Evolutionary molecular biologist Beth Shapiro on the hunt for ancient DNA and her groundbreaking de-extinction and ...

Autonomous taxis are already operating on US streets, while Elon Musk has spent years promising a self-driving car and ...

Low levels of a particular compound in faeces could be a sign of endometriosis – and supplementation of that compound might even help control the condition. Affecting nearly 200 million people ...

SpaceX claims the fifth test flight of its Starship rocket will happen “within days”, but the Federal Aviation Administration ...

A vaccination campaign targeting ducks, the farm birds most at risk of getting and spreading bird flu, succeeded in greatly reducing outbreaks of the virus on poultry farms in France ...

UK government's decision to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius surprisingly threatens the extinction of millions of ...

Millions of years ago, our ancestors lost a gene for producing vitamin C and got a taste for citrus. Since then, we've cultivated the tangy fruits into global staples like sweet oranges and sour lemon ...

The discovery that a small blue blob of neurons, the locus coeruleus, controls your mode of thinking suggests ways to ...

An ancient spear-throwing tool enabled prehistoric hunters to boost the distance they could launch a feathered projectile – but the unexpected negative effects of gravity on the tool may explain why ...

Rachel Kushner is the author of Creation Lake, which has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, as well as the bestselling ...

Ancient volcanic rock from South Africa has been found to harbour primitive bacteria, which may shed light on some of the ...

A new technique uses glowing molecules, laser light and microscopes to measure distances as minuscule as 0.1 nanometres – the ...