An open-source flight-control system found in consumer drones has been installed in Ukraine’s latest cruise missile, showing ...

Experiments will take advantage of the solar eclipse in August to learn more about the sun and Earth at a relatively low cost ...

Metallic hydrogen has been created in the lab for the first time, by squeezing a sample of the element to pressures beyond what exists at the centre of the Earth. The creation of a substance first ...

An experiment showed AI users had the most creative ideas when they used it in moderation – not too much and not too little. Columnist David Robson puts the finding to the test, and explores what we l ...

A supplement comprised of dead bacteria seems to remove microplastics, and prevent their absorption into cells, by attracting ...

Tom Gauld is a cartoonist and illustrator. He makes weekly cartoons for New Scientist and The Guardian and occasional covers ...

Time is relatively well-described in current physical theories – it’s just that those descriptions are perplexingly at odds both with each other and with our perception of what time should be.

The 2026 Tour de France has been the hottest ever. Norwegian-method pioneer and Uno-X Mobility coach Olav Aleksander Bu ...

Zombie, or senescent, cells accumulate in our body with age, when we become less able to clear them. But a study in mice ...

A new kind of antibody drug that more efficiently enters the brain could slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease with a ...

The mummified daughters of pharaohs who lived thousands of years ago have bone changes that suggest they fought with bows and ...

Keith Thomas, 48, has paralysis, but brain stimulation helped him regain some feeling and movement in his hands – and this ...