Optical illusions thought to have influenced the design of the Parthenon in ancient Greece are not backed up by evidence or ...

Detailed data on the Roman Empire’s entire road network is offering fresh insight into how Romans built their infrastructure ...

Scientists can now get more accurate safety data by testing drugs on organ-on-a-chip devices and organoids, meaning that ...

Determining how useful different quantum computers are has been a long running challenge – now researchers appear to have the ...

Adult chimpanzees have been observed passing tools to their younger relatives, helping them learn the skills needed for fishing for ants or algae ...

Graham Farmelo has written the first authorised biography of the famous physicist. He should be applauded for digging into various controversies – but could have gone further, says Jacob Aron ...

Fewer people are reading for pleasure, but getting lost in a good book has repeatedly been linked to substantial cognitive ...

The psychedelic drug LSD eased anxiety in a late-stage trial, paving the way for a probable approval in the US within the next two years ...

Previous brain implants have enabled people with paralysis to either speak or move, but a new, larger one enabled them to do ...

August was the joint hottest month ever observed, tying with July 2023, as the most severe super El Niño on record amplified temperatures already heightened by global warming. The monthly mean ...

Dive into new titles from major names including Carlo Rovelli, Maggie Aderin, Xand van Tulleken and Jim Al-Khalili, as well ...

Reducing fishing quotas, rescuing endangered species from the water and testing geoengineering could help soften ocean heat ...