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As technology outpaces human evolution, New Scientist CoLab examines the tension between our social instincts and modern ...

Indigenous people in Papua, Indonesia, have helped scientists track down two animals that were thought to have gone extinct thousands of years ago: a relative of Australia’s greater glider and a ...

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Whether you call it a vibe shift or a paradigm shift, physicists must be ready to challenge their fundamental understanding ...

The end-Permian extinction 252 million years ago wiped out over 80 per cent of marine species, but many ecosystems still had ...

The area of ocean covered by floating ice is at its lowest since the satellite era began, and probably the lowest it has been for thousands of years The island dwellers of Shishmaref could soon be ...

If this sounds like a review of a new game, it is, sort of. LANDER 23 is a real-world stealth game from London-based company ...

Numerical relativity uses supercomputers to simulate conditions occuring at the start of the universe, answering some of the ...

An exceptionally flexible region of the spine enables falling cats to twist the front and back halves of their body sequentially to ensure a safe landing ...

Most coastal risk assessments have underestimated current sea levels, meaning tens of millions of people face losing their homes to rising waters earlier than expected ...

If up to 20 per cent of us really do score highly on traits related to psychopathy, we are going to need all the help offered by a compelling new book. Start by admitting your own dark traits, finds S ...