Alzheimer's-related cognitive decline could be slowed by taking as few as 3000 steps a day, possibly due to the effects of regular exercise on how clumps of toxic proteins accumulate in the brain ...

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans break the conventions for how species should be named – but Bae argues the r ...

Hektoria glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula retreated 25 kilometres in just 15 months. Its rapid melt could have implications for other glaciers and the rate of sea level rise ...

There are now over 10,000 satellites in orbit, more than at any point in history, and this growing number is starting to reveal how solar storms could disrupt internet mega constellations like SpaceX' ...

After many years of connecting brilliant minds with the world’s leading science employers, New Scientist Jobs has now closed . We want to express our heartfelt thanks to every employer, recruiter, and ...

All over the world people are ageing more rapidly and succumbing to diseases that typically affected the elderly. But there are ways to turn back the clock on your biological age ...

The very first generation of stars, called Population III stars, are mostly expected to be too distant to see directly – but ...

For the first time, video footage has captured orcas in the Gulf of California hunting young great white sharks, using a trick to flip them over, paralise them and get at their energy-rich livers ...

The uncertainty inherent to quantum mechanics has long left physicists wondering whether the observations we make on the ...

We now have only the second high-quality genome from an ancient Denisovan human, which reveals there were more populations of ...

Rats given a faecal transplant from exuberant toddlers showed more exploratory behaviour, supporting the idea that gut ...

From Claire North’s new novel Slow Gods to a 10th anniversary edition of a brilliant Adrian Tchaikovsky book, there’s lots to ...