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Australia was the first country to ban under-16s from social media platforms a year ago, but most observers believe the ...

A toothbrush with bristles that produce electricity as they bend has shown promise for reducing plaque and gum inflammation ...

Data from the Large Hadron Collider has revealed evidence of a long-sought particle process that serves as a guide into the ...

Feedback notes with weary inevitability that a 50th anniversary edition of Richard Dawkins's classic work features a ...

George Steinmetz’s image, which has just won him the Drone Photographer of the Year award, shows ship breakers in Bangladesh ...

Carbon dioxide emissions from ice-free ground in one area of Antarctica have grown fivefold in just five years, suggesting ...

A significant proportion of babies with peanut allergies quickly grow out of the condition, a finding that could lift a large ...

Denis Villeneuve’s first (and probably best) foray into science fiction, Arrival, was released 10 years ago this month. It ...

This question was posed as part of New Scientist’s Last Word series, in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s ...