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A biopsy of a woman's cancer seems to have triggered an immune response against the tumour, putting her into remission ...

Fossils reveal that there were at least two kinds of koala when humans first arrived in Australia, but one died out about ...

Three people have died on board the cruise ship MV Hondius due to an outbreak of hantavirus, a rare illness transmitted by ...

Creating quantum entanglement inside a solid material is tricky in the lab – but crystals buried in the earth could be ...

Two quantum computers and two supercomputers teamed up to break the record for the biggest molecule yet to be simulated using ...

Ukraine is deploying a nationwide electronic warfare system to confuse satellite navigation. Known as Pokrova, the system aims to prevent Russian missiles and drones from finding their targets and may ...

To mark David Attenborough turning 100, New Scientist staff have been set a tricky task: pick your favourite of his many ...

Doug Whitney has a genetic mutation that means he should have developed Alzheimer’s disease decades ago, but his long-term ...

A long-overlooked writing system from 5000 years ago is still largely undeciphered, but could mark the moment humans first ...

A 500-kilometre-wide object in a similar orbit to Pluto challenges our assumptions about small bodies in the outer solar ...

An update to an experiment run by Henry Cavendish in 1773 could be a cheaper and faster way to spot a potential dark matter ...