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Category: Science
World's largest mass extinction may have begun with vol...
The end-Permian mass extinction 252 million years ago might have begun when eruptions triggered a volcanic winter
mRNA vaccine against tick bites could help prevent Lyme...
An mRNA vaccine that causes a red, itchy skin rash in response to bites by ticks may allow them to be removed before they transmit...
Anonymised genomes cannot be linked to faces as previou...
In theory, genomes shared anonymously could be linked to people on social media because the DNA can be used to predict facial feat...
13 of the most profound questions about the cosmos and ...
Questions that are just as enigmatic now as when we first asked them
The biggest moons of Uranus may have oceans beneath the...
Uranus’s two biggest moons, Titania and Oberon, may have enough radioactive heat to maintain deep liquid oceans that could be dete...
Covid-19 news: England and Wales record highest deaths ...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
Some genes in the brain may make 100 different proteins
Researchers have sequenced the full "transcriptome" of part of the human brain, revealing all the ways its cells use genes to make...
What difference will the COP26 climate summit make?
Despite last-minute changes, the final agreement made at COP26 still amounts to an important ratcheting up of climate ambition
What it’s like negotiating at COP26 as a small island s...
After a tough two weeks at the Glasgow summit, climate negotiators from small island nations reflect on their experiences.
COP26: World agrees to phase-out fossil fuel subsidies ...
Nearly 200 countries at UN climate summit in Glasgow also commit to revisit and strengthen their 2030 emissions reductions plans n...
Having impostor syndrome may actually make you better a...
People who are less confident at work were rated as having better interpersonal skills, suggesting there may be upsides to imposto...
Trees are dying at increasing rates in forests across E...
Annual mortality rates are rising for all major tree species in Europe, which means forests will soak up less carbon and wildfire ...