In the cloud forest of Costa Rica, many canopy-dwelling animals do their business in strangler fig trees, perhaps as a way of leaving messages ...

Visualising the hidden structures beneath our feet requires vast seismic datasets, advanced imaging algorithms and deep curiosity, according to geophysicists mapping Earth’s interior ...

A device that relies on quantum effects and oversized atoms may be a more reliable way to measure temperature that doesn't ...

Abigail Marsh has found that many psychopaths don’t want to be cruel and uncaring, and argues that they deserve support to ...

In a landmark trial, social media giants Meta and YouTube were found negligent and ordered to pay for harming a user's mental health. The decision could force major changes in how social platforms wor ...

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The Riemann hypothesis may hold the answer to the distribution of the primes, the only problem is, no-one has yet been able to prove it ...

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We shouldn't dismiss flowers as merely ornamental – these blooms are world-changers, argues a vivid new book by David George ...

The New Scientist Book Club read Daisy Fancourt's look at the effect the arts can have on our health in March – and members mostly enjoyed it. Alison Flood rounds up their thoughts ...

In 2017, Molly Russell was found dead in her bedroom in Harrow, London. The devastating film Molly vs The Machines follows the journey of her father (pictured) to find out what happened, and the ...

If you stay in your position on the west of the date line for 24 hours, Earth will make a full rotation, taking you through ...