What will people think of us in a hundred years’ time? Supposing they can still access the billions of gigabytes worth of pouting teenage...

When it comes to science fiction, there is nothing more frightening than the dystopian futures that writers describe vividly in their...

It’s a theological conundrum. Send a bunch of scientists on a mission to discover the smallest blocks of life and they will tell you that...

When did this all start? When the bottle of ink was replaced by cartridges? Perhaps when we rapidly ‘progressed’ to disposable biros? Was...

It’s hot on the top floor of my little house. I sleep with the skylight windows open. When the wind is in the right direction, I can hear...

Cast a cursor about on any book sales web page these days and you’ll invariably land somewhere near to a parallel universe novel. They’ll...

What is it that makes us feel in tune with another person? Is it a pheromone signature released into the atmosphere that triggers a...

Trust is hard won, but easily lost forever. Why are global tech and consumer companies trying so hard to win our favour and approval? It...

Let’s face it, the inevitability of ageing is both disturbing and a comfort. We know that everyone on the planet will eventually die,...

Each of us possesses the correct software encoded into our DNA to create a whole new body. We have the mechanisms with which to grow new...

Did you know that laughter can balance body chemistry, and even help to alleviate pain? In fact, there is a whole raft of positive...

Memories are fluid. They alter over time. Sometimes the details are lost or adjusted, other times they are manufactured in response to an...

How is it that we have become the apex predator on Earth? Simple - evolution favoured our ingenuity. We are not the fastest, strongest or...

We all know how to keep our hearts healthy, but what about our brains? Eat oats for breakfast, get your five a day, vigorous exercise...

It is an attractive proposition. Internet speeds up to twenty times faster than our current best services can offer. Mobile streaming in...

There is a standing joke within my family, that I could not navigate my way out of a paper bag. They smirk and simper, and shake their...

George Orwell popularised the notion of ‘Sheeple’. Conspiracy theorists ran with the term from then on, but just how manipulated are we...

We live in a ‘Buy Now’ culture. One that rewards impulsiveness and instant gratification. The buy now, pay later marketing phenomenon is...

It all began with the Marshmallow Test. Present a child with a single marshmallow, tell them that they could have instant gratification...

I have written before about the neurology of synaesthesia, where a person’s senses blend, allowing them to see colours of music, or taste...