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Carbon monoxide in Uranus's deep atmosphere indicates that the planet contains more ice than rock, suggesting it formed more ...

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An extremely unusual tectonic movement took place 15 minutes after the Tohoku earthquake in 2011, causing almost the whole of ...

We already know the vaccine against human papillomavirus, or HPV, greatly reduces infections and cases of cervical cancer, ...

The disruption of your gut microbiome is a major consequence, and possible cause, of ageing. Columnist Graham Lawton looks ...

The surprising discovery of mysterious blobs inside our cells is revolutionising our understanding of how life works, and how ...

As the sun expands over the coming billions of years, Earth will become inhospitable to any life more complex than a microbe ...

Scientists have long grappled with how to measure the effect of social media on children. Now, the UK government has ...

Putting brain cells into a hibernation-like state via drugs that cool down core body temperature may help to preserve them ...

Quantum computing firm QuEra says it plans to make a fault-tolerant quantum computer and offer it to users through the cloud ...

A senior figure in the Ukrainian defence industry told New Scientist that a test took place two years ago involving fully ...