One type of friction can waste energy even when two perfectly smooth surfaces move against each other, but researchers are ...

A type of cognitive training that tests people's quick recall seems to reduce the risk of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease ...

The first people to reach the Kitsissut Islands off the north-west coast of Greenland were Indigenous peoples, who crossed ...

A review of the evidence suggests that statins are no more likely than a placebo to cause most of the side effects listed on ...

Some of the orcas off North America’s west coast have taken to wearing dead salmon on their heads, resurrecting a curious trend that was first reported in the 1980s. Local photographers noticed the ...

A change in atmospheric chemistry during the covid pandemic resulted in methane concentrations spiking, raising concerns that ...

SpaceX says it wants to deploy an astronomical number of data centres in orbit to supply power for artificial intelligence, ...

Chemicals used in refrigeration break down in the atmosphere to produce trifluoroacetic acid, a persistent pollutant that ...

Science funding cuts in the UK are expected to be a "devastasting blow" for physics research, affecting international ...

An array of 15,000 qubits made from phosphorus and silicon offers an unprecedentedly large platform for simulating quantum ...

A social network where humans are banned and AI models talk openly of world domination has led to claims that the ...

The flow of ice at Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica has sped up dramatically due to the disintegration of the ice shelf in front of it, and this could lead to faster sea level rise ...