The final point where the glacier rests on bedrock – the grounding line – retreats as warmer ocean water melts the ice shelf, accelerating its break-up. The downward slope of the bedrock means that, ...

David Samson is associate professor of evolutionary anthropology at the University of Toronto, Canada. His research ...

For decades, we’ve thought that childbirth is uniquely challenging for humans, but it turns out that many other primates find ...

Chioma Eve is a freelance reporter focused on women's health, biotech and life sciences. She has a degree in biotechnology ...

Women who were vaccinated against covid-19 in the luteal phase of their menstrual cycle reported having a breakthrough ...

Tiny 3D-printed diving suits allow cockroaches to walk underwater for up to 3 hours with no ill effects, which could enable a ...

New Scientist's popular Last Word series gives readers the opportunity to answer each other's questions about everyday science phenomena, from the shape of scones to the evolutionary history of ...

A rare variant of a gene called TP53 means Tracy Hutchinson has an extreme risk of developing cancer anywhere in her body, ...

DNA from ancient humans has been found on a prehistoric cave painting and on cave walls, demonstrating the potential to one ...

Claire North is a pseudonym for Catherine Webb, author of young adult novels. As Claire North, they have published works ...

Claire North, whose space opera Slow Gods is the July read for the New Scientist Book Club, discusses how a population might ...

The New Scientist Book Club’s read for July is Claire North’s space opera Slow Gods. In this extract from its second chapter, ...