The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has assembled a team of researchers to make communication networks ...

A study of more than 5.5 million children finds that exposure to antibiotics in the womb or early in life doesn’t increase ...

A study of more than 6 million children finds that exposure to antibiotics in the womb or early in life tends not to increase ...

Immersing yourself in nature has repeatedly been shown to reduce stress and anxiety, but it could also have serious benefits ...

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A quantum computer that uses particles of light took about two dozen microseconds to complete a calculation that may take ...

New Scientist Book Club has been reading Alex Foster's debut novel, Circular Motion , in which he charts what would happen if ...

Astronomers have picked up evidence of an Earth-sized world, distinct from the previously hypothesised Planet Nine and Planet ...

Dark-coloured cars can make a measurable difference on nearby air temperature, and in cities of millions the effect can add ...

An analysis of active US mines finds they already collect virtually all of the minerals the country needs for batteries, ...

Frank Wilczek has one of the most brilliant and original minds in theoretical physics, having come up with the idea of time ...

A 1989 experiment offered the promise of nuclear fusion without the need for high temperatures, but this "cold fusion" was ...