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 ...

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

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

IVF could be done inside the body using sperm that have been magnetised, allowing them to be directed to an egg while getting around the need for invasive egg retrievals and embryo transfers ...

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

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

We know that members of Gen Z are less likely to be in a steady relationship than millennials were at their age, but previous ...

Researchers diving 7 kilometres deep in a crewed submersible have discovered a vast collection of whale bones, including ...

Just under Earth’s surface, 110 quadrillion kilometres of carbon-rich fungi intersect with plant roots. This vast network has ...

Drill cores at the impact site of the Chicxulub asteroid show evidence that, alongside widespread destruction, the collision ...

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