An analysis of thousands of cognitive tests carried out by chimpanzees finds that the number of spectators influenced their ...

In order to figure out how something came from nothing, we first need to explore the different types of nothing ...

Four-legged robot dogs learned to perform new tricks by practising in a virtual platform that mimics real-world obstacles – a ...

Dangerous radiation reaches Mars at levels we aren't exposed to on Earth, which makes the Red Planet a particularly dangerous ...

Oil and water can be separated efficiently by pumping the mixture through thin channels between two semipermeable membranes ...

When it comes to the survival of animals living in the wild, the characteristics of the group can matter as much as the ...

Blood tests have shown that about 7 per cent of workers on dairy farms that had H5N1 outbreaks had antibodies against the ...

Asian elephants at Berlin Zoo show impressive skill when using a hose as a tool, and even appear to sabotage each other by stopping the flow of water ...

We are living in a vaccine-hesitant moment, with conspiracy theories thriving on social media. We need to push back, says ...

The climate impact of flights taken by the super-rich rose sharply from 2019 to 2023, fuelling calls for a carbon tax on private aviation ...

Allowing for moves that create quantum superpositions makes a quantum version of a Rubik’s cube incredibly complex, but not impossible to solve ...

From Harlan Ellison to Haruki Murakami, via an intergalactic cooking competition, this month has plenty of science fictional ...