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Our universe seems to be perfectly suited for life. But anyone who claims that's evidence of a multiverse is falling prey to a logical fallacy.

Supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* is spinning nearly as fast as it can, dragging the very fabric of space-time with it and shaping the heart of the Milky Way.

A recent study reveals that keeping good news a secret can make individuals feel more energized and alive. The research involved over 2,500 participants and found that positive secrets, unlike negative or embarrassing on...

On September 26, 2023, the accelerator team at the CERN European Council for Nuclear Research in Geneva declared stable lead-beam conditions, ushering in the first data-taking campaign of lead-ion collisions in five year...

Viruses have an uncanny ability to rapidly evolve. Covid-19 is a stark example. As the virus mutated from beta to delta to omicron, the pandemic dragged on and the world shut down. Scientists scrambled to adapt vaccines ...

Scientists are developing a new device that could help breast cancer patients who experience a loss of sensation after having a mastectomy.

In Einstein's famous theory of relativity the concepts of immutable space and time aren't just put aside, they're explicitly and emphatically rejected. Space and time are now woven into a coexisting fabric. That is to sa...

The CMS experiment has presented its first search for new physics using data from Run 3 of the Large Hadron Collider. The new study looks at the possibility of "dark photon" production in the decay of Higgs bosons in the...

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) in Hamburg, Germany, have shown that a previously demonstrated ability to turn on superconductivity with a laser beam can be integra...

Men are living shorter lives than women in the US, a widening gap largely driven by deaths due to covid-19, drug and alcohol abuse and suicide

Simply allowing existing trees to grow to maturity could theoretically suck billions of tonnes of carbon out of the atmosphere

We are finally working out what happens to the skin and gut microbiome when someone gets acne, giving us new targets for treatments

Absolutely empty--that is how most of us envision the vacuum. Yet, in reality, it is filled with an energetic flickering: the quantum fluctuations.

Authorities in Iceland have warned that a volcanic eruption is imminent, with the town of Grindavík, close to the country's famous Blue Lagoon resort, evacuated.

A pair of archaeologists has spent the last 15 years cataloging toxic and gross artifacts moldering in museum collections.

The well-preserved bronze coins found off the coast of Sardinia could be linked to a shipwreck.

Why are most planets and moons (mostly) spherical?

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This chilling extract is from Sandra Newman's retelling of George Orwell's dystopian classic, 1984, the latest pick for our New Scientist Book Club. It takes place as Newman's protagonist Julia sets off for the Two Minut...

The UK's Automated Vehicles Bill would make it a criminal offence for car-makers to use certain marketing terms unless their vehicles are fully self-driving, with a punishment of up to two years in prison and a fine

Some sea turtle populations have become skewed towards females because of climate change, and now it appears that chemical pollution might be adding to the problem