A study of 140,000 people suggests that a broadening of the diagnostic criteria for autism and ADHD explains the sharp rise ...

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 ...

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

Evidence is mounting that there are distinct subtypes of autism, and now, scientists have found that the condition can vary ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

A clock based on radioactive thorium atoms realises a long-held ambition, demonstrating a technology that could eventually ...