Technology
Electronic violin turns laser signals into music
The O-Bow captures the grace of a traditional bowed instrument but digital processing makes it far easier to play
News
Technology
The radioactive legacy of the search for plutopia
Books & Arts
Light Show tricks meaning out of physics and biology
Books & Arts
Life
The search for ET is a detective story without a body
Books & Arts
Win a Kindle Fire HD in our sci-fi theme competition
Regulars
Who knew birds looked this good under their feathers?
Books & Arts
It took more than inspiration to spawn Frankenstein
Books & Arts
Timing was everything when Darwin’s bombshell exploded
Culture
Is extinction really such a bad thing?
Culture
Humans
All work and no play: Why Neanderthals were no Picasso
Neanderthals had shorter childhoods than us, which profoundly affected their ability to make symbolic art
Opinion
The man who’s crashing the techno-hype party
Culture
Quantum film competition: Winning weirdness
Culture
Time is running out for the solar revolution
Culture
Ice-age art hints at birth of modern mind
Culture