Why am I here? How can I live a good life? What does it mean to have a mind and be a person? Since the days of antiquity, philosophers have puzzled over fundamental questions like these that sit at the very heart of our lived experience and interacti ...

My father used to close out his emails with these incredible words by Hunter S Thompson: “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, ...

Actor Sean Bean has played many roles where his character dies before the end of the film or TV series and now gamers have the chance to digitally kill him when he appears as a special guest star target in the video game Hitman 2. The Hitman games ca ...

Shelley Roundtree departed the U.S. Army in 2013 after seeing friends and fellow soldiers die in combat during his tour in Afghanistan. He was committed to transitioning to civilian life, and one of his first steps was to enroll in college with tuiti ...

Students at Exeter University have successfully demonstrated that genetically engineered bacteria could help to create breathable air on Mars when combined with perchlorate salts. Students from Exeter University have suggested that genetically engine ...

Trove of DNA from prehistoric inhabitants reveals that the continents’ early settlers moved far and fast.

Game of Thrones writer George R.R. Martin has revealed that he is developing some new shows for HBO, in addition to the Game of Thrones prequels he is already working on. In a new interview with The Guardian, Martin said that as well as working with ...

In addition to NY, protests from Fargo to Baltimore are happening just one day after Jeff Sessions was ousted.

The long read: When high doses of painkillers led to widespread addiction, it was called one of the biggest mistakes in modern medicine. But this was no accident

Turns out those rumours about Ford buying e-scooter startup Spin were true. The auto-maker has confirmed the purchase as it looks beyond car ownership to emerging modes of transport. Though it didn't disclose the financials

Introducing the Guardian’s new series The Age of Extinction, the renowned primatologist describes the dramatic vanishing of wildlife she has witnessed in her lifetime – and how we can all play a vital role in halting its destruction

The Himalayan kingdom has managed to avoid the crowded, tourist-infested fate that befell many other picturesque destinations.

Companies claim e-cigarettes can deliver nutrients, but experts say the science looks shaky

Public health experts say they see reason to be optimistic but warned against drawing firm conclusions based on a half-year’s worth of data.

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki warns video makers about the threat of a controversial copyright law in the European Union and urges them to "take action immediately" and protest the ruling with videos and social media posts. "This legislat ...

Experienced diplomat Sahle-Work Zewde is chosen by lawmakers for the ceremonial position.

The discovery of a rare mineral (reidite) at the Woodleigh meteorite impact structure in Western Australia was published this week by Curtin University honours student Morgan Cox and colleagues. Reidite – and other minerals – are sometimes formed whe ...

Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is enveloped in a thick, hazy atmosphere. One new research collaboration has identified a chemical mechanism that could help to explain how the moon's haze formed. “Both space probes and land-based instruments have ...

For nearly 15 years, Honduran immigrant Clemente Javier Aguirre-Jarquin has sat behind bars for the brutal murders of his next-door neighbors, Cheryl Williams and her mother Carol Bareis — killings he says he did not commit. The case against Aguirre- ...