Underwater chimney structures spewing jets of brine can help alert to dangerous regional issue, research shows

The discovery of a finger bone in a cave in Siberia some 15 years ago kicked off a race to unravel the mysteries of an entirely new group of humanoids.

Layered metal and oxide may finally stand the heat.

Indian scientists have reported Aditya-L1’s “first significant result”. What is it and why is it significant?

Lucy has and continues to play a fundamental role in our understanding of our ancient ancestors and how we evolved.

The right side of its body was female, while its left side was male.

Sort of makes sense when they’re chasing you.

So why haven’t they evolved languages of their own?

It might look odd, but bones are an important source of minerals.

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover will venture to a vast landscape of winding ridges that stretches for miles across the Martian surface.

Long before humans had a go, nature created a nuclear reactor in Oklo, Gabon.

The latest mapping has revealed the base’s original layout, showing parallel structures that correspond with the historic tunnel network

It is illegal to keep endangered or threatened wildlife as pets in the Emirates

Russian cosmonauts discovered a foul smell and strange droplets floating around after opening the docked Progress 90 spacecraft.

With lithium in short supply, sodium-ion batteries might offer cheap energy storage with less environmental impact

New research reports the most powerful cosmic rays ever detected. Because the rays lose energy as they travel through space, their detection at high energies means they are likely coming from sources relatively close to Earth.

A new paper reveals how Aboriginal people changed the landscape by burning, demonstrating how similar practices could help manage modern bushfires

Marine biologists are perplexed by the lone bottlenose dolphin’s vocalizations, because some resemble sounds typically used for communication

The Earth’s ‘mini moon’ is about to head off into space after being spotted near the planet in the last couple of months.

Revealed by a German fossil, the newly described species sheds light on questions that scientists have been puzzling over for nearly two centuries

Move aside, bees. Incredible images of endangered Ethiopian wolves show a fascinating behavior for the first time.

If galaxies had traffic police, surely these speeds would be against some law.

Jet propulsion, prey capture, and even breathing – it all comes back to the behind.

Halkyn Mountain, Flintshire, north Wales: This area of ancient, undisturbed land is rich with fungi. Star of the show is the Cordyceps, scourge of nearby ghost moths

Cichlids have such a strict social hierarchy it can affect their physiology.

The essential ingredient for life, water, appeared on both planets around 4.4 billion years ago, new research indicates.

The new species would have resembled the iconic “sandworms” from the science fiction franchise “Dune”, one researcher said.

Scientists have discovered that the Earth’s axis tilted by 31.5 inches between 1993 and 2010 – and one of the reasons is the pumping of groundwater for irrigation and human use

And the rent is free.

While looking for caves in the Australian outback, a caver made an important discovery.

Poorer countries reluctantly accept package from wealthy nations.

Each year, millions of straw-colored fruit bats descend on Kasanka National Park for a few months, and scientists are working to understand their mysterious journey

Study detects synergistic effect making substances more dangerous, raising alarm since humans are exposed to both

Our immune system got pimped when we had sex with other human species.

Projects to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by making the oceans less acidic are popping up all over the world – New Scientist visited one in New York City’s East river

When females switch social groups, they take all kinds of tricks with them.

Astronomers captured the first close-up image of a star beyond our Galaxy. WOH G64 is 160,000 lightyears away in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

They are not at all like the solar corona you see during an eclipse.

The flatbread may date as far back as the Neolithic Era.

SpaceX is poised for the second launch of a double-header day, showcasing the company’s relentless pace and innovation.

Enigmatic phenomena called fast radio bursts might be caused by interstellar objects colliding with highly magnetised neutron stars

Your organisation should probably ditch offsets too.

To moldly go where no one has gone before.

Study points to a river some 75km away from the peak as the surprise culprit for Everest’s changing height

Scientist and banker benefited from gold mined primarily by enslaved Africans in Brazil, book claims

Nanorods may help terraform Mars by functioning as greenhouse insulation for the Red planet, making it warmer and wetter for habitation.

Trillions of insects move around the globe each year. Scientists are working on new ways to map those long-distance journeys.

Ahead of urgent United Nations talks on reducing plastic pollution, new research holds a workout on a synthetic carpet could mean people breathe in up to 110 plastic fibres every minute.

‘We didn’t think of using this kind of analysis in real-time.’

Your mind is a sense-making machine.