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A new analysis of the ancient human footprints at White Sands National Park in New Mexico offers more evidence that they are around 23,000 years old.

Flipping the switch on fewer than 500 neurons dramatically reduces the alcohol consumption of mice. This novel finding could lead to new targets for therapeutics.

Half a decade after receiving a psychedelic treatment for depression, two-thirds of patients in a new study remained in remission.

Summary: In a groundbreaking study, researchers have linked rare "de novo" genetic mutations--copy number variants (CNVs)--to pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Using whole exome sequencing on nearly 1,000 fa...

Electricity can be easily converted into heat--every electric cooker does it. But is the opposite also possible? Can heat be converted into electricity--directly, without a steam turbine or similar detours?

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will share its first highly-detailed images of the sky on Monday. Find details about how to see them here.

Knee osteoarthritis is often treated via non-drug therapies, and now we have an idea of which ones work best

This photo series capturing efforts to save the Chinook salmon of the Klamath river in the western US won the New Scientist Editors Award at the Earth Photo 2025 competition

Tech CEOs and politicians alike are preparing for the day that superintelligent AI takes over, whilst failing to deal with the issues in front of them - from copyright to autonomous killing machines

Agatha Christie's murder mysteries are made all the more compelling by the author's personal expertise, reveals Kathryn Harkup's new book V is for Venom

From spiders to scorpions, some 1000 different invertebrate species are traded globally as pets. This is bad for biodiversity - but there is an upside, says Graham Lawton

The "immersive entertainment" boom takes user-centred experiences to new heights, but isn't it making culture a little insular, asks Arwa Haider

An international research team led by GSI/FAIR, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM) has succeeded in the production of a new seaborgium isotope. In the experiment conducted at th...

How did Homo sapiens manage to leave Africa around 50,000 years ago, when earlier treks out of the continent had ended in failure?

Researchers detected mysterious radio waves in Antarctica that seem to defy the rules of particle physics. Now they're searching for a cause.

Ticks are spreading globally and bringing familiar conditions such as Lyme disease with them, as well as totally new ones. Now research is revealing how to prevent and treat the diseases they carry

Ticks are spreading globally and bringing familiar conditions such as Lyme disease with them, as well as totally new ones. Now research is revealing how to prevent and treat the diseases they carry

Assigning certain sizes, shapes and positions of bubbles to characters within Morse and binary codes means messages could be stored in ice

Even if agricultural practices adapt in response to higher temperatures, five of the world's six main staple crops will suffer severe losses due to climate change

A skull from China has been identified as Denisovan using molecular evidence - so ancient humans once known solely from their DNA finally have a face

Bogong moths are the first invertebrates known to navigate using the night sky during annual migrations to highland caves

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted on Tuesday and Wednesday, unleashing gigantic ash plumes and showering villages with volcanic debris.