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In all of the recent discussion about genetically modified (GM) foods here in California, we’ve overlooked regular foods and how new traits are found (or created) in them. There isn’t usually a monk lovingl...

A huge screaming skull full of ash and magma is a terrifying treat for tonight's spooky holiday

A new exhibition at Massachusetts Institute of Technology looks at the way art complements and often goes beyond scientific inquiry

The way in which cancer cells spread to new sites has been glimpsed through glass windows implanted in the sides of mice

A tiny robot inspired by fleas can fling itself 30 times its body length – a leap forward in the attempt to get small bots to move a long way in a hurry

A massive star that burst 1.5 billion years after the big bang may guide astronomers hunting for the first generation of stars

All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: a Transylvanian with blood-red teeth, brain time clocked, pricing the planet, fake atoms, and more

The pigment that makes hair red hair may increase risk of skin cancer in fair skin, even if you stay out of the sun

But correlation does not imply causation. A new as-yet-unpublished study claims that teens who have smartphones are more likely to set up hookups. It may be because smartphones make it simpler. Specifically, teenagers wi...

Watch the world's first entirely soft robot as it crawls underwater and picks up objects

Will the next Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas present a more positive image of women?

A flashy display seemed to mark a dying star's rare rebirth, but a closer look shows that the outburst actually came from a hidden partner

Isn't that just more reason to go visit? Martian soil is a lot like the weathered volcanic soils of Hawaii, according to the latest from the Mars rover Curiosity. The minerals in Martian soil are a similar composition to...

Countless consumer products sold in California contain a flame retardant flagged as a possible carcinogen nearly 35 years ago. As of this week, finally, they must carry a warning that the chemical causes cancer. But is i...

Engineers could use the technology to produce the fastest Internet ever. By twisting light beams, engineers could produce the fastest Internet ever. Today, for the speediest broadband, fiber-optic cables transmit informa...

Ecology and economics don't always see eye to eye, but uniting them may be the only way to protect the natural world, says Fred Pearce (full text available to subscribers)

Quantum fluctuations stretched out in the universe's first moments may still be detectable in the pattern of galactic clusters today

Digital artist Salvatore Iaconesi hacked his medical records to put them online in a global search for the best treatments

Just in time for Halloween, we bring you Barbatodon transylvanicus, a mammal that scurried beneath the feet of dinosaurs and had blood-red tooth enamel

Just in time for Halloween, we bring you Barbatodon transylvanicus, a mammal that scurried beneath the feet of dinosaurs and had blood-red tooth enamel

New fossils found in China show that flying fish were evading predators millions of years earlier than we thought