Though there were setbacks on climate change and funding for science this year, there was still plenty of amazing discoveries ...

Urban populations in southern Britain experienced a decline in health that lasted for generations after the Romans arrived ...

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A building-sized asteroid had a 1-in-32 chance of hitting Earth at its peak, but astronomers soon found there was zero chance ...

Big AI firms have built their models by hoovering up copyrighted material from the internet as training data. They say this ...

Our gut microbiome has a huge influence on our overall health, but we haven't been clear on the specific bacteria with good ...

From bonobos and rats to tickling robots, research is finally cracking the secrets of why we’re ticklish, and what that ...

Our visual highlights from the animal world this year include a mouse caring for its companion, dolphins communicating in an ...

From a particle smasher encircling the moon to an “impossible” laser, five scientists reveal the experiments they would run ...

Three thought experiments involving “demons” have haunted physics for centuries. What should we make of them today?

The Trump administration has targeted everything from public health to space missions for funding cuts, bringing an end to ...

The world’s biggest emitter of carbon dioxide is on the cusp of a turning point that could herald the beginning of a global ...