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Russia is the latest country to try to find ways to police its online borders, sparking the end of the internet as we know it

Are spiritual beliefs an inevitable consequence of human evolution?

People who eat more sweets are at higher risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer… but that may not actually be sugar’s fault. BBC Future investigates the latest findings.

The UK will not meet its climate change targets without a revolution in home heating, a think tank says.

Researchers hail robot hand as step in the right direction towards a multi-purpose robot at home or at work.

Japan is home to more than 3,000 natural hot springs – but one is so legendary that bathers embark on a four-day round-trip journey to soak in it.

The Himba people of Namibia can see fine details and ignore distraction much better than most other human beings – a finding that may reflect the ways that modern life is changing us.

Permanently cutting the daily calories you consume may turn out to have a profound effect on your future life, according to some tantalising scientific studies.

A London family is battling an international consortium over a potentially priceless painting.

Our emotions can have an unexpected downside of how we respond to others in pain, finds Melissa Hogenboom

Here's how much water you actually need in a day – and how your body's thirst mechanism and hydration needs change as you age.

The coffins, whose decorations are still visible, were uncovered at a Theban necropolis near Luxor.

Many modern urban areas have been built around cars, with huge amounts of space set aside for roads and parking. But what happens when you take them out of the equation?

Babies are sponges for new information – so why does it take so long for us to form your first memory? BBC Future investigates.

As summer temperatures rise, more buildings are installing energy-hungry air conditioners – a major contributor to climate change. But are there other ways to cool buildings down?

What makes something endure for centuries? To find out, we first need to look backwards to history, says Tom Chatfield.

Our health choices are constantly influenced by our friends, both consciously or unconsciously

To certain people, mingling at a party or talking to a crowded room is the stuff of nightmares. Why are some of us hardwired to be shy?

The firm recalls one batch after regulators find trace amounts of asbestos in a bottle bought online.

Of all your education, a very few specific skills will determine the rationality of your decision making. Take our test to see if you have them.

With bagpipe music in the air and kilt-wearing locals competing in caber tossing, the village of Abtwil, Switzerland, turns Scottish for one weekend every two years.

What do photographs of ancient organisms, blocks of ice in the centre of London and the blockbuster Black Panther have to do with the future of humanity?

It became an icon of long-haul travel and exotic holidays; Boeing’s 747 could fly more people further than any plane before. BBC Future marks 50 years since it was first unveiled.

US scientists have found further evidence that huge seas existed long ago on Mars.

It is said that classical music could make children more intelligent, but when you look at the scientific evidence, the picture is more mixed.