Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

Discussing the tradeoffs in public-health decisions might help us make better choices, write Dr. Christopher Worsham and Dr.

From a total solar eclipse that captivated our continent to record temperatures that scorched the planet, these were the ...

Misinformation about science harms personal decisions, democracy and public policy, says Northeastern University professor ...

In everyday life, when things turn out the opposite of what you expect, it's usually a cause for frustration. In science, ...

With a possible bird flu outbreak looming, Donald Trump’s choice of Jay Bhattacharya, a scientist critical of COVID policies, ...

We asked New Scientist writers to pick their favourite sci-fi short story. From H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine to Octavia E.

The artificial intelligence start-up said the new system, OpenAI o3, outperformed leading A.I. technologies on tests that ...

Do you need to be concerned about your tap water?

The publisher of a high-profile, now-corrected study on black plastics has been removed from a critical index of academic ...

Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and their partners reveal their pick of the top 10 plants and fungi named new ...

This year's U.N. climate summit - COP29 - is being held during yet another record-breaking year of higher global temperatures ...