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We now have a clearer picture of what happened in the decades following the asteroid impact that led to the extinction of ...

We often associate children with creativity, but adults actually performed better on inventive tasks, despite being less sure ...

Feedback enters into some back and forth about the slothful nature of cats, but remains convinced they're pretty idle ...

Depression has long been linked to chemical imbalances, but many cases may actually be related to disrupted body clocks that ...

The decision to proceed with the Jackdaw gas field will make the UK complicit in pushing up greenhouse gas emissions and give ...

A surgeon has told New Scientist they have performed a transplant on someone with a complete spinal cord injury using a piece ...

There is a growing backlash against the way AI companies have gone about tackling mathematical problems – and now some ...