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I have a 100 per cent chance of getting cancer due...
A rare variant of a gene called TP53 means Tracy Hutchinson has an extreme risk of developing cancer...
Ancient human DNA found on cave art for the first ...
DNA from ancient humans has been found on a prehistoric cave painting and on cave walls, demonstrati...
Read an extract from Slow Gods by Claire North
The New Scientist Book Club’s read for July is Claire North’s space opera Slow Gods. In this extract...
Why I started my sci-fi novel with a world-ending ...
Claire North, whose space opera Slow Gods is the July read for the New Scientist Book Club, discusse...
Can video games help us better understand quantum ...
The world of quantum video games is vast – there are hundreds that are either inspired by quantum me...
Europe’s heatwave is the hottest and most humid ev...
The current temperatures in western and central Europe would have been virtually impossible 50 years...
Can home batteries help save the climate and save ...
Growing numbers of homeowners are installing batteries that store electricity when it is cheap, whic...
We’ve uncovered a master gene that switches on hum...
We have identified the gene that, when activated, initiates the developmental programme that results...
The race to understand how and when Thwaites glaci...
The loss of Antarctica’s doomsday glacier would transform our planet. Now scientists are revealing t...
Where, when and how to watch the 2026 solar eclips...
This August a total solar eclipse is set to be visible across parts of Europe, while a partial eclip...
If you aren't terrified by this heatwave, you shou...
The extreme heat currently being felt in Europe isn’t the new normal – much worse is to come, and we...
Record-breaking IBM chip uses trick to cram in 100...
IBM's latest chip packs in twice as many transistors as the current state-of-the-art chip by adding ...
Bacteria-killing viruses redirect vaccine immunity...
Phages, viruses that infect bacteria, could be genetically manipulated to destroy cancerous cells us...
Lost books by ancient philosophers recovered from ...
Scrolls from the Roman library of Herculaneum that were carbonised by a volcanic eruption have been ...
Possible signs of ancient life on Mars are rich in...
An instrument on the Perseverance rover has identified large, complex carbon compounds alongside unu...
Screwworm could be the first species targeted by a...
We have developed genetic technologies that could wipe out entire species of pests that are harmful ...
All known Homo naledi skeletons seem to be female
An analysis of tooth proteins suggests all 23 Homo naledi individuals found in the Rising Star cave ...
The lunar botanist with a plan to farm vegetables ...
Jessica Atkin knows more than anyone else about what it would take to supply food for a moon base. S...
