In Antarctica, two giant rifts, known as Chasm 1 and Halloween Crack, split across the Brunt Ice Shelf. The implications of ...

The recoded bacterium uses only 57 of the 64 possible genetic codes, freeing up seven to be used for different purposes ...

Particles of light travelling through a maze of devices seem to have passed a famous test for entanglement – without being ...

At least 300,000 men died during Napoleon’s retreat from Russia - now the latest genetic techniques have identified two ...

The tendency for AIs to give misleading answers may be in part down to certain training techniques, which encourage models to ...

When people were randomised to receive either a placebo or Ozempic, they became biologically younger with the latter drug ...

The discovery that brain ageing may be driven by jammed-up protein factories could lead to better ways to help us stay sharp ...

Earlier this year, astronomers reported possible evidence of life on another planet – but new observations from JWST suggest ...

Tattoos may have been widespread in prehistory, with scientists discovering a plethora of body art on a pastoralist who died ...

An Australian zoo has recruited a puppy to help socialise a precious cheetah cub after she had to be separated from her ...

A pair of quantum experimenters that share two entangled particles may be able to pass some of that entanglement to other ...

Russian ambush drones have been seen in Ukraine fitted with cheap solar panels, which enable them to lurk indefinitely, ...