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Pupil size in people with synesthesia changed depending on how bright or dark the perceived colors were.

A fossil ape discovered in northern Egypt is reshaping the story of human evolution. The species, Masripithecus, lived about 17 to 18 million years ago and may sit very close to the ancestor of all modern apes. This find...

The three-phase plan calls for up to 30 robotic missions, including a fleet of rocket-powered moon hoppers. The post NASA Unveils Its $20 Billion Moon Base Plan-and a Nuclear Spacecraft for Mars appeared first on Singula...

A massive 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar in March 2025, but what makes this event extraordinary is what happened next. For the first time, a nearby CCTV camera captured the fault rupture in real time, giving sci...

A new study identifies a "resilience window" 60 minutes after stress. While physical stress fades quickly, the brain's high-order recovery peaks an hour later, marking a shift from threat detection to interna...

A study of 1,965 people aged 5-100 reveals that brain wave speed is dictated by the brain's physical wiring. The new Xi-NET model shows that slowing alpha waves are a direct marker of declining white matter in aging....

Researchers used machine learning to streamline the DISC personality test, reducing it from 40 questions to 10 with 91% accuracy. The AI approach also identifies complex "blended" personality traits that traditio...

Researchers surveyed 504 children to define "good play" from a kid's perspective. The study identifies seven key factors, including "play feeling" and "transgression," and warns that adult int...

Trump's war in Iran is the embodiment of everything that's wrong with our dependence on fossil fuels - and it's highlighting just how vital the transition to renewables is.

These are our top camera, binocular and telescope recommendations for April's stargazing events, including the Lyrid meteor shower and two bright comets.

Hundreds of millions of people live close enough to data centres used to power AI to feel warmer average temperatures in their local area

Environments are littered with the DNA of the creatures that inhabit them. Analyzing it could provide a real-time view of how our planet is changing.

Lençóis Maranhenses National Park hosts sand-dune fields that fill up with lagoons every wet season, but the reserve also has mangrove swamps where species such as the scarlet ibis thrive.

During his second-ever spacewalk, European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano felt water creeping across his face - and knew he could be moments from drowning inside his helmet

Researchers at the Würzburg site of the Cluster of Excellence ctd.qmat have succeeded in transferring the topological quantum Hall and spin Hall effects to a hybrid light-matter system by harnessing targeted material de...

After the passing of physicist Anthony Leggett, columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan remembers their personal connection with this giant of quantum physics, and explores the legacy of his enduring recipe for testing the e...

The Levoit Core 600S-P takes the top spot in our guide to the best air purifiers for allergies - and now, you can get it for just $239.99 at Walmart and Amazon.

Friday, March 27, 2026: Your daily roundup of the biggest science stories making headlines.

A new spacecraft concept called NOVA could keep asteroids from hitting our planet by using a huge magnet to gradually pull them apart while shifting their trajectories

The last Neanderthals to survive in Europe came from a single lineage that survived the worst period of the ice age, ancient DNA reveals.

Experts say building a lunar colony within the next decade, as NASA and Elon Musk want to, will require finding solutions to problems we don't yet fully understand.

Kim Stanley Robinson opens his classic science fiction novel Red Mars in 2026. As the New Scientist Book Club embarks on reading it in April, he looks back on its origins - and how the idea of moving to Mars holds up tod...