Steve Connor

Steve Connor was the Science Editor of The Independent and i. He won many awards for his journalism, including five-times winner of the prestigious British science writers’ award; the David Perlman Award of the American Geophysical Union; four times highly commended as specialist journalist of the year in the UK Press Awards; UK health journalist of the year and a special merit award of the European School of Oncology for his investigations into the tobacco industry.

Physicist Professor Stephen Hawking, who has died aged 76

Stephen Hawking, a giant of physics who bridged the pop culture divide

The presses on ‘The Independent’ and ‘Independent on Sunday’ have rolled for the last time at our print sites across the country

How The Independent reported on the biggest science stories of all

Neymar da Silva Santos, centre, and his Brazilian teammates celebrate winning the tournament in Rio in 2013

Zika virus 'introduced to Brazil during 2013 football tournament'

Telomeres are found at the tip of each chromosome and are important for its function

Scientists create smallest known genome to support a living cell