Robin McKie is science and environment editor for the Observer
March 2025
Just a big toy – or key to the universe? Row over even Larger Hadron Collider
A Climate of Truth by Mike Berners-Lee review – a white-hot takedown of environmental policy
Ten lockdown lessons to learn for next time
‘Key lessons of Covid are being forgotten,’ UK scientists warn
Doctors’ best friends: dogs will help sniff out bacteria for cystic fibrosis sufferers
Rocket blasts off to bring stranded US astronauts home from the ISS at long last
‘Brain pacemakers’: implants to be tested to help alcohol and opioid addicts
High street opticians could use AI to spot dementia risk with eye scan
Covid, five years on: UK ‘still not ready to protect the population’
Mine copper without destroying the planet? London-based project gives scientists hope
February 2025
30 things we love in the world of food, 2025
Europe’s big carnivores are on the rise – but can we live with bears next door?
Space mission aims to map water on surface of the moon
UK soil breakthrough could cut farm fertiliser use and advance sustainable agriculture
British professor makes ‘thrilling’ breakthrough for cancer that killed his mother
UK scientist wins prize for invention that could help avert ‘phosphogeddon’
‘It’s incredible, the place just swarms with birdlife’: inside England’s biggest bird sanctuary
January 2025
Storm Éowyn ‘probably the strongest’ to hit UK in 10 years, says Met Office
Thousands of homes in Britain and Ireland still without power after wind speeds of up to 114mph recorded
The Kyoto climate treaty is hailed on stage but reality tells a different story
A gripping play in London’s West End tells how agreement of the first climate protocol in 1997 was a triumph, as scientists share new warnings about the scale of the crisis
At-home ECGs will detect early heart issues and save thousands, say doctors
Colour-coded output from smartwatch device would be easy for public to read
