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Golden oldies: The pudgy dad hypothesis and why older men matter

Humans

Golden oldies: The pudgy dad hypothesis and why older men matter

It’s not all downhill after men hit their physical peak – older guys could explain human longevity, argues a new book about male ageing

Culture

Dizzying view of orangutan hunting for figs wins photo prize

Life

Dizzying view of orangutan hunting for figs wins photo prize

Regulars

A woman with large rolls of fat

Health

Overweight mothers give birth to biologically older babies

News

Two whales swimming along, one of them has left a plume of faeces behind it

Life

Whales’ dung is the real reason we need to stop hunting them

News

Women protesting for abortion rights in Poland

Health

Home abortions are safe – we should let women do it themselves

Analysis

Robert Pitman

Life

I saw humpback whales save a seal from death by killer whale

Features

A zebra

Life

What do our natural laws really say about the world?

Culture

A woman looking at her phone

Technology

Exploding Samsung phone shows how risky lithium batteries can be

Comment

Anderson Cooper and Martha Raddatz

Earth

US presidential candidates being let off hook on climate change

Comment

The Electric Kool-Aid language test

Humans

The Electric Kool-Aid language test

Major figures in the world of linguistics get the Tom Wolfe treatment – but how will this story end?

Culture

Earth

There’s no good reason to go ahead with fracking in the UK

Analysis

Technology

Entering the random world of semi-sentient art

Culture

Earth

First farm to grow veg in a desert using only sun and seawater

News

Technology

The reaction that would give us clean fossil fuels forever

Features