Tony Nicklinson pictured with his wife Jane before the stroke that left him paralysed

The fight for the right to die isn't over yet

The ongoing passage of assisted dying bills in Westminster and Scotland is a huge victory for campaigners – but for many, the proposed conditions are far too restrictive

Understanding why we age

Machine learning is being used to understand why some people age quicker than others

How to recycle wind turbines

Britain plans to build thousands of wind turbines. And a scientific breakthrough may help ensure they don't end up in landfill

China's green paradox

Xi Jinping may have skipped this year's COP, but China is making giant strides when it comes to clean energy

Mimicking the brain

Why was this year's Nobel Prize in Physics so controversial?
Can Britain resist the populist right?

Can we resist the populist right?

In Britain, we have escaped the rising tide of the populist right – but it's still influential, even when out of power.

No more intimidation

Women using abortion clinics in England and Wales are finally being protected... up to a point
A pink and blue plasma ball

How to create astrophysical plasma

We'll never be able to visit the plasma at the edge of a black hole – but scientists managed to recreate it in a lab