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Every day, Earth is hit with more than 100 tons of dusty, rocky material from space. Most of this debris is small enough that it burns up in the atmosphere,...

A series of freshwater lakes within Mars' 96-mile-wide Gale Crater likely persisted for hundreds or thousands of years at a time, and perhaps even longer, according to the new study, which is based on observations made b...

On a cold, drizzly afternoon, Brent Bouwsema photographed some of the oldest stones in the British Isles. His picture of the Callanish Stones is one of 13 winners of the "100 Great Geosites" photo contest, The Geological...

A poison-injecting suitcase and a not-so-harmless shovel are among the items on display.

When it comes to genetic testing, teens want to be kept in the know.

A team of scientists from the University of Chicago and the Pennsylvania State University have accidentally discovered a new way of using light to draw and erase quantum-mechanical circuits in a unique class of materials...

Image credit:  fdecomite via flikr | ://bit.ly/1R2DiQt Knots are everywhere, from laces of shoes to stitches that seal cuts. Sailors and others have known since antiquity that some knots are stronger than others, but su...

Growing food on Mars would require tweaking the thin soil and optimizing plants for microgravity and maximum nutritional density, one expert says.

Nearly all doctors in a new study say they would go to work while sick with a cold, and more than a third say they would work if they had the flu.

Gamers have more fun when they're told artificial intelligence is calling the shots - even when it's a lie

Photos from a creepy new exhibit at the Museum of London.

The shortest electron bunches ever produced have emerged in research by scientists at the University of Strathclyde.

New Scientist looks at China's Social Credit System - a monumental rating scheme for all based on online shopping, social media activity, even job performance

The humble neutrino particle won its fourth Nobel Prize in physics this year (also in 2002, 1995 and 1988). Despite being millions of times smaller than other subatomic particles, it is of major importance in physics and...

A Michigan farmer unexpectedly discovered mammoth bones on his property, buried in the soil beneath a wheat field.

Two Michigan farmers made an unexpected discovery in a wheat field last week: the ice-age bones of a mammoth that was likely slaughtered by ancient humans.

Particles floating in fluid perpetually flit about in all directions, a phenomenon referred to as Brownian motion. For example, proteins within our cells and pigment particles inside ink-jet printers wriggle and twitch t...

Tool use seemed so rare in squirrel monkeys that they were considered incapable of such feats, now they've been seen carrying food and water in containers

Hawking recently posited that an alien visitation would put Earthlings in the same position as Native Americans when Columbus landed on their shores. Lessons from Earth suggest intelligence and aggression might evolve ha...

Can you really grow and survive on potatoes on Mars, as in the movie "The Martian"?

The world's coral reefs are in the midst of a mass die off - a "white death" spanning the globe. New Scientist looks at why understanding what's happening is essential

Firstborn children may have a slightly higher risk of becoming nearsighted, new research suggests.