An Austrian site occupied by humans from around 24,000 to 20,000 years ago documents a switch towards hunting reindeer for ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Exposing children with peanut allergy to proteins from the legume is an approved treatment to reduce the risk of allergic ...

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

Rather than a volcanic winter, the Toba eruption 74,000 years ago resulted in several years of warm and dry weather, ...

Powering quantum computers with quantum batteries would reduce the energy needed for cooling and enable machines to pack in ...