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Webb pushes boundaries of observable universe closer to Big Bang

How to walk safely when sidewalks turn icy

It's one storm after another for much of the US, but the next one's path is uncertain

Rare fossils reveal 91 new species that survived ancient mass extinction

Google unveils AI tool probing mysteries of human genome

Antitrust crackdowns may reduce corporate know-how

The magnetic 'birdsong' of the smallest planet

Extracellular vesicles manage to slip gene edits into Pneumocystis fungi

Whaling may have started 1,500 years earlier than already known

Think of a card, any card – but make it science

New Scientist recommends pioneering artist Ryoji Ikeda's new work

It would be a mistake to rush into an under-16 social media ban

How your health is being commodified by social media

Fascinating but flawed book explores how sickness shapes our lives

Engaging look at friction shows how it keeps our world rubbing along

Bored of snakes and ladders? Some maths can help bring back the fun

A remarkable book on quantum mechanics reveals a really big idea

Which countries are paying the highest price for particulate air pollution?

Lake Anna analysis finds multiple pollution sources, with mines a key contributor

NASA telescopes spot surprisingly mature cluster in the early universe

Warming weakens natural enemies of insects, new research shows

Superfluids are supposed to flow indefinitely. Physicists just watched one stop moving

Mineral dust accelerates Greenland ice sheet melt by promoting algae growth

Like staying up late? You may be putting yourself at risk of heart problems

Q&A: Learning how we respond to wildfire smoke to help inform policy and programs

How War Is Hell for Birds, Too

Scientists just mapped the family tree of all 11,000 bird species—and you can explore it

New radio method uncovers hidden bursts from dwarf stars and hints of exoplanets

The Schrödinger equation just turned 100, and quantum physicists are still grappling with its mysteries

How iron-sulfur nanolayers are formed: X-ray methods enable real-time view

Alfvén waves act as the power source behind Earth's auroral displays, research reveals

Why the weekend’s winter storm was supercharged by climate change

Study reveals shrinking package sizes hide significant food inflation

Strength-in-numbers X-ray technique can map previously unattainable atomic structures

Fast-growing trees are taking over the forests of the future and putting biodiversity, climate resilience under pressure

Roadkill offers an ethical alternative to live wildlife in scientific research

Google DeepMind unleashes new AI AlphaGenome to investigate DNA’s ‘dark matter’

Hearing tests uncover unexpected humpback sensitivity to high-frequency noise

Subtle rotations in ancient light: Decoding the universe's symmetry

A possible ice-cold Earth discovered in the archives of the retired Kepler Space Telescope

Great white sharks grow a whole new kind of tooth for slicing bone as they age

New ABF crystal delivers high-performance vacuum ultraviolet nonlinear optical conversion

Chip-sized optical amplifier can intensify light 100-fold with minimal energy

Laser beam flips a ferromagnet's polarity without heating the material

This virus infects most of us – but why do only some get very ill?

Cell surface glycoRNA clusters found to fine-tune growth factor signaling

Ancient humans were seafaring far earlier than we realised

New light-based platform sets the stage for future quantum supercomputers

Cells' built-in capacity limit for copying DNA could impact cancer treatment

Huge fossil bonanza preserves 512-million-year-old ecosystem