This year’s winners included the first woman to be awarded the prize in the 21st century, and the oldest person ever to win the prestigious accolade

World-famous physicist and author Stephen Hawking has died aged 76. Despite battling motor neurone disease for more than half a century, Hawking’s determination in the face of adversity helped inspire countless individuals to take an interest in the universe and its many wonders

Geoengineering doesn’t have to oppose nature; it can augment and support it, controlling climate change much more quickly and thoroughly than inefficient, expensive renewable energy technologies