An investigation of the changing behaviour of a single quantum bit through time has uncovered a tantalising similarity to the ...

It’s incredibly tricky to pin down the origin of the language that led to the words spoken everywhere between Spain and India ...

Magicians have long exploited quirks in our perception of the world to make us experience the impossible. Now, cognitive ...

A blood test can accurately predict whether someone without a known risk of preeclampsia is likely to develop the potentially ...

Thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, we now know that a day on Uranus lasts for 28 seconds longer than previously thought - ...

An underwater drone with long, spinning arms like the flagella of bacteria could survey the seas without endangering marine ...

A moth antenna can be integrated into the electronics of a drone to create a smell-seeking bio-hybrid – but it only detects ...

The number of dinosaurs may have been stable before the asteroid impact, despite evidence that species were getting less diverse ...

Mercury pollution accumulated in trees could offer a new way to keep tabs on destructive gold mining operations in the Amazon rainforest. “We could potentially see whether mining is starting to ramp ...

President Trump's DOGE team, headed by Elon Musk, claims to have saved $1 million by ditching 70-year-old tape data storage.

A recently developed medication encourages people with cocaine use disorder to reduce their intake of the stimulant – a step ...

Mudlarking, once a trade of the Victorian poor, has evolved into a modern-day hobby that captivates everyday Londoners and history enthusiasts. What began as a desperate means of survival, scouring ...