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Science + Comment

April 2026

  • Arwa Mahdawi

    Finally, the clitoris is getting the attention it deserves

    Arwa Mahdawi
    Almost 30 years after scientists mapped the nerves in the penis, they’ve done the same for the clitoris. At least men have stopped denying it exists

March 2026

  • Ben Jennings on Donald Trump and the moon mission – cartoon

    Guardian Opinion cartoon
    Ben Jennings on Donald Trump and the moon mission – cartoon

  • Emma Beddington

    Positive thinking helps you age better? That’s the worst thing I’ve heard all month

    Emma Beddington
  • Paul Owen

    The first moon landing captivated the world. Can a new return visit do the same?

    Paul Owen
  • Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk secure deals with Trump administrationepa12508243 Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, 06 November 2025. Eli Lilly & Co. and Novo Nordisk A/S have secured deals with the Trump administration to slash prices for their blockbuster weight-loss drugs in exchange for tariff relief and wider access for Medicare patients. EPA/AARON SCHWARTZ / POOL

    The Guardian view on peptides: Robert F Kennedy Jr would leave public health policy to the hucksters

  • I was asked if there was an ‘everything’ test for cancer. Despite bold claims, no such thing exists

    Ranjana Srivastava

  • The Guardian view on meningitis in Kent: we must not take public health systems for granted

  • The Guardian view on weight-loss jabs and addiction: there is too much moralising about these remarkable medicines

  • The Covid-19 inquiry is sounding a clear warning. If it’s not heeded, yet more lives will be lost

    Ben Connah

February 2026

  • Researcher using microscope in laboratory.

    The Guardian view on Trump’s war on science: Europe should pick up talent fleeing the US

    Editorial: The president’s cuts have defunded and alienated thousands of American scientists. Europe can benefit, if it makes the right offer
  • Jon Butterworth

    These cuts to physics research will be a disaster for UK scientists – and for our standing in the world

    Jon Butterworth
    If plans by the UK’s science funding body go ahead, we won’t be able to benefit from Britain’s membership of Cern and other large international projects, says Jon Butterworth, professor of physics at University College London

    • Why is monogamy in crisis? The animal kingdom could give us some clues

      Elle Hunt

    • The Adrian Chiles column
      Things reek, stink and pong – but why are there no verbs for describing a delightful odour?

      Adrian Chiles

    • Antiviral
      Breathwork has its uses – but when it comes to ‘unlocking your fullest human potential’, beware the puffery

      Donna Lu

January 2026

  • Madeline Horwath on the mistakes of evolution – cartoon

    Saturday Opinion cartoon
    Madeline Horwath on the mistakes of evolution – cartoon

  • Ben Jennings on the tool-using cow – cartoon

    Guardian Opinion cartoon
    Ben Jennings on the tool-using cow – cartoon

  • Illustration showing human body with microplastics swirling around and into it

    Scientific rigour and the dangers of microplastics

  • Helen Pilcher

    So a cow can use a stick to scratch its backside. When will we learn that humans are really not that special?

    Helen Pilcher

  • The Guardian view on microplastics research: questioning results is good for science, but has political consequences

  • Weight-loss drugs do nothing to address the troubled relationships we have with our bodies

    Susie Orbach
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