The current temperatures in western and central Europe would have been virtually impossible 50 years ago, and unprecedented ...

Phages, viruses that infect bacteria, could be genetically manipulated to destroy cancerous cells using the immunity we have ...

The extreme heat currently being felt in Europe isn’t the new normal – much worse is to come, and we are doing far too little ...

Scrolls from the Roman library of Herculaneum that were carbonised by a volcanic eruption have been read in their entirety ...

Large fruits and seeds buried under volcanic ash nearly 75 million years ago upend the idea that flowering plants only came ...

We have identified the gene that, when activiated, initiates the developmental programme that results in cells forming a ...

IBM's latest chip packs in twice as many transistors as the current state-of-the-art chip by adding a second layer of silicon ...

Growing numbers of homeowners are installing batteries that store electricity when it is cheap, which helps balance the grid ...

An instrument on the Perseverance rover has identified large, complex carbon compounds alongside unusual patterns on the ...

Genetic analysis of Neanderthals in north-western Europe reveals that this population was surprisingly genetically diverse, ...

Jessica Atkin knows more than anyone else about what it would take to supply food for a moon base. She reveals how to build a ...

A study claims that the North Pole Dome crater in Western Australia was caused by an asteroid strike 3 billion years ago, but ...