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The people who still rely on paper

Mariners have relied upon paper charts supplied by the UKHO for nearly 400 years – but that might soon be coming to an end (Credit: UK Hydrographic Office)

Editor's Picks

Temperatures have fallen by an average of 2C (3.6F) in the green corridors (Credit: Getty Images)

The city that went green to keep cool

By Matheus Gouvea de Andrade

There's a pod of pygmy blue whales in the Indian ocean that we've never identified by eye - but can hear (Credit: Getty Images)

How bomb detectors decoded a whale song

By Richard Fisher

A view of Palermo (Credit: Getty Images)

The children leaving the Mafia

By Alessia Franco and David Robson

The Texas Tree Foundation have launched a cool schools programme to plant more trees in lower-income neighbourhoods in Dallas (Credit: Kristy Offenburger)

Why heat is a 'silent killer'

By Cagney Roberts

Science journalist Melissa Hogenboom embarked on a six-week brain-altering course to investigate how simple changes to our lives can boost our brains (Credit: BBC)

How I rewired my brain in six weeks

By Melissa Hogenboom

Extreme weather

Satellite image of Hurricane Dorian in 2019 (Credit: Getty Images)

What creates record-breaking hurricanes

By Lucy Sherriff

Wildfires are on the rise due to climate change, but blazes could also be pushing up temperatures long after they are extinguished (Source: Getty Images)

When wildfires reach the stratosphere

By India Bourke

Often it is not the number and intensity of storms that predicts how much damage a hurricane will do, but rather when and where it makes landfall (Credit: Getty Images)

The epic hurricane tug of war

By India Bourke

Satellite images of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption (Credit: Nasa)

The most intense lightning ever seen

By Sarah Griffiths

Psychology

1

Why we personify threatening events

Health

2

Should we be worried about older politicians?

The Next Giant Leap

3

The 'cosmic dust' sitting on your roof

Medical Myths

4

Why are women less likely to ask questions in public?

Future Planet

5

Sea sponges offer lifeline to women in Zanzibar

Wildlife

6

The alternative ivory sources that could help save elephants

Pollution

7

The puzzling link between air pollution and suicide

Nuclear

8

The fear of a nuclear fire that would consume Earth

Medicine

9

How Darwinism is changing medicine