Accessibility helpSkip to navigationSkip to main contentSkip to footer
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
Open side navigation menuOpen search bar
Financial Times
SubscribeSign In
  • Home
  • World
    Sections
    • World Home
    • Middle East war
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • War in Ukraine
    • Americas
    • Middle East & North Africa
    Most Read
    • JPMorgan to build Canary Wharf’s tallest tower after City airport approval
    • US counts cost of equipment destroyed in Iran war
    • Trump says US could destroy Iran ‘in one night’ as he demands opening of Hormuz
    • Jamie Dimon warns private credit losses will be larger than feared
    • The future of global trade won’t depend on the Strait of Hormuz
  • US
    Sections
    • US Home
    • US Economy
    • US Companies
    • US Politics & Policy
    Most Read
    • JPMorgan to build Canary Wharf’s tallest tower after City airport approval
    • US counts cost of equipment destroyed in Iran war
    • Trump says US could destroy Iran ‘in one night’ as he demands opening of Hormuz
    • Jamie Dimon warns private credit losses will be larger than feared
    • Trump is hastening Britain’s return to the EU
  • Companies
    Sections
    • Companies Home
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
    Most Read
    • JPMorgan to build Canary Wharf’s tallest tower after City airport approval
    • US counts cost of equipment destroyed in Iran war
    • Jamie Dimon warns private credit losses will be larger than feared
    • The future of global trade won’t depend on the Strait of Hormuz
    • Say no to a ‘camera on your face’, says Meta smart glasses rival
  • Tech
    Sections
    • Tech Home
    • Artificial intelligence
    • Semiconductors
    • Cyber Security
    • Social Media
    Most Read
    • Say no to a ‘camera on your face’, says Meta smart glasses rival
    • The internet is deciding what to forget
    • Bezos’s Project Prometheus poaches xAI co-founder from OpenAI
    • Anthropic in chips deals with Google and Broadcom worth hundreds of billions
    • Don’t forget the Mag 7
  • Markets
    Sections
    • Markets Home
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Private markets
    • Equities
    • Bonds
    • Currencies
    • Commodities
    • Crypto
    • Monetary Policy Radar
    • Wealth Management
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
    • Asset management
    Most Read
    • Jamie Dimon warns private credit losses will be larger than feared
    • Why this oil shock is different
    • Ukraine’s drones dent Russia’s war-fuelled oil windfall
    • Saudi Arabia charges record premium for its oil
    • Private equity buyouts slump as AI fears and war dent dealmaking
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    Sections
    • Opinion Home
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
    Most Read
    • The future of global trade won’t depend on the Strait of Hormuz
    • Trump is hastening Britain’s return to the EU
    • Why this oil shock is different
    • The internet is deciding what to forget
    • How Europe made Viktor Orbán
  • Lex
  • Work & Careers
    Sections
    • Work & Careers Home
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Europe's Start-Up Hubs
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
    • Working It
    Most Read
    • Deutsche Bank chief earns bumper share returns as rebound bet pays off
    • Good news for CEOs with foreign accents
    • Where to eat in east London, by restaurateur Dom Hamdy
    • Business leaders now have ‘permission to be the assholes they are’, says Brené Brown
  • Life & Arts
    Sections
    • Life & Arts Home
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Puzzles
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
    Most Read
    • In defence of the rich — and other new economic books
    • Edwin Heathcote: why the Max Bill Automatic is the ultimate watch
    • The Lifetime Isa is squashing the hopes of first-home buyers
    • Should phones be allowed in restaurants?
    • Where to eat in east London, by restaurateur Dom Hamdy
  • How To Spend It
MenuSearch
  • Home
  • World
  • US
  • Companies
  • Tech
  • Markets
  • Climate
  • Opinion
  • Lex
  • Work & Careers
  • Life & Arts
  • How To Spend It
Financial Times
SubscribeSign In

Science

  • Tuesday, 7 April, 2026
    Space exploration
    China and Europe launch rare joint space mission

    Solar-focused project seeks to understand geomagnetic storms that can disrupt terrestrial communications

    updated
    A computer-generated scene shows the Vega-C rocket’s third and fourth stages with the Smile spacecraft attached, orbiting above Earth.
  • Tuesday, 7 April, 2026
    Space exploration
    Artemis II astronauts head back to Earth after record-breaking Moon trip

    Donald Trump congratulates crew and promises Nasa will establish human lunar presence

    Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman looks out of the Orion spacecraft’s main cabin windows back at Earth
  • Friday, 3 April, 2026
    Space exploration
    The FT View. An inspiring new race to the Moon

    Artemis II is reawakening interest in science and the thrill of human exploration

    The editorial board
    A NASA rocket launches, trailing bright flames and smoke, as birds fly nearby and clouds rise above the Kennedy Space Center.
  • Thursday, 2 April, 2026
    ‘Big bang’ of animal life may have begun earlier than thought

    Fossils from south-west China offer new clues to date of crucial evolutionary period

    A deuterostome cambroernid fossil from the Jiangchuan Biota is shown on the left, with an artist’s reconstruction on the right.
  • Wednesday, 1 April, 2026
    Space exploration
    Nasa’s first crewed mission to the Moon in more than 50 years blasts off

    Artemis II overcomes technical delays to launch smoothly from Kennedy Space Center

    Nasa’s Artemis II Space Launch System rocket launches, with bright flames and smoke trailing as it ascends against a cloudy sky
  • Wednesday, 1 April, 2026
    Silent cells could mean no more scars

    Scientists believe the key to improving skin regeneration lies in dialling down excessive nerve growth

    ImageAnjana Ahuja
    An illustration showing two doctors in lab coats working together to remove or erase a large, dark scar from a skin-like surface, symbolising advances in scarless skin healing.
  • Thursday, 26 March, 2026
    World
    New ancient human relative unearthed in Egypt

    Discovery of 18mn-year-old fossil suggests modern apes may have originated in northeastern Afro-Arabia

    An illustration showing the extinct ape Masripithecus moghraensis with brown fur, large eyes, and a forest background.
  • Wednesday, 25 March, 2026
    The problem with doomsday deadlines

    Giving future turmoil a date allows us to feign control while removing urgency

    Guru Madhavan
    An illustration showing a person sitting on a beach holding a cup, watching a sunset shaped like a clock with its hands near ten o'clock
  • Wednesday, 25 March, 2026
    Merck & Co Inc
    Merck seals $5.7bn biotech deal to boost cancer drug pipeline

    Terns Pharma stock has jumped since promising clinical data on its bone and blood cancer treatment last year

    Merck logo with green geometric shapes and the company name in bold black letters on a white background.
  • Wednesday, 25 March, 2026
    Pollution
    Harmful benzene found in household leaks of European gas, study shows

    Low level escape of carcinogenic vapour previously undetected, scientists say

    Blue flames from natural gas burning on a kitchen stove burner, shown in close-up
  • Wednesday, 25 March, 2026
    Scientific research
    Wellcome’s flagship genetic campus seeks missing transport link

    Facility near Cambridge is undergoing ambitious expansion — but faces logistical challenges

    The entrance to the Wellcome Genome Campus with a large sign displaying its name and a modern building in the background
  • Monday, 23 March, 2026
    Biotech
    Gilead buys autoimmune biotech Ouro Medicines for $2.2bn

    California-based drugmaker takes advantage of surging share price to strike takeovers

    Gilead headquarters building with a large sign reading "Gilead 368" in front, and a person walking on the sidewalk nearby.
  • Friday, 20 March, 2026
    Health
    The Big Read. The UK’s meningitis outbreak and the grim legacy of Covid

    What the Club Chemistry cases tell us about lessons unlearnt from the pandemic

    Students wait in line, some wearing face masks, at the University of Kent campus to receive vaccines and antibiotics.
  • Thursday, 19 March, 2026
    Nuclear energy
    The FT View. Investors’ important bet on nuclear fusion

    The elusive power source is gradually moving closer to becoming a reality

    The editorial board
    A digital rendering shows the interior of a fusion reactor with a glowing pink plasma in a spherical chamber, representing the Step programme.
  • Thursday, 19 March, 2026
    UK Covid inquiry
    Pandemic brought NHS ‘close to collapse’, says UK Covid inquiry

    Report also says ‘Stay Home, Protect the NHS’ message stopped people receiving treatment for life-threatening conditions

    A man wearing a blue coat and face mask walks past a government poster urging people to follow Covid-19 restrictions in Glasgow city centre.
  • Wednesday, 18 March, 2026
    Nuclear energy
    UK’s nuclear research body consults on plans to cut about 200 jobs

    Move by UKNNL leads union to question government claims about ‘golden age’ for sector

    Keir Starmer speaks with scientists in lab coats around specialist microscope equipment at the National Nuclear Laboratory.
  • Monday, 16 March, 2026
    Artificial intelligence
    AI world models need to understand cause and effect

    They should be able to map how reality works, not just how it looks

    Juan Carlos Castilla-Rubio
    Illustration of a giant robot hand holding planet Earth between its two fingers, with many copies of planet Earth floating around in dark space
  • Monday, 16 March, 2026
    Space exploration
    Hellish new planet identified beyond solar system

    Observations add to scientists’ expanding picture of far-flung worlds

    An artist’s impression of the L 98-59 d exoplanet
  • Monday, 16 March, 2026
    Pharmaceuticals sector
    Syngenta to build $130mn agricultural science centre in UK

    Investment by Swiss-based group contrasts with pharma companies withdrawing funding from British research facilities

    Architectural rendering of Syngenta’s planned $120 million lab, showing a modern building with large windows, landscaped steps, and people walking outside.
  • Thursday, 12 March, 2026
    Scientific research
    Silence is not golden when it comes to science and AI

    The scope of scientific inquiry is contracting as research focuses on data-rich problems

    Geraint Rees
    A computer illustration showing a neutrophil and a monocyte white blood cell among red blood cells in a blood smear.
  • Wednesday, 11 March, 2026
    Nasdaq 100
    Lex. Nasdaq finds SpaceX’s gravitational pull hard to resist

    Proposed change to index-inclusion policy would benefit Elon Musk ahead of IPO

    Premium content
    A display at Nasdaq MarketSite shows the Nasdaq Composite down 1.14%, with reflections of people and an American flag in the background.
  • Wednesday, 11 March, 2026
    UK companies
    Billionaire Alex Gerko funds telescope showing ‘cartography of the universe’

    Founder of XTX Markets and science enthusiast is spending tens of millions of dollars on project in Chile

    Array of MOTHRA telescope mirrors under a night sky filled with stars and the Milky Way.
  • Wednesday, 11 March, 2026
    Life & Arts
    The usefulness of useless knowledge

    Politicians aren’t the best judges of the merits of scientific research

    ImageTim Harford
    Illustration of a rose placed in a test tube rack filled with blue liquid against a pink background
  • Tuesday, 10 March, 2026
    Climate change
    ‘Exceptional’ wetness points to climate change future, say scientists

    Pattern of weather extremes as global temperatures reach 1.49C above preindustrial levels for the month of February

    Flooded street in Saintes, France, with water partially submerging garages, homes and a restaurant.
  • Wednesday, 4 March, 2026
    Health
    Obesity jab users show lower risk of alcohol and drug addictions

    Researchers find people who take GLP-1s are less prone to substance use disorders

    A hand holds a rolled paper straw above a line of flour arranged like cocaine on a smartphone screen.
Previous page1Next page

Useful links

Support

Help CentreContact UsAbout UsAccessibilityCareersSuppliers

Legal & Privacy

Terms & ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie PolicyManage CookiesCopyrightSlavery Statement & Policies

Services

Share News Tips SecurelyIndividual SubscriptionsProfessional SubscriptionsRepublishingExecutive Job SearchAdvertise with the FTFollow the FT on XFT ChannelsFT Schools

Tools

PortfolioFT AppFT Digital EditionFT EditAlerts HubBusiness School RankingsSubscription ManagerNews feedNewslettersCurrency Converter

Community & Events

FT Live EventsFT ForumsFT Leaders Academy

More from the FT Group

Markets data delayed by at least 15 minutes. © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2026. FT and ‘Financial Times’ are trademarks of The Financial Times Ltd.
The Financial Times and its journalism are subject to a self-regulation regime under the FT Editorial Code of Practice.
Edition:International
UK
Subscribe for full access

Top sections

  • Home
  • World
    • Middle East war
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • War in Ukraine
    • Americas
    • Middle East & North Africa
  • US
    • US Economy
    • US Companies
    • US Politics & Policy
  • Companies
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
  • Tech
    • Artificial intelligence
    • Semiconductors
    • Cyber Security
    • Social Media
  • Markets
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Private markets
    • Equities
    • Bonds
    • Currencies
    • Commodities
    • Crypto
    • Monetary Policy Radar
    • Wealth Management
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
    • Asset management
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
  • Lex
  • Work & Careers
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Europe's Start-Up Hubs
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
    • Working It
  • Life & Arts
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Puzzles
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
  • Personal Finance
    • Property & Mortgages
    • Investments
    • Pensions
    • Tax
    • Banking & Savings
    • Advice & Comment
  • How To Spend It
  • Special Reports

FT recommends

  • Alphaville
  • FT Edit
  • Lunch with the FT
  • FT Globetrotter
  • #techAsia
  • Moral Money
  • Visual and data journalism
  • Newsletters
  • Video
  • Podcasts
  • News feed
  • FT Schools
  • FT Live Events
  • FT Forums
  • FT Leaders Academy
  • myFT
  • Portfolio
  • FT Digital Edition
  • Crossword
  • Our Apps
  • Help Centre
  • Subscribe
  • Sign In
Advertisement