Mathematicians who helped unify laws of physics and cracked decades-old problems in geometry are among this year's recipients ...

An analysis of supernovae argues that the universe’s expansion is not speeding up, so there is no need for dark energy to ...

For the second time in a week, a long-standing conjecture has been disproved by artificial intelligence, highlighting the advanced mathematical capabilities of ChatGPT and its ilk ...

Orcas have been seen smashing into sharp-tail sunfish so hard that the fish bursts into thousands of fragments, perhaps as a ...

Feedback is surprised to learn that geology is a particularly deadly speciality to pick if you're a fictional character, with ...

That is the philosophy of the open-source software movement, which sees volunteers coming together to code, patch and improve ...

Readers take issue with a former answer to this question, arguing for the different behaviour of wasps and flies – and for a ...

Sublimation, in which a person can split into two when crossing an international border, is tip-top stuff. Don't miss it, ...

Air usually seems “stale” if it contains elevated levels of carbon dioxide (from human respiration) and odour, neither of ...

The long fangs of Smilodon were thought to be rather delicate, but a study of large herbivore remains from Argentina shows ...

This beautiful artwork of climate activist Gladys Bartlett is a reminder of the fate of Kale Island, her former home. It is ...

Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon ...