We asked New Scientist writers to pick their favourite sci-fi short story. From H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine to Octavia E.

Recent findings show that Stonehenge’s stones came from all over Britain – and this offers clues to the monument’s purpose, ...

Using descriptions of flavours or chemical data, artificial intelligence can tell apart whiskies from different countries and ...

Endangered skates and kingfishers were brought back from the brink this year and scientists found a way to protect frogs from ...

A simple change to maize, sorghum and sugarcane that allows them to take advantage of rising CO2 levels can boost their ...

This year has delivered some awe-inspiring imagery of space, from the James Webb Space Telescope’s stunning shots of faraway ...

A review of chemical exposures across 38 countries finds common plastic products are linked to millions of cases of heart disease and thousands of strokes ...

Electronics made using diamond-based chips would have many advantages, but have been hard to make – a new technique involving ...

The biodiversity, climate, health, water and food crises need to be addressed together rather than regarded as separate ...

Biological nanopore technology revolutionised DNA sequencing – now it has been adapted for analysing alcoholic drinks, ...

The Greater Mekong region of Asia hosts a wealth of rare and unstudied species – 173 new species of plants, 26 reptiles, 17 ...

An asteroid orbiting near our planet that temporarily became our second moon seems to have come from the actual moon, hinting ...