Clare Wilson

Barack Obama created a storm over the weekend after he said that aliens are real, although, disappointingly, he hadn’t seen any. While internet chatter about his interview with the American podcast host Brian Tyler Cohen focused on the old conspiracy theo... See more

The number of people with a diagnosis of ADHD in the UK has been soaring. In the past two decades, cases in teenage boys have more than doubled, and among young men they have risen twentyfold. Other countries are experiencing similar trends, with the grow... See more

This is Everyday Science with Clare Wilson, a subscriber-only newsletter from The i Paper. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox every week, Hello, and welcome back to Everyday Science. If you were destined by your genes to have an early heart at... See more

Feeling fed up because of all the rain? You may not be alone. Bad weather can affect our mood in several ways, and the current rainy spell is one of the longest known in recent UK history. Britons have been putting up with at least some rain nearly every ... See more

In up to a fifth of people with high blood pressure, a hormone imbalance could be the unsuspected cause – and it could be identified by a new test. It involves wearing a belt-like device that has a sensor to monitor hormone levels for 24 hours. If it dete... See more