The Monte Verde sites in Chile have been the source of arguments among archaeologists for decades. Columnist Michael Marshall ...

A leading theory of consciousness explains experience as information flowing through a global workspace in the mind. On board ...

The world hasn't experienced an El Niño this strong since the 1870s, when it sparked a terrible global famine. Are we better ...

In the first spring after the collapse of the United States, the blossoming of the jacaranda trees felt to Ari like grace. The trees bloomed in the same week that international peacekeeping troops ...

A line that runs through Africa, Europe, Alaska and both poles divides Earth into two halves that reflect the same amount of light – and this newly discovered symmetry may play a critical role in the ...

Israeli airstrikes on oil facilities in Tehran on 7 March led to sulphur dioxide emissions equivalent to a small volcanic eruption, potentially exposing people as far away as China to acid rain and ...

Tattoos could be radically reimagined following the development of inks that can be turned on and off by exposing them to ...

Atherosclerosis, the build-up of fatty plaque in arteries, usually affects people older than 50, but a "meaningful" ...

Russia says it is winding down precautionary measures taken after a lab worker at a plague research institute died. But what ...

Rocks in the asteroid belt rotating at ultra-fast speeds suggest our understanding of asteroid structure might be wrong ...

Near the centre of the Milky Way, a swarm of stars hurtles around a supermassive black hole at extraordinary speeds. Studying ...

Tirzepatide, sold as Mounjaro and Zepbound, is our most potent weight-loss drug, but it can be made even more effective when ...