Futures

Humankind still has need of dragon slayers.

How long must you wait before proving your humanity?

All hail the new Dark Ages.

Transcript of the last cybercast from Fox-Warner reporter Daniel Lundgren.

The response of this year's Nobelist in full

How our ancestors reconciled themselves to eternal life

If at first you can't convince people about the benefits of GM crops — cheat.

Do you sometimes get the feeling that everything's too bad to be true?

From ancient DNA, to an unusual nose, to a sound you can't quite place.

“Sequence your genome at home, and set science free!” cry the biopunks.

Why bother to colonize space when electronic devices do it so much better?

The secret of the accidental immortals can now be made known.

An elegant demonstration that the Universe is made of quantum graphs.

The road to the stars begins in the ocean depths.

The discovery of extraterrestrial life was the key event of the third millennium.

The road to the stars has also illuminated the human mind

Life, but not intelligence, abounds under the ice of frozen planets.

The simplicity of a single equation holds the key to human happiness.

Widespread egg donation has led to a generation of superkids.