Hochosterwitz Castle in southern Austria(Image credit: INTERFOTO via Alamy)Castles were a common sight in the Middle Ages, which lasted from…
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Health officials working to tackle Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 21 MayMichel Lunanga/Getty Images A…
A study of one of the world’s longest-running disaster warning systems—desert locust monitoring—finds surveillance limits damages and generates returns of…
Babies and small children do not handle dry air as well as adults. Their skin and airways are still developing,…
We may now know how Mercury gained its ice depositsNASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio Around 100 million years ago, the surface…
Dark matter is an elusive form of matter that almost never emits, absorbs or reflects light, while only weakly interacting…
There’s a new T. rex in town, but this one didn’t hunt on land. It ruled the ancient seas.Scientists have…
Hot flushes are associated with the menopause, but women actually get progressively hotter from the start of adulthood to midlifeDmitry…
New research from a Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences doctoral graduate could help producers better protect poultry…
We recently conducted a group test of beginner telescopes from Celestron, including the AstroMaster 70AZ and the StarSense Explorer LT…
TRAPPIST-1e: The distant world that is our best hope of finding alien life | New Scientist Close Close View Original…
Strong relationships with school staff and a sense of belonging at school can protect teenagers’ mental well-being and help reduce…
Archaeologists excavating an unusual “death jar” in Laos have discovered that it was used to collect the partly decomposed remains…
A beach in Southampton, New York, treated with olivine sandChayenne Moreau The first trial to absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide by…
Imagine a laptop that never gets hot, a phone that holds its charge for days, or a computer memory chip…
We have been on a years-long campaign of satellite remote sensing of the vast desert landscapes in Eastern Sudan.This involved…
The hybrid known as khipshang is bigger than a wolf but smaller than a dogMorup Namgail There’s no doubt. The…
Inside the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA, where some of the most advanced and technical automated infrastructure on campus resides,…
A “super” El Niño is now the most likely scenario from October 2026 to February 2027, according to a new…
An illustration of CAR T-cell therapy treating melanoma, a form of skin cancerNemes Laszlo/Shutterstock A therapy that has revolutionised how…
Spain, one of the few places in the world where a total solar eclipse will be visible in August, has…
Keeping the house fur-free is a constant battle for many cat and dog owners. Air purifiers help remove some of…
Three views of the Neanderthal tooth with evidence of dental treatmentHexian Culture, Tourism and Sports Bureau, Ma’anshan A 59,000-year-old Neanderthal…
Insulators are materials in which electrons cannot move freely. Past theoretical studies predicted the existence of an unusual insulating state…
Climate change is likely to shift the distribution of virus-carrying rodents, potentially increasing the risk of spillover, when viruses make…
The “cysts” (light pink) seen in polycystic ovary syndrome aren’t really cysts at allSTEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Polycystic ovary syndrome…
With a small blue crane, four researchers hoist a cylindrical fuel cell, which looks like a stack of flattened silver…
A lion’s head carved out of amethyst has been set into a golden base decorated with baboons.(Image credit: Purchase from…
An artist’s impression of a light sailRICHARD BIZLEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Interstellar travel propelled by light just got one step closer.…
India faces challenging heat waves each year, but few places endure conditions as searing as the country’s western desert salt…