In Antarctica, two giant rifts, known as Chasm 1 and Halloween Crack, split across the Brunt Ice Shelf. The implications of ...

At least 300,000 men died during Napoleon’s retreat from Russia - now the latest genetic techniques have identified two ...

Particles of light travelling through a maze of devices seem to have passed a famous test for entanglement – without being ...

The tendency for AIs to give misleading answers may be in part down to certain training techniques, which encourage models to ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a pill-sized device for treating rheumatoid arthritis, marking the first ...

Earlier this year, astronomers reported possible evidence of life on another planet – but new observations from JWST suggest ...

When people were randomised to receive either a placebo or Ozempic, they became biologically younger with the latter drug ...

Several researchers who have been critical of Colossal Biosciences’ plans to revive extinct animals say they have been ...

Neuromorphic cameras, which only record data when a pixel's brightness changes, may be advantageous for capturing extremely ...

In this passage from the opening of Circular Motion, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, our protagonist boards ...

Alex Foster, the author of the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, Circular Motion, on imagining a world that is ...

People who consume some artificial sweeteners are less likely to respond to certain cancer therapies, potentially because of ...