
Killer robots are here – we must finally decide whether to accept them
12 June 2026
We can no longer ignore the growing threat of fully autonomous weapons. The world must either act to ban them or accept that they are the future of war

12 June 2026
We can no longer ignore the growing threat of fully autonomous weapons. The world must either act to ban them or accept that they are the future of war

9 April 2025
In the latest instalment of our Future Chronicles column, which explores an imagined history of inventions yet to come, Rowan Hooper reveals how brain-computer interface let us travel to Mars via robot avatars in the late 2020s

13 November 2024
Astronomy and particle physics are no longer seen as vital by the US establishment, so funding has fallen. But our work creates a sense of wonder, and wonder matters, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein