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Faster winds are affecting how much heat and carbon dioxide the oceans soak up, with immense consequences for us all, finds Anil Ananthaswamy (full text available to subscribers)

The latest nuclear-explosion modeling program includes eye-level views from hypothetical ground zeros. The Cold War might be over, but that hasn't made the threat of a nuclear blast any less upsetting. Especially when yo...

NASA has awarded $100,000 to each of these sci-fi projects, which cover everything from suspended animation to Mars kites to 3-D printed food. NASA has announced the award-winners of its Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIA...

Rigid airships are back, baby! Goodyear is about to succeed where the American military has failed. Rigid airships, also known as zeppelins, seem perpetually stuck in the past, associated more with the optimism of the 19...

A watch so sophisticated it was "the iPod of its day" is too delicate to be handled, but a recreation will let museum visitors touch this treasure

Results from smokers in Australia suggest that plain packaging makes cigarettes less satisfying and prompts people to consider quitting

All the latest on newscientist.com: Detroit turns green, AI is as smart as a 4-year-old, giant scent-filled illuminated bubbles and more

Paper-thin spacecraft and suspended animation for Mars trips are some of the weirder concepts backed by NASA

In this short video, we travel with conservation biologist Dee Boersma to the Galapagos Islands where she works to support a population of temperate penguins that are being impacted by climate change.

Bankruptcy filing could free Detroit from some of its debts and may help to drive radical ecological revitalisation plans

Giant scent-filled illuminated bubbles could freshen up the living room of the future, thanks to a robotic system managed by a simple computer

An artificial intelligence program that understands words has scored as high as a preschooler on an IQ test, paving the way for AI with common sense