Two of the forefathers of quantum theory, Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr, had a famous argument over whether light is a wave ...

The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission have captured extraordinary views of the moon, including close-ups of the far side and ...

Amplifying the brain's waste disposal system seems to clear a substance that drives migraines, relieving some of the pain ...

Four NASA astronauts have now travelled further from Earth than any humans before them, as they flew around the moon during ...

Anaerobic digesters converting manure to biogas reduce methane emissions from livestock, but incentives for them have encouraged factory farms to get bigger ...

For decades, scientists have tried and failed to explain how the force that binds the heart of atoms together really works.

Iodine deficiency is on the rise among people in the UK, the US and Australia. A century ago this led to drops in IQ, height ...

Traditional encryption methods have long been vulnerable to quantum computers, but two new analyses suggest a capable enough ...

April has a lot to offer when it comes to popular science reading, promising to help us do everything from future-proof our ...

A female sperm whale has been filmed giving birth for the first time, supported by 10 adult females who lifted the calf out ...

NASA’s Artemis II mission will be the first time humans have been around the moon in half a century, and its next launch ...

This is the opening of Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars, the New Scientist Book Club read for April, as humans come to the ...