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Giving computers the ability to recognise objects while they scan a new environment lets them navigate more quickly - and understand what they are seeing

Coverage doesn't always reflect where the money is going. Whether that matters is a different story. Dow Jones, examining data from 2007 to 2012, created this infographic on how media coverage of clean energy deals and a...

On June 12, 2013, the scientists working on the International Linear Collider, a next-generation particle collider to complement and advance the physics of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, will officially publish and h...

Giving computers the ability to recognise objects while they scan a new environment lets them navigate more quickly - and understand what they're seeing

Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide is stimulating photosynthesis and boosting Earth's plant cover - but the long-term consequences remain unclear

Software that predicts your BMI from a snapshot of your face could provide a revealing portrait of your build, and even your risk of certain diseases

On 12 June 2013, the scientists working on the International Linear Collider, a next-generation particle collider to complement and advance the physics of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, will officially publish and ha...

The workers who built the pyramids at Giza lived in an admin centre that was repeatedly destroyed by floods - so why did they stay?

A forest project that uses solar-powered smartphones hanging from trees to listen for the sounds of chainsaws could help stop illegal logging

All the latest on newscientist.com: mind-controlled drone, the ancestor of all primates and more

55 million-year-old Archicebus is the oldest primate skeleton found, the closest we've come to discovering our origins, and suggests we evolved in Asia (full text available to subscribers)

A tiny fossil from 55 million years ago could be a tarsier, a relative of ours - or it could be the ancestor of all living primates, including humans

Data pulses can be hidden in gaps in a light beam, erasing any record of their presence and potentially allowing secret messages to be sent without a trace

The US government now has a wide-ranging list of priorities for research aimed at curbing gun violence - but who will pay for it?

Could urban prospectors strike it rich under our streets? There is a vast and growing bounty of valuable, abandoned metals waiting to be mined (full text available to subscribers)

A month ago this was Iron Man 3 level science fiction. Now? Reality. Researchers at the University of Minnesota today revealed a drone that can be controlled merely by thought, and that's not even the coolest thing about...

A huge study of 125,000 people has found 10 genes linked to intelligence, but reinforces the idea that no particular genes have a large effect on IQ

We need new words to describe the landscape of fear experienced by animals when predators are nearby - "isophobes", anyone?

Look, no hands... A pilot has used thoughts alone to guide a remote-controlled drone around an aerial obstacle course