Researchers have re-analysed a set of elephant bones and a wooden spear found in Germany in 1948, which provide compelling ...

A start-up has worked out how to preserve the brain after death – paving the way for immortality in a distant ...

Fifty years ago, Richard Dawkins shared an irresistible scientific metaphor with the world that modernised and democratised ...

A 20-year study has shown that, like photocopying photocopies, cloning doesn't produce perfect copies – and the reason could be that the cloning process itself produces lots of mutations ...

One in 10 homes tested in the UK, Italy and the Netherlands have dangerous levels of benzene because of slow leaks from gas hobs and ovens ...

Infections are increasingly being linked to a higher risk of dementia. In the latest research, scientists have found that ...

The American Physical Society Global Physics Summit is the world’s largest meeting of physicists ...

As the science fiction author publishes the latest novel in his Children of Time series, Children of Strife, he talks to ...

CERN is working on building an antimatter delivery service. The project passed a big test by successfully transporting 92 ...

Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars – may have formed from two rings around the young sun, rather than a single disc ...

The Neanderthal population shrank during a cold spell around 75,000 years ago, and the loss of genetic diversity may have ...

Catching a comet in the process of falling apart is difficult, but a coincidence let astronomers see one in more detail than ...