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Recent findings show that Stonehenge's stones came from all over Britain - and this offers clues to the monument's purpose, say archaeologists ...

Using descriptions of flavours or chemical data, artificial intelligence can tell apart whiskies from different countries and identify their constituent aromas ...

Endangered skates and kingfishers were brought back from the brink this year and scientists found a way to protect frogs from deadly infections ...

A simple change to maize, sorghum and sugarcane that allows them to take advantage of rising CO2 levels can boost their growth by around a fifth ...

Advances in artificial intelligence mean that machines can now perform certain diagnostic tasks with far better accuracy than human doctors - but the picture is more complicated than you might think ...

Analysing footage of what happens when people jump into water, and using a robot to mimic them, has revealed how do the perfect dive-bomb using a Maori technique called the Manu ...

This year has delivered some awe-inspiring imagery of space, from the James Webb Space Telescope's stunning shots of faraway stars and galaxies to images of the skies taken from here on planet Earth ...

Small robots directed by magnetic fields can cooperatively lift heavy objects, form floating rafts and push through clogs. They may one day deliver drugs within the human body ...

Researchers have tried to work out how fast Australopithecus afarensis could run by creating a 3D digital robot of the ancient hominin ...

Electronics made using diamond-based chips would have many advantages, but have been hard to make - a new technique involving sticky tape could change that ...