From contact with aliens courtesy of Adrian Tchaikovsky to the childhood writings of Octavia E. Butler, February’s sci-fi ...

A muscle that we thought served no purpose beyond enabling some people to wiggle their ears is actually active when we are ...

Wandering salamanders pump their toes full of blood before lifting their feet, a trick that may help them release their sticky grip while conserving energy ...

Male dolphins have been observed shooting jets of urine into the air and other dolphins seem to follow the stream, perhaps to ...

The asteroid is unlikely to be cause for concern, but its detection has triggered planetary defence response procedures for ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier during three test runs, a step toward the possible return of ...

An algorithm inspired by quantum computers but used on classical machines can make weather forecasts and other turbulence ...

Remarkable archaeological finds are telling a new story of how prehistoric humans turned clothing from a necessity into a ...

Despite widespread studies revealing the prevalence of racism, its impact is often overlooked. But there are ways to tackle ...

In Europe as a whole, the increase in deaths from hot weather over the next century will outweigh the decline in deaths from ...

A numerical error in a scientific paper created alarm around the chemicals in black plastic utensils, but the extent to which ...

The US Congress is expected to vote on whether to confirm Robert F Kennedy Jr to lead the nation’s public health institutions ...