Millions of old homes across the UK and Europe need insulating under net-zero strategies, and promising start-ups believe ...

AI firms can increase the power of their chatbots without updating to new models. Columnist Jacob Aron explains how a simple ...

A central tenet in computer science has apparently been disproven by OpenAI, a result that will force textbooks to be ...

Professor David Skuse, Professor Eva Loth and Dr Damian Milton will discuss autism subtypes at a live event at New Scientist ...

From jays that seem to say "sorry" to insects that play, signs of emotional inner life across the animal kingdom are giving ...

The high salt concentration in the Dead Sea drives the warming and shrinking of the lake, and something similar may have ...

Levels of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide in the atmosphere continued to rise in 2025, along with a lesser-known ...

Acne could be caused by our immune systems overreacting to proteins released by skin bacteria. Columnist Michael Le Page ...

The crucial Atlantic current system that brings warmth to Europe has slowed 18 per cent in 40 years, according to an analysis ...

Until now, it was thought that the squishy, permeable skin of amphibians was unsuited for marine life because it would absorb ...

A start-up has already used a biological computer to play Pong, and now the firm says the technology can be used to control ...

Nearly 19 million bats are estimated to have been killed by wind turbines in the US between 1981 and 2024, but measures can ...