like to hear voices in your head? Is it even possible to understand such an affliction? Read more

Stop! Before you drink that pint, have you considered a genetic test? Susceptibility to developing mental illness from alcohol could come from genes … Read more

Crazy over coral. Passionate about polyps. Eliot Barford tells us why Darwin was right to call coral reefs the ‘oases of the ocean’. Read more

On World Radio Day we should remember that the airwaves remain a vital communication medium for the developing world. Read more

Science may ‘matter’, as Mark Henderson argues, but bringing it into greater contact with society will amplify its flaws as well as its plus points… Read more

Scientists have created a Star Trek style tractor beam (but it’s very small) … Read more