With the help of powerful computers, researchers discovered a four-sided shape that naturally rests on one side, and built a ...

A flexible fabric called X-Wear could replace some parts of medical scanners, which would make taking X-rays and CT scans far ...

Over the past 150 years, the rise in Caesarean sections and changes in diet could have led to smaller pelvises among women – ...

Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...

The author of Lake of Darkness, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, on why, in a world awash with fictional ...

Large sea anchors could be used to drag water under a bold plan to keep the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ...

With their country threatened by sea level rise, the people of Tuvalu have been offered an escape route through an agreement ...

A high-speed crash between two dwarf galaxies might explain a unique feature in space – and provide useful information on ...

Helping yourself get to sleep isn’t just about avoiding screens before bedtime. From cognitive shuffling to sleep-restriction ...

Rocks in some parts of the UK have the potential to produce natural hydrogen, but it remains unclear whether the gas is ...

Restricting calories has been linked to living longer in many studies, and now it seems that the drug rapamycin has nearly ...