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A comprehensive study exploring coffee’s physiological effects finds that some of its benefits are down to polyphenols and ...

Many flowering plants have duplicated genomes, which could have helped them evolve to deal with extreme stress in times of ...

A long-overlooked writing system from 5000 years ago is still largely undeciphered, but could mark the moment humans first ...

NHS England is pulling its open-source software from the internet because of fears around computer-hacking AI models like ...

To mark David Attenborough turning 100, New Scientist staff have been set a tricky task: pick your favourite of his many ...

An impression made in clay around 175,000 years ago could be a kneeprint left by one of the builders of a strange stalagmite ...

Only 3 per cent of those with polycystic ovary syndrome reach perimenopause by the age of 46, which may allow them to ...