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Modern humans only made it out of Africa when the changing climate made the Arabian desert passable – the rest of our migrations were climate-dependent too

The brain's construction depends mainly on the shape of its neurons, a discovery that could speed up the mapping of the human brain

All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: no-hands driving, a brief history of the human genome, cavenauts in training, and more

A lunar supercomputer would help with the computing required for deep space missions – and could also be used to establish a moon base

A unanimous vote at the International Astronomical Union in China has changed the underlying definition of the astronomical unit

Southern sea otters are local icons, gracing a plethora of souvenirs, murals and postcards throughout central and northern California. With a face like that, it’s easy to see why. But sea otters themselves are not...

Sometimes astronauts head to the most unlikely places to train for the rigours of space, as NASA's Andrew Feustel reveals

Eight billion years ago, rays of light from distant galaxies began their long journey to Earth. That ancient starlight has now found its way to a mountaintop in Chile, where the newly-constructed Dark Energy Camera, the ...