A ring of 13 carbon atoms and two chlorine atoms has a remarkable molecular structure that means you would have to go around the loop four times to return to your starting position ...

Taking psilocybin – the psychedelic component of magic mushrooms – eased symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder among ...

Indigenous people in Papua, Indonesia, have helped scientists track down two animals that were thought to have gone extinct thousands of years ago: a relative of Australia’s greater glider and a ...

The Alzheimer’s field is being turned on its head as mounting evidence points to the disease beginning outside the brain many ...

As technology outpaces human evolution, New Scientist CoLab examines the tension between our social instincts and modern ...

The area of ocean covered by floating ice is at its lowest since the satellite era began, and probably the lowest it has been for thousands of years The island dwellers of Shishmaref could soon be ...

The view of the horizon on a disc-shaped world would depend on the unlikely physics by which you believe it works, explains one reader ...

Numerical relativity uses supercomputers to simulate conditions occuring at the start of the universe, answering some of the ...

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Feedback is pleased to discover another delightfully unconventional unit of measurement, which is used to convey amounts of snow on Ottawa's Rideau canal ...

If up to 20 per cent of us really do score highly on traits related to psychopathy, we are going to need all the help offered by a compelling new book. Start by admitting your own dark traits, finds S ...

An exceptionally flexible region of the spine enables falling cats to twist the front and back halves of their body sequentially to ensure a safe landing ...