An open-air site in Austria occupied by humans during the coldest part of the last glacial period may have been dedicated to hunting reindeer for pelts, showing how people adapted to extreme ...

A black hole bomb – an idea first proposed in 1969 – has now been realised in the lab as a toy model made from a rotating ...

Text-generating AIs such as ChatGPT can be used to hide encrypted messages inside fake conversations, which could help people ...

Mice overcame a Lyme disease infection after being given an antibiotic that is often used for pneumonia, and its effect on ...

A fossilised 113-million-year-old hell ant from Brazil adds to the evidence that the first ants evolved in the southern ...

A carnivorous caterpillar species camouflages itself with dead insects so it can live safely alongside spiders, stalking ...

Scientists have found scour marks on the seabed made by giant icebergs about 18,000 years ago, and they could offer clues to ...

Cholera should no longer exist, yet it kills thousands of people every year. New analysis from international group WaterAid ...

Laboratory experiments have coaxed simple molecules into states that naturally become more complex, hinting at the origins of ...

Researchers have used a fungus and bacteria to create rigid, living structures similar to bone and coral, which could one day ...

Mounting evidence suggests there might be two separate types of the world’s fastest-growing neurological condition. Can this ...