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A study of people with prediabetes shows that the same foods affect blood sugar levels very differently. The findings add to a growing body of evidence […]

Testing how chimpanzees navigate in virtual environments could help researchers understand why they prefer certain routes in the wild over others

An effort to track global changes in human society over the past 10,000 years concludes that warfare drove an increase in social complexity – but others are […]

We subconsciously sniff people when we first meet them and are more likely to become friends with those who have similar body odours to our own

A robot that learned to manipulate clay to make letters of the alphabet without any training could one day make dumplings for you

Shaking antibubbles – droplets of liquid encased in a thin layer of air – prevents them from popping for several hours. These could be used in chemical […]

A study of 116 species of hummingbird suggests the group is collectively more colourful than any other type of bird

With the number of confirmed cases exceeding 3500, the World Health Organization's emergency committee may declare it a public health emergency of […]

The UK is making plans to launch its own science funding programme in September, science minister George Freeman tells New Scientist, if the EU refuses access […]

A loss of smell is a key covid-19 symptom, with researchers finding a link between increasing coronavirus cases in the US and Amazon reviews complaining a […]

Volunteers who maintain the standard of content on Reddit’s forums do 466 hours of work every day – labour that would cost 2.8 per cent of the firm’s […]

Tata Chemicals Europe plant at Northwich will eventually capture 40,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year for use in making sodium biocarbonate

An analysis of 120 of the world's top-ranked English-language websites has found that many of them allow weak passwords, including those that can be easily […]

Most bacteria are just 2 micrometres long, but Thiomargarita magnifica is thousands of times bigger, and is unusually complex

In zoos and aquariums, some species of turtles and tortoises have a lower rate of ageing as they grow older

Social, political and technology inertia mean the Paris Agreement’s temperature target is likely to be missed

Poliovirus has been detected in London sewage samples, but no human cases have been reported so far

The UK is putting £5 million towards a mission to remove two dead satellites from space by burning them up in Earth’s atmosphere

Little robots shaped like staples called "smarticles" can't move around on their own, but researchers have now found that they can randomly form structures […]

A trial in Italy deployed a native wasp that lays eggs inside the eggs of the brown marmorated stink bug, an invasive pest that feeds on apples and other crops

The light from a quasar was delayed by about 2458 days as the path it is travelling to us has been bent by the gravity from a cluster of galaxies

Alan Turing was one of the most influential British figures of the 20th century and often considered the father of modern computer science.

Megatooth sharks, including megalodon, seem to have had the highest position in food webs ever occupied by marine predators

Reduced levels of oestrogen and progesterone seem to be what makes post-menopausal women more likely to have symptoms of sleep apnoea, including snoring, […]

Lindsey Fitzharris's biography of Harold Gillies, who became the world's pre-eminent specialist in plastic surgery during the first world war, depicts a […]