In a wetland on the south coast of England, archaeologists dug up one of the oldest and most complete wooden tools ever found ...

A neuroscientist underwent dozens of brain scans over three months to better understand the neurological effects of hormonal ...

The largest prime number is now 16 million digits longer than the previous record found in 2018, thanks to an amateur hunter ...

A type of mathematical problem that was previously impossible to solve can now be successfully analysed with artificial ...

Animals that hibernate need a way to keep their blood flowing as their body temperature drops, and it seems that the ...

The US Department of Homeland Security is trialling chemical sensors that detect the first whiff of smoke in the air and ...

The symbols and mathematical operations used in the laws of physics follow a pattern that could reveal something fundamental ...

The upcoming US presidential election will determine how the country regulates tech, combats the climate crisis and decides ...

Countries are convening in Colombia to debate how they will achieve wide-ranging targets to stem biodiversity loss and how ...

For the first time in more than 25 years, mathematicians have proven a new way to identify prime numbers, and in doing so developed a toolkit that could allow further advances in number theory.

Physicists finally know whether black holes destroy the information contained in infalling matter. The problem is that the ...

The oriental hornet shows no ill effects – or behavioural changes – when it spends a week drinking an 80 per cent alcohol ...