Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

By controlling individual atoms, researchers have demonstrated a way to turn previously unwanted atomic motion into an ...

A British metal detectorist discovered a gold band with an engraved date-of-death in Norfolk.

Scientists have found a way to monitor volcanic carbon dioxide levels — one of the first signs a volcano might be about to ...

An artificial intelligence safety firm has found that OpenAI's o3 and o4-mini models sometimes refuse to shut down, and will ...

The site's architecture may indicate the Judaean princess was buried there.

A large sunspot has just reappeared on the sun's Earth-facing surface, almost two months after it first emerged. The ...

First theorized in 1938, heat's wave-like flow through superfluids, known as "second sound", has proven difficult to directly observe. Now, a new technique has finally done it, and could be used to ...

A NASA-funded plan to build a large radio telescope on the moon's far side is nearing final approval and could become a ...

Giant groundsels are rare plants that grow up to 30 feet (9 meters) tall. They are endemic to the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro ...

A study of more than 100 genomes from people who lived in ancient China has unmasked a "ghost" in their midst.

A cocktail of FDA-approved cancer drugs, trametinib and rapamycin, boosts the lifespan of lab mice by 30% and might help ...