An out-of-control SpaceX rocket that crashed into the moon earlier this week did, in fact, leave an impact crater, according ...

High temperatures and low water levels have forced several countries to shut down nuclear reactors just as citizens turn up ...

Why are we so susceptible to clickbait? Columnist Jacob Aron traces it to a surprising source: a mathematical framework that ...

Even during a solar eclipse, it isn’t safe to look directly at the sun, but with a proper solar filter or a simple pinhole ...

A small trial suggests a supplement containing dead bacteria could offer a cheaper alternative to weight-loss drugs such as ...

Jonathan R. Goodman is a social scientist based at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and Cambridge Public Health. He is interested in how insights from the evolutionary sciences can help to solve pressing ...

Researchers are investigating whether artificially thickening ice blockages between Canada and Greenland could prevent huge ...

Carbon savings from driving EVs are so large that it makes sense to scrap a working petrol car to make the switch ...

The widespread belief that some foods benefit from a night in the fridge has been put to the test, and it seems to be true ...

This year has left mathematicians reeling as AI models are increasingly solving seemingly intractable maths problems. Terence ...

An AI model from DeepMind can predict cyclones three days ahead with a level of accuracy that previous models can only hit a ...

Combining archaeological evidence with ancient DNA and data on past climates shows us how long and winding the story of human ...