Simon Ings

December 1917. For years the Ottoman Turks have been trying to spark a jihad of the world’s Sunni Muslims, hoping that Muslim subjects of the British Empire in India will rise in revolt. Now that Tsarist power in Russia has collapsed, the roads through central Asia are open and the war-weary British have virtually no

In Ed Sayers's breathtaking documentary, a global community of film-makers capture the wildlife in their local areas.

John Blair’s history of the undead ranges from Icelandic monsters to Jesus Christ

From Mickey 17 and M3gan 2.0 to a musical about the end of the world, this was an eclectic year for science-fiction films. Film columnist Simon Ings shares his two breakout hits

Stunning and shocking images from upcoming exhibition Water Pantanal Fire show how this tropical wetland has been hit by wildfires

We track our steps, our sleep, our children’s grades and our work targets – but have we let metrics twist our values?

With a new 28 Days Later movie and a new Dune, not to mention films from Stephen Spielberg and Ridley Scott, this is shaping up to be a vintage year for sci-fi, says Simon Ings

In the opening pages of her new book, Helen Pilcher receives a cancer diagnosis. Being a science journalist , you might expect her to want to know everything there is to know.

The ‘nocebo’ effect proves how vulnerable our bodies are to the power of suggestion. Doctors, take note

Why did humans decide they weren't like other animals, or animals at all? Has this exceptionalism twisted us out of shape? Michael Bond's book Animate offers a page-turning account of where we are now