Antimatter was once as abundant in the universe as matter is today. Now almost entirely confined to science fiction, where has all the antimatter gone?

When should you stop looking and start leaping? It's a question we face all the time, in situations from dating to hiring, trading to parking. Luckily, maths has an answer for us!

The multiverse is wild, but scientifically very serious. What kinds of multiverses might there be, what implications might they have? Which theories in physics and mathematics entail them?

I never cared one bit about immunology... Until someone bought me this awesome book. It's a beautifully illustrated voyage into the dramas that unfold wihin us every day.

Might AI turn on us in the night? This post takes a rambling view through what history has taught us about where our machines might get their goals.

Betelgeuse is a red supergiant star in the constellation of Orion, doomed to a short life and a violent death – and in cosmic terms, it could go supernova at any time. But what would happen if it does?

The endeavour of discovery is a pure joy. Here are six non-fiction books that have captured my imagination and that I would recommend to anyone on a mission of lifelong learning.

A few thoughts on a fascinating fact about life, the universe and everything. For how long will life be possible? The answer... Not long at all!

How can we have such a vivid perceptual experience? Integrated Information is the degree to which different parts of a system are aware of each other.

You can point at sheep, you can point at restaurants - but not at numbers. What makes maths real - if anything?

100 years ago, there were only 4 countries in the world where you could expect to live past 50. Today, you can expect to live past 50 in every country in the world.