An exclusive look inside the UK’s legal medical cannabis farm
As the row over medical cannabis usage in the UK continues, Amy Fleming visits the only people in the country with a licence to grow marijuana
Can you get meat without dead animals? Why farmers are wrong to say no
Cattle ranchers in the US say beef must come from a slaughtered cow and not cells grown in a lab. The battle over the future of flesh has begun, says Sasha Chapman
Is North Korea really scrapping its nuclear weapons programme?
Satellite images taken on 20 July suggest North Korea may be dismantling two important features of its intercontinental ballistic missiles programme
Massive lake of water found beneath Mars’ south pole could host life
Data from the Mars Express satellite suggests there is a huge body of permanently liquid water under the surface of Mars, which could potentially host life
An ‘obesity virus’ could be to blame for many people being overweight
Is obesity infectious? Evidence is growing in support of a controversial theory that a virus causes weight gain and obesity, but not everyone is convinced
Intensive blood pressure treatment may lower dementia risk
People who receive stronger-than-normal blood pressure treatments have been found to be 19 per cent less likely to later develop signs of cognitive impairment
Face recognition screens egg donors so your child will look like you
A clinic in Barcelona is using face recognition technology to match people with anonymous egg donors who look just like them
It’s official: gene-edited products will be classed as GMOs in the EU
The European Court of Justice has just ruled that organisms created by any new methods for tweaking the DNA are subject to the same laws that govern GM ones
‘Amazing dragon’ find in China rewrites evolution of massive dinosaurs
Fossils discovered in China may change the story of the evolution of sauropods like Diplodocus and how they spread around the world
New Scientist Live: should we zap our brains to boost our abilities?
At our festival of science this September, Nick Davis will be exploring how we can make our brains work better – and whether we know what we’re getting ourselves into