Author: Edwin Cartlidge

With Europe’s ageing population, hearing loss will become a major concern for public health. A new generation of technologies can slow the process.

The ability to modify sequences of DNA with pinpoint precision promises new drugs, healthier livestock and better crops.

Some people fret that artificial intelligence will end civilization as we know it, others believe it can solve every problem.

Aluminium, carbon and even bamboo: sport results today depend highly on the materials.

The fight against congestion is getting some new tools: mobile phones and complex algorithms.

Rapidly evolving camera technology is changing our very notion of photography.

Modern illumination is not only much more efficient, but increasingly responsive to the rhythms of human life.

Age is so much more than years elapsed since your date of birth.

Solar energy won’t fulfil its potential until the storage problem is solved. Here’s how.