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Why did humans evolve big brains? A new idea bodes...
Recent fossil finds suggest that big brains weren't an evolutionary asset to our ancestors but evolv...
Gene therapy could prevent the tau tangles linked ...
Tests on lab-grown “mini-brains” show a one-off gene therapy treatment can prevent the formation of ...
Ariane 6 rocket launch: What is it and when is it ...
Europe is set to regain its capacity to launch satellites into space when the Ariane 6 rocket finall...
Millions of UK homes scanned for energy leaks to h...
Cars carrying sensors and scanners have been touring UK cities collecting data to help property owne...
Britain saw centuries of economic growth under Rom...
The technologies introduced by the Romans after they conquered Britain led to the kind of economic g...
AI beats top racers at Gran Turismo – without chea...
An AI driver achieved faster lap times than the best humans in the video game Gran Turismo 7, and un...
Is the universe a game?
Generations of scientists have compared the universe to a giant, complex game, raising questions abo...
Weird form of 'dangling' ice spotted in space for ...
A type of ice that has only ever been seen in the lab has now been found in space by the James Webb ...
Imagining Nigeria as ground zero in an alien invas...
Tade Thompson, author of sci-fi novel Rosewater, the latest pick for the New Scientist Book Club, on...
Read an extract from Tade Thompson’s science ficti...
In this tantalising extract from Tade Thompson’s debut Rosewater, we meet Kaaro and learn about the ...
3D-printed egg shells can help bones regrow
Crushed chicken egg shells have been turned into a structure that supports bone growth in the labora...
Flower farm could supply nickel for electric vehic...
A start-up in Albania, backed by a mining industry billionaire, is farming plants to harvest carbon-...
Making roofs white or reflective is the best way t...
So-called “cool roofs” would bring down the average air temperature in cities like London during a h...
Blue whale mother caught feeding her calf on video...
A snorkelling tourist in East Timor has filmed a pygmy blue whale calf drinking its mother’s milk fo...
Physicists figured out the ideal container size fo...
A simple experiment and mathematical model suggest that when you snack on pistachios, you may need a...
Quantum computers may work better when they ignore...
A quantum phenomenon that muddles the rules of cause and effect could make quantum computers better ...
Vivid snake species with blue lips and yellow eyes...
A grass-green snake from Vietnam with yellow eyes, blue lips and a brick-red tail has been identifie...
Mind-reading AI recreates what you're looking at w...
Giving AI systems the ability to focus on particular brain regions can make them much better at reco...
