In cities such as London, trees are already struggling with hot and dry summers. Botanists warn that we need to start ...

An exquisitely preserved fossil found in China shows that many anatomical features seen in birds also evolved independently ...

We’ve long expected animals to move to cooler habitats as climate change bites, but it now appears that many are actually ...

In the Pacific Northwest, from Oregon and Washington and into Canada, El Niño is expected to bring drier-than-normal weather, ...

As New Scientist celebrates its 70th anniversary, climate change, AI and misinformation have heightened the need for rigorous ...

Extreme weather could damage harvests worldwide, but the answer is more local food production, not stockpiling, Katie White ...

When scientists were asked to review papers for a conference without using AI tools, many of them ignored the request and ...

Physicists have long struggled with their goal of making gravity a quantum force. A radical post-quantum approach might solve ...

Though the El Niño is still months from its peak, it is already breaking many records. Two main factors are behind how it ...

An endless stream of distractions, from email notifications to overlapping deadlines, can make focus slip away. Columnist ...

Taking hormone replacement therapy during the perimenopause or early menopause may reduce the risk of heart attacks and stroke. A study of nearly 2800 women over 20 years suggests that starting HRT ...

A 3D shape that can tile 3D space, leaving no gaps and never forming a repeating pattern, has been discovered using an AI ...