Expectations are low for the UN climate conference in Belém, Brazil, but the host’s pragmatic approach could help make ...

A distant black hole has been caught releasing the brightest flare ever, which is the result of it ripping apart and ...

Building a working quantum internet would require overcoming a host of technical challenges, but researchers who have built ...

Hektoria glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula retreated 25 kilometres in just 15 months. Its rapid melt could have implications ...

Enamel does not naturally regenerate, which can lead to painful cavities, but a gel that harnesses some of the properties of saliva could restore the hard, shiny layer to teeth ...

All over the world people are ageing more rapidly and succumbing to diseases that typically affected the elderly. But there ...

Alzheimer's-related cognitive decline could be slowed by taking as few as 3000 steps a day, possibly due to the effects of regular exercise on brain health ...

There are now over 10,000 satellites in orbit, more than at any point in history, and this growing number is starting to ...

For the first time, video footage has captured orcas in the Gulf of California hunting young great white sharks, using a ...

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans break the conventions for how species should be named – but Bae argues the r ...

The very first generation of stars, called Population III stars, are mostly expected to be too distant to see directly – but ...

From Claire North’s new novel Slow Gods to a 10th anniversary edition of a brilliant Adrian Tchaikovsky book, there’s lots to ...