Tiny, solid windows in the shells of heart cockles let in light for the photosynthetic algae inside them – and they could ...

Four southern giant hornets have been identified in northern Spain, leading to concerns that the species could harm native ...

Several populations of Mexican tetra fish that live in darkness have independently evolved to need hardly any sleep, but the ...

Most mathematicians have been reluctant to start working with artificial intelligence, but a new tool developed by ...

The top spot in the league table of the world’s most powerful computers has changed hands, with one supercomputer built for ...

A supercomputer simulation of iron and carbon atoms in Earth’s inner core may explain how a molten ball at the centre of our ...

Changes to the structure of DNA within fat cells may be why it is often so hard to keep weight off after you have lost it ...

Leading researchers warn that relying on "passive" carbon sinks such as forests to absorb ongoing carbon emissions will doom ...

A study modelling the impact of melting ice suggests scientists have underestimated the risk that an important ocean current ...

The oral microbiome is increasingly being linked to head and neck cancer, but we don't yet understand its exact role ...

Attempts to prevent Australian children from accessing social media are likely to fail, and could do more harm than good ...

Letting AI models communicate with each other in their internal mathematical language, rather than translating back and forth ...