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The French Riviera may look like an unlikely place for a tsunami disaster, but scientists warn the threat is far more real than most people realize. Historical events and new modeling show that destructive waves have alr...

Reptiles have been growing armor in their skin on and off for hundreds of millions of years, but scientists never fully understood how it evolved. A massive new evolutionary study shows these skin bones appeared independ...

Researchers have built an ultra-sensitive sensor capable of detecting unimaginably small amounts of energy - below one zeptojoule. The breakthrough relies on fragile superconducting materials that react to even the sligh...

How do abstract genetic mutations physically alter human brain wiring? A functional genomics study bridges the gap between schizophrenia genetics and cellular neurobiology.

Can the metabolic consequences of quitting smoking cancel out its long-term benefits for the human brain? A new longitudinal study establishes a powerful link between smoking cessation and a 16% reduction in dementia ris...

Quantum computers get a lot of attention, even though they are not ready for prime time, but quantum sensors are already doing useful work. These sensors measure fields, forces and motion so small that ordinary backgroun...

Women experience a steady rise in body temperature from their teens to midlife, which may be useful for monitoring ageing and overall health

Women experience a steady rise in body temperature from their teens to midlife, which may be useful for monitoring ageing and overall health

Skeletons of early modern whalers reveal widespread scurvy, pipe smoking and heavy physical labor.

Previously classified photos and documents show the scientific work that went into the world's first atomic test in 1945 - a test that, just weeks later, would see nuclear bombs dropped in Japan

On a visit to the UK, Sydney-based reporter James Woodford visited an archaeological site that was on his bucket list - and experienced a very special moment as the sun set

Experiments hint that quantum mechanisms are vital to the machinery of life. Now researchers are exploring if these effects help to explain the success of an array of puzzling health treatments

Feedback goes down a "moon warfare" rabbit hole and discovers that some forward-thinkers are making plans to counteract as-yet-hypothetical pirates in space

Jennie Durant's Bitter Honey is a great exposé of the true cost of industrially farming US honeybees, finds Thomas Lewton. But the book's grim figures of bee death alone may not prompt deep change - how about se...

Theres unexpected news of a fifth movie for one of the most underrated sci-fi reboots. Hurray, says New Scientist film columnist Bethan Ackerley

Can a simple 15-minute memory check spot an alcohol-induced blackout as it happens? A pioneering study unveiled the first objective, real-time measure of alcohol-induced amnesia.

Storing carbon dioxide in rocks while producing hydrogen from them - and perhaps even geothermal power too - could be a double win on the climate front, and several groups are trying to make it happen

Storing carbon dioxide in rocks while producing hydrogen from them - and perhaps even geothermal power too - could be a double win on the climate front, and several groups are trying to make it happen

The APOE 4 variant heavily influences how toxic phosphorylated TDP-43 (pTDP-43) pathology migrates across the central nervous system.

Standardizing calculations of the helium byproducts generated in advanced fission and fusion energy system materials can increase reactor safety and longevity, according to a study led by University of Michigan Engineeri...

Scientists found that blocking a protein best known for its role in asthma enhances cancer immunotherapy in preclinical models.

Like so much else in nature, the human visual system has both a complex structure and functional efficiency that is difficult for scientists to replicate. The system is both a sensor and a processor, with the eyes and th...