Fighting agricultural pests is an arms race against evolution, and the diamondback moth is one of the most adaptive combatants. But its resistance to pesticides has also made it an important research species.
Neal Stephenson has called on his fellow science fiction writers to dream big, stay optimistic, and step away from the dystopian writing of the past. But not everyone agrees.
Donated tissues are an essential resource in medical research, but joining the dots from these tiny samples to their sick donors can evoke mixed emotions.
How did you learn science and maths — rote learning facts and theorems? As innovation escalates, our education system must adapt to keep up with advancing technologies and ideas.
Like fries and ice-cream or polka dots with stripes, scientists and the media may seem like strange bed fellows - but put them together and it just makes sense.
Collaborations between science and the arts have a long history. Today, visual artists are crunching big data and musicians are contemplating DNA and climate change.