Science & Medicine

In 1802, a country parson argued that a watch implies a watchmaker. In 1986, Richard Dawkins replied: the watchmaker exists, but has no eyes. In February 2026, a 45-nucleotide molecule in a Cambridge laboratory may have quietly turned the argument into a laboratory finding.

We have better maps of Mars than of our own ocean floor. The question is not just what we haven't found — it's why we stopped looking.

There is a temperature at which a healthy young adult, sitting perfectly still in the shade, will die. That number is lower than you think.