Newly discovered rock art sites in Sulawesi, Indonesia, that date to nearly 68,000 years ago are thought to be the oldest rock art in the world, pre-dating Neanderthal hand stencils in Spain by 1100 y ...

Extraordinary fossils of 518-million-year-old jawless fish, among the earliest known vertebrates, appear to show that these ...

The light-sensitive tissue of birds’ eyes is not supplied with oxygen by blood vessels – instead, it powers itself with a ...

An experiment has revealed quantum effects for the most macroscopic object yet – and extended the validity of quantum ...

This follow-up to the influential 28 Days Later continues to take the zombie movie franchise in a surprising and ...

A popular idea suggests a link between big brains and a rich social life, but octopuses don't fit the pattern, which suggests ...

People who combine different types of exercise - such as running, cycling and swimming - seem to live longer than those with ...

Startling findings in 2024 suggested that metallic nodules on the sea floor produce oxygen and might support life. Now ...

Countries have spent beyond their sustainable water budgets for so long that critical assets are depleted and the world faces ...

An electrical outage at Chernobyl nuclear power plant risks dangerous fuel overheating, but experts say that the chances are ...

Two or more satellites could communicate and manoeuvre around one another using magnetic fields, although getting the ...

A fossil discovery in northern Ethiopia expands the known range of Paranthropus, a genus of strong-jawed hominins that lived ...