Tiny, solid windows in the shells of heart cockles let in light for the photosynthetic algae inside them – and they could ...

The top spot in the league table of the world’s most powerful computers has changed hands, with one supercomputer built for ...

Several populations of Mexican tetra fish that live in darkness have independently evolved to need hardly any sleep, but the ...

Four southern giant hornets have been identified in northern Spain, leading to concerns that the species could harm native ...

A supercomputer simulation of iron and carbon atoms in Earth’s inner core may explain how a molten ball at the centre of our ...

Most mathematicians have been reluctant to start working with artificial intelligence, but a new tool developed by ...

Changes to the structure of DNA within fat cells may be why it is often so hard to keep weight off after you have lost it ...

Leading researchers warn that relying on "passive" carbon sinks such as forests to absorb ongoing carbon emissions will doom ...

A study modelling the impact of melting ice suggests scientists have underestimated the risk that an important ocean current ...

The oral microbiome is increasingly being linked to head and neck cancer, but we don't yet understand its exact role ...

Humans have already caused approximately 1.5°C of warming since the start of the industrial revolution, according to new estimates based on temperature data gleaned from bubbles of air trapped in ...

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