The mummies of two people who lived in Chile more than 400 years ago carry DNA from smallpox, providing the first molecular ...

We all have bits of DNA from a long-lost “ghost ancestor” inside us – and by putting all the different bits together, we ...

Genetic tests of mammoth remains have found a stark contrast in the sex ratio between sites where the animals died naturally ...

A tiny sensor that unfolds within the body could continuously monitor our heart activity and breathing after showing promise ...

Networks of pipes carrying chilled water have proven to be an efficient way to cool hospitals and universities. Now, they are ...

Rebecca Skloot told the story of Henrietta Lacks and how her cells were taken without her permission in a bestselling book, ...

Three problems that are out of reach for conventional computers have been cracked by quantum computers and show how important ...

Certain sleeping positions can lead to babies developing flattened heads, and an analysis of ancient skulls from Italy ...

A treatment that turns off the bit of the immune system that goes haywire in Guillain-Barré syndrome may be the first ...

Madeleine Cuff is an environment reporter at New Scientist, covering the science of climate change, its impacts and solutions to the crisis. Her beat also ranges across wildlife, ...

The cosmological principle is the foundation of modern cosmology – but its usefulness doesn’t necessarily make it true, says columnist Leah Crane ...

There was unusual consensus amongst New Scientist Book Club members about our read for July, with readers falling over ...