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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The most precise calculation yet of the electroweak force could help fix cracks in the standard model of particle physics ...

How do you get the science right in a sci-fi book? Columnist Annalee Newitz started by asking many kinds of researchers lots of very strange questions – and ended up in love with slime moulds ...