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Hominin fossils from Morocco may be close ancestors of modern humans

Super-low-density worlds reveal how common planetary systems form

How rethinking your relationship with time could give you more of it

AI chatbots miss urgent issues in queries about women's health

CAR T-cell therapy makes ageing guts heal themselves

Early humans may have begun butchering elephants 1.8 million years ago

The first quantum fluctuations set into motion a huge cosmic mystery

Passwords will be on the way out in 2026 as passkeys take over

Jellyfish sleep about as much as humans do – and nap like us too

The secret weapon that could finally force climate action

The first commercial space stations will start orbiting Earth in 2026

US will need both carrots and sticks to reach net zero

Northern Greenland ice dome melted before and could melt again

What if the idea of the autism spectrum is completely wrong?

Weird clump in the early universe is piping hot and we don’t know why

El Niño was linked to famines in Europe in the early modern period

The best new popular science books of January 2026

2026 will shed light on whether a little-known drug helps with autism

A strange kind of quantumness may be key to quantum computers' success

The best new science fiction books of January 2026

Ghostly particles might just break our understanding of the universe

Was our earliest ancestor a knuckle-dragger, or did it walk upright?

Gargantuan black hole may be a remnant from the dawn of the universe

Our verdict on The Player of Games: Iain M. Banks is still a master

The challenges of writing from the perspective of a sex robot

Read an extract from Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

Murder victim discovered to have two sets of DNA due to rare condition

Rare Saturn-sized rogue planet is first to have its mass measured

Chess can be made fairer by rearranging the pieces

The 3 things you should do this New Year to foster a positive mindset

Could 2026 be the year we start using quantum computers for chemistry?

Three supermassive black holes have been spotted merging into one

The duo kite-skiing 4000 kilometres across Antarctica for science

Star that seemed to vanish more than 130 years ago is found again

Controversial satellites launching in 2026 will reflect light to Earth

The weight-loss drugs on trial in 2026 may trump Ozempic and Zepbound

Russia-US nuclear pact set to end in 2026 and we won't see another

Russia-US nuclear pact is about to end and we won't see another

BepiColombo mission will start to unpick Mercury's secrets in 2026

World's first subsea desalination facility will start running in 2026

The cost of weight-loss drugs should fall in 2026

US to fire up small reactors in 2026 as part of 'nuclear renaissance'

2026 Mars mission will set out to solve the mystery of its moons

Why stroking seedlings can help them grow big and strong

Why I'm going to reap the mental health benefits of stargazing in 2026

The best new science fiction books of 2026

The best new popular science books of 2026

See how fire has changed the world's largest wetland, the Pantanal

Could James and the Giant Peach inspire the future of food?

2026 is set to be an even bigger year for weight-loss drugs