The high salt concentration in the Dead Sea drives the warming and shrinking of the lake, and something similar may have ...

Levels of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide in the atmosphere continued to rise in 2025, along with a lesser-known ...

Acne could be caused by our immune systems overreacting to proteins released by skin bacteria. Columnist Michael Le Page ...

Shosha Adie is a data journalist at New Scientist who grew up in Cornwall. She has previously worked at the green policy news ...

Until now, it was thought that the squishy, permeable skin of amphibians was unsuited for marine life because it would absorb ...

Nearly 19 million bats are estimated to have been killed by wind turbines in the US between 1981 and 2024, but measures can ...

Compared with humans, macaques are more likely to miss the bigger picture, but are also less confused by flipped images ...

The crucial Atlantic current system that brings warmth to Europe has slowed 18 per cent in 40 years, according to an analysis ...

A start-up has already used a biological computer to play Pong, and now the firm says the technology can be used to control ...

It is now impossible for the world to limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, with emissions on track to cause 2.8°C of warming by the end of the century, the UN says. Despite ...

We now know that cells exchanged during pregnancy can take up residency in our brain. Could they influence our development, ...

Supporters of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have accused Meta of interfering in Brazil’s election by making it easier to generate ...