The Honest Truth

Alicia Vikander as a humanoid robot in 2014 movie Ex Machina

The Honest Truth: How artificial intelligence could shape the next decade

May 15, 2021

Flightless now defunct Mauritius Dodo in a carving from 1833

The Honest Truth: Dead as a dodo in decades? Extinct animals and the threat faced by a million species

April 30, 2021

Genius Albert Einstein was inspired by British scientists

Relatively speaking: How the UK got a young Albert Einstein hooked on science

March 18, 2021

Fairtrade-supported farmer Mamouna Keita gathers crops in Batimaka, a village in the cotton-growing region of Kita, Mali

The Honest Truth: Dishing up food for thought and fair deals to Third World farmers

March 4, 2021

Nostradamus predicted the end of the word would happen by meteors.

The Honest Truth: Boom time? How Nostradamus gazed into the future and saw the end of the world

February 26, 2021

David Marshall's penalty save immortalised in a Panini sticker

The Honest Truth: Got, got, need… the story behind football fans’ love of Panini stickers as new Scotland album released

February 2, 2021

High Society, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Canvas, Louise McNaught.

The Honest Truth: Bee artist uses paintings to highlight the plight of the humble bumble

January 20, 2021

A mountain hare.

The Honest Truth: Hare we go! The beauty and charm of Scotland’s shy mountain creatures

December 30, 2020

Eat your tree by all means but keep the baubles for next year

Pining for a festive snack? Learn how to cook your Christmas tree

December 25, 2020

Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr Fox 2009 film adaptation

The Honest Truth: Why humans have a love-hate relationship with foxes

December 11, 2020

Tykky covers the trees in Finland’s Riisitunturi National Park

The Honest Truth: Catch my drift? Author explains all about the weird, wonderful and often baffling world of snow

November 28, 2020