We asked New Scientist staff to pick their favourite science fiction books. Here are the results, ranging from 19th-century ...

A simulation-generated image reveals how charge distributions and gas densities vary in the plasma that floats across our ...

Landing on the far side of the moon is rarely attempted, due to difficulties communicating with Earth, but China is about to ...

Google's AI Overviews tool can offer impressive answers to search queries, but it will also make up facts and tell people to ...

Time loops have long been the stuff of science fiction. Now, using the rules of quantum mechanics, we have a way to ...

If matter falls into one end of a wormhole, it could heat up in a tornado of plasma hot enough to initiate nuclear fusion – ...

A simple statistical test can quickly guide humanitarian efforts in areas like Gaza and Ukraine impacted by war – and it ...

Queen Asian hornets found in East Sussex this year are a genetic match to a 2023 nest, suggesting the invasive species is ...

Now, Peng and his colleagues have created CAR T-cells that kill eosinophils. In mice induced to have type 2 asthma, a single ...

The Euclid space telescope team has released its first science images. They show sparkling clusters of galaxies, an astonishingly sharp image of a nearby spiral galaxy and a colourful cloud of ...

People who have had a recent vaccine against tetanus appear to be less likely to develop Parkinson’s disease, suggesting that ...