In an election, how can you make sure that everyone's votes are counted but also kept entirely secret? Quantum mechanics may ...

Keeping pets seems to be fairly recent behaviour in the timeline of human evolution. Columnist Michael Marshall turns to the ...

A salt-loving microorganism found in places like the Dead Sea can not just survive but actively grow in conditions close to ...

There are measurable changes in the way we run when we are short of sleep, which give us a clearer picture of how a lack of ...

Since the 2000s, our light exposure has changed drastically as we make our buildings more energy-efficient. Now, we’re discovering how this may mess with our mitochondria, contributing to diabetes, de ...

High temperatures and low water levels have forced several countries to shut down nuclear reactors just as citizens turn up ...

This year has left mathematicians reeling as AI models are increasingly solving seemingly intractable maths problems. Terence ...

Even during a solar eclipse, it isn’t safe to look directly at the sun, but with a proper solar filter or a simple pinhole ...

An out-of-control SpaceX rocket that crashed into the moon earlier this week did, in fact, leave an impact crater, according ...

Researchers are investigating whether artificially thickening ice blockages between Canada and Greenland could prevent huge ...

Why are we so susceptible to clickbait? Columnist Jacob Aron traces it to a surprising source: a mathematical framework that ...

An AI model from DeepMind can predict cyclones three days ahead with a level of accuracy that previous models can only hit a ...