A final-stage trial has started of an mRNA vaccine against the bird flu strain infecting many animals – and occasionally ...

Some seemingly simple sequences of multiplication and addition grow so quickly that they question the very foundations of ...

Most of Titan’s surface is oddly flat and smooth, and it may be because it is coated by as much as a metre of fluffy organic material that snowed down from the icy moon’s thick atmosphere ...

The ongoing conflict around the Strait of Hormuz has become a situation in game theory known as a war of attrition. The maths behind it can help explain what's going on, says Petros Sekeris ...

People with severe sepsis could one day be treated by having their blood filtered to remove a crucial protein that seems to ...

An injured kea with just half a beak has used what's left as a weapon that gives him dominance over a captive colony of the ...

Stress is linked to many of our biggest killers, but a growing body of research suggests that certain types can sharpen the ...

I’m stressed” is a phrase that many of us use, but now there are ways to shed light on how stressed you actually are ...

Most hospital patients don't brush their teeth regularly, but doing so could cut their risk of developing pneumonia during ...

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has finished the most detailed survey of the universe to date, and the ...

Experiment with nanodiamonds reveals that they are less rigid than other diamonds, adding to our understanding of how they ...

A planet-warming El Niño climate phase is now developing, and some models predict it could turn out to be the strongest on ...