Computer games stunt teen brains

Hi-tech maps of the mind show that computer games are damaging brain development and could lead to children being unable to control violent behaviour.

Second sight

The US Justice Department are choosing to punish and publicly humilate Bill Gates, says Douglas Rushkoff

Whole Earth visionary

A former soldier, he joined the Merry Pranksters and learned business skills from hippie drug dealers. He gave away profits from his successful publishing venture, moved into computers and is currently raising funds to catalogue every species on the planet. Andrew Brown on an influential, highly idiosyncratic American thinker

The phantom menace

Scientists are searching the skies for Earth destroyers - not bug-eyed aliens, but asteroids that could hit home any time soon. Is the end of the world just a stone's throw away? Bill McGuire finds out

Et cetera

Steven Poole on the pop science of Light Years, the scientific importance of Alchemy & Alchemists and The Death of Cinema

On the rocks

In a recent survey, 25% of Americans said they believed that humans have yet to walk upon the moon. Why do so many people believe such a notion and is there any hard evidence to convince them otherwise? Yes there is, writes Dr Matthew Genge.

The mobile cancer debate heats up

Australian researchers are claiming to have discovered the missing link, pinpointing how mobile phones cause cancer, writes Sarah Left.