The human brain flushes out waste products while we sleep and now it seems that certain sounds might enhance the process ...

Unusually high temperatures over the mountainous region can kick-start a chain of events that ultimately leads to a severe ...

AI companies are making new mathematical discoveries at a rapid pace but not sticking around to help unpick the new proofs.

The stories we tell about the Vikings often say more about us than them. Archaeologist Neil Price's new book The Sea-King and ...

These images from photographer and soil ecologist Frank Ashwood's new book The World Beneath Our Feet zoom in on life for the ...

Experiments at the CERN particle physics laboratory show that antimatter falls down, not up. Therefore, an antimatter black ...

Although one reader thinks it would be virtually impossible to tell if animals have a sense of beauty, they give their two ...

Feedback admits to long-term issues with plant care, but isn't sure if a new gizmo aimed at turning them into "emotionally ...

Time, the September read for the New Scientist Book Club, is a dreamer’s book, full of curiosity, love, fun, art – and ...

What changes will occur on Earth as the moon moves further away from us (continued)?

Most dogs I have owned looked up when there was a treat in my hand. Some dogs learn that food lives on tables and kitchen ...

With little in the way of significant discoveries since 2012, there have been mutterings that particle physics is at a dead ...