An AI scientist can work independently for hours while doing research that would take humans months to complete, and has made several “novel contributions” to science, its creators claim – but others ...

There was a jam-packed programme of talks and exhibits on offer at this year’s New Scientist Live at Excel London, which took place from 18 to 20 October and attracted thousands of visitor of all ages ...

After our head-spinning read of Alex Foster’s Circular Motion, in which Earth’s rotation starts speeding up, the New Scientist Book Club headed to two very different worlds in Ursula K. Le Guin’s ...

Academics who have questioned the validity of efforts to “de-extinct” animals like the woolly mammoth and the dire wolf have complained of an apparent campaign to discredit them. They believe the ...