Brain scans of people tasting squirts of hot sauce have revealed how positive and negative expectations can influence brain ...

It is thought that humans can only maintain relationships with around 150 people, a figure known as Dunbar's number, but it ...

Discoveries from the genomes of the last Neanderthals are rewriting the story of how our own species came to replace them ...

Key climate indicators from greenhouse gas levels to ice loss have reached record levels this year in what researchers call a “critical and unpredictable new phase of the climate crisis” ...

Gears just a few micrometres wide can be carved from silicon using a beam of electrons, enabling tiny robots or machines that ...

The 2024 Nobel prize in physics has gone to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for discoveries that enabled machine learning ...

A mathematical proof shows that some quantum states can resist nature’s tendency to disorder – but only under very specific ...

Daniele Oriti’s pursuit of a theory of quantum gravity has led him to the startling conclusion that the laws of nature don’t ...

While the 20th century saw rapid rises in average life expectancy at birth, more recent years have seen a slowdown, ...

A pair of ctenophores, or comb jellies, can fuse their bodies together, merging their digestive and nervous systems, without any issues with immune rejection ...

Motion sensors in smartphones can be turned into makeshift microphones to eavesdrop on conversations, outsmarting security ...

Nobel prize in physiology or medicine has gone to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their work on disocvering microRNA and ...