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Elizabeth Holmes is back in the spotlight: why can’t we look away?
You Can See Everything, a documentary about the disgraced biotech company founder Elizabeth Holmes, has enjoyed a record-breaking opening in the US. …
11 hours ago
‘These risks are real’: the threat of AI bioweapons
In his annual speech on threats to the nation, Sir Ken McCallum, the head of the UK’s intelligence service, MI5, warned that AI had the potential to …
2 days, 11 hours ago
Is your boss watching you? The rise of AI surveillance at work
Workers have always been monitored by their bosses, first through output targets, and then via computer software labelled ‘bossware’. But AI is trans…
1 week ago
The surprising psychology of morbid curiosity
US defence secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan has incurred condemnation from human rights groups and poli…
1 week, 2 days ago
All the news and science from the 2026 Nobel prizes
This year’s Nobel prizes in chemistry, physics and physiology or medicine have celebrated work that has been used to develop countless drugs and tran…
2 weeks ago
Today in Focus: Should we be worried about a plague outbreak?
Several hospitals in eastern Russia are under quarantine after a lab worker fell ill at a plague research centre following a reported accident and di…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Narcolepsy: why you’ve been thinking about it all wrong
The sleep disorder has been the butt of jokes and a comedic plot point, but the reality of living with narcolepsy is anything but funny. Things could…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
The incredible science of memory manipulation
Madeleine Finlay hears from Steve Ramirez, an associate professor of psychological and brain sciences at Boston University, whose book How to Change …
3 weeks ago
Are household cleaning products damaging our health?
Our use of cleaning products has increased since the pandemic, but do we understand what they could be doing to our health? The journalist Rebecca Se…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
Are baby girls more sociable? Super El Niño, meningitis outbreak explained
Madeleine Finlay sits down with her co-host and Guardian science editor, Ian Sample, to discuss three science stories from the week, including a stud…
4 weeks ago