Neurologist Emily Rogalski studies "superagers" – people in their 80s or 90s with unusually ...

Defying the laws of thermodynamics, experiments are beginning to show that a quantum state that is frozen forever might not ...

Hemiscyllium dudgeonae is the tenth recorded species of walking shark, which use their pectoral fins to move across reef ...

Disappearing sea ice is letting more sunlight in the Arctic Ocean and boosting phytoplankton growth, but this has depleted a ...

Inspired by Ariel Waldman’s docuseries Life Unearthed, columnist Annalee Newitz explores how microscopes, drones and ...

Evidence is mounting that there are distinct subtypes of autism, and now, scientists have found that the condition can vary according to the strength of people's brain connections ...

The surprising discovery of mysterious blobs inside our cells is revolutionising our understanding of how life works, and how ...

Physical Intelligence is drawing on the broad knowledge of large language models to help robots understand instructions and ...

Scientists have long grappled with how to measure the effect of social media on children. Now, the UK government has ...

Galaxies and their supermassive black holes evolve together, but which came first is an ongoing question. Now we may finally ...

Quantum computing firm QuEra says it plans to make a fault-tolerant quantum computer and offer it to users through the cloud ...

A senior figure in the Ukrainian defence industry told New Scientist that a test took place two years ago involving fully ...