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From robo-walking cities to living rooms that fold away, the revolutionary ideas on show at London's Design Museum tell us much about the way we live

The human sense of direction is extraordinarily variable. Now we know why some people are so good at getting lost

From past temperature change to future sea level rise, climate science is full of conflicting numbers. Here’s our guide to the ones you can and can’t trust

The first life forms with a six-letter genetic code are already pumping out drugs and other materials that nature has never seen before

White holes are black ones in reverse, spewing out matter– and they could give us our first glimpse of the quantum source of space-time, says physicist Carlo Rovelli

A lab-on-a-chip that fits inside a smartphone is set to change our relationship with food and the chemicals we use to make it

If you want to find your way across the universe, forget using stars or GPS. The light from quasars billions of light years away can guide us and even help here on Earth

When innovators, entrepreneurs, scientists and policy makers meet next week to discuss the UN's goal of making cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable by 2030, the quality of life for billions of people will be at stake.

The creator of cult comics Watchmen and Halo Jones is an occultist, but his love of science shows in the way he plays with quantum characters and consciousness

It's the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced, but we can keep global warming to within the "safe" boundary of 1.5°C. Here's how we do it