US President Trump has proposed a Golden Dome defence system that includes missile interceptors in space. But the idea would ...

Wildlife carers fostering some of Australia’s most precious animals have had to rescue them one by one from rising waters and ...

Puzzlingly, many birds add human-made material to their nests with no obvious function – now there is evidence that these ...

A quantum computer with a million qubits would be able to crack the vital RSA encryption algorithm, and while such machines ...

Many people are worried about the health effects of ultra-processed foods and microplastics, but could these two issues ...

Women seem to be judged as being more moral than men, which could mean they have further to fall if they don't meet societal ...

The weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is boosting the sea level along the New England coast ...

An analysis of the sloth family tree suggests three different groups of the animals evolved to gigantic sizes in response to ...

With the US in retreat from climate negotiations, China's Xi Jinping could become the next green global leader ...

Dense breast tissue can make tumours hard to spot on mammogram scans, but adding another step to this screening programme ...

The galaxy MoM-z14 dates back to 280 million years after the big bang, and the prevalence of such early galaxies is puzzling ...

There are a range of competing views on whether smartphones and social media are harmful to adolescents, and an attempt to ...