Conrad Quilty-Harper

Mona Chalabi’s work is a compelling mix of illustration with a journalistic work ethic and a rigorous approach to statistics. The science and art worlds could do with more of this “TMI Queen”

AI lets programmers control Barack Obama’s face and replicate the styles of painting greats. Now a desktop app called Runway lets you do the same

New Scientist was opposed to the Apollo missions from the start, and complained for decades that the money to send people into space was being wasted. Why were we so grumpy and pessimistic about putting a man on the moon?

In his first speech as prime minister, Boris Johnson said Britain is “leading the world” in science and technology. Is that true?

Disney and National Geographic’s The Right Stuff is a TV remake that’s based on the film and the book by Tom Wolfe, but falls short compared with the originals