Mice that contain cells with an added rat chromosome have been created by scientists. The next step is to try this with ...

If it destabilises, it could trigger a wider collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet, raising sea levels by up to 5 metres.

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Scientists warn that the Trump administration's push to dismantle a vital network of ocean-sensing instruments will stymie ...

The modern world depends on open-source software maintained by volunteers, but the added demands of checking and fixing ...

A patch of ocean south-east of Greenland is the only place on Earth that is cooling, and it could be a sign that the warm ...

From dementia to heart attacks, hearing loss has been linked to a wide range of effects across the body, and the condition is ...

A seemingly simple set of rules kicks off a kind of mathematical magic trick, which has kept great minds busy since the 1930s ...

A team in the US has reported promising results after using an improved form of CRISPR to gene-edit human embryos, but a ...

Mark Thomson has taken the reins at CERN just as particle physics confronts some of its deepest unknowns – and faces hard ...

Mathematicians are stunned at the progress AI is making in solving advanced problems, leaving some questioning whether there ...

A UN report warns of the rapid growth in AI energy consumption, but suggests users can improve efficiency by making prompts ...