This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies Find out more here
Category: Science
Scorpions develop a sting in the tail before they are r...
Newborn scorpions produce and store venom in their tail, or telson, despite not being able to use it until they have shed their fi...
Tooth decay has been a problem for primates for 54 mill...
Microsyops latidens, a prehistoric primate that lived about 54 million years ago, had dental cavities – perhaps because it had a t...
Black holes just got much more complicated thanks to qu...
Black holes were once thought not to have pressure, but a new set of quantum calculations has found that they may have some at the...
A glimpse at Greenland's deep-sea ecosystems threatened...
Halibut fishing off the coast of Greenland uses heavy equipment dragged along the sea floor, which can cause irreversible harm to ...
Almost no one encrypts their emails because it is too m...
A study looking at the use of encryption to keep the contents of an email private has found that the technology is rarely used, de...
AI can detect a deepfake face because its pupils have j...
The pupils of faces in computer-generated deepfake videos or images have more jagged edges and are less symmetrical than those in ...
Covid-19 news: UK approves Pfizer and AstraZeneca boost...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
Half-metre-long predator was giant of the seas 500 mill...
Most animals that lived in the Cambrian period were small enough to rest comfortably in the palm of your hand – but Titanokorys wa...
A US military robot ship has fired a large missile for ...
The US Department of Defense has released footage of an uncrewed ship firing a large missile, in a demonstration of its Ghost Flee...
Covid-19 news: 80 per cent of over 16s in UK are now fu...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
Wooden robot arm is powered by plastic muscles
A new polymer that stores energy when it is stretched and deformed has been used as an artificial muscle to bend the elbow joint o...
What we know so far about booster shots and the covid-1...
Some countries are already pushing ahead with covid-19 vaccine booster programmes, but rapidly rolling out third shots in wealthy ...