Head coach or manager. The distinction appears cosmetic but, in the modern Premier League, it marks a clear divide in power ...

Astronomers working with the Hubble Space Telescope have identified an entirely new type of cosmic object. It is a cloud rich ...

Out in the depths of space, somewhere in between Mars and Jupiter, is a newly discovered asteroid that's breaking records.

Nearly everything in the universe is made of mysterious dark matter and dark energy, yet we can’t see either of them directly ...

Plenty of people – about 1 in 3, according to some studies — feel bad for a day or two after they get a flu shot. The most common symptoms include headaches, muscle aches, fatigue and fever, all of ...

Scientists are racing to rescue hundreds of datasets, websites and federal reports that have been deleted by the ...

Nanon Williams was sent to death row for a murder he says he didn't commit. Decades later, through daily emails and weekly ...

New Scientist writers and contributors have chosen their top science-y books, films, TV shows, music, video games and board ...

In 1987, wildlife veterinarian Mark Pokras was in his office at Tufts University in Massachusetts when a colleague from New ...

A man controlling a Unitree robot accidentally made the humanoid kick him in the balls, forcing the man into a groaning heap.

When Marc and Cristina Easton’s son was diagnosed with autism at 20 months, the Baltimore couple left the doctor’s appointment in confusion. Their toddler – who was very social – did not resemble the ...

In just the first weeks of Donald Trump’s second presidency, his administration embarked on making radical changes to US science. The administration has justified its actions by saying that they were ...